1983Nominee
Best Performance
Sans Soleil
Florence Delay
Actor · Writer
Paris, France
March 19, 1941
Biography
Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; March 19, 1941 – July 1, 2025) was a French writer and actress. She was a member of the Académie française from 2000. Delay notably wrote novels, essays and plays (in collaboration with Jacques Roubaud) and translated texts from Spanish. Delay was also known for portraying Joan of Arc in the 1962 Robert Bresson film The Trial of Joan of Arc
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1963Nominee
Best Performance
The Trial of Joan of Arc
1981Nominee
Best Writing
Deep Water
Career Highlights
1981Highlight
Best Writing
The Wings of the Dove
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Les Deux mémoires
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Sans Soleil
The Trial of Joan of Arc