I don't know if you ever say to yourself that you want to be an actress. It eventually becomes a social function - you are an actress and you make a living out of it, but at the beginning it's more a matter of how to survive, or how to exist in a certain way.

Huppert was encouraged by her mother to begin acting at a young age and became a teenage star in Paris. Personal life
Huppert has been married to writer producer and director Ronald Chammah since 1982. She was raised in a western suburb of Ville-d'Avray.

Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (French pronunciation: ​[izabɛl yˈpɛʁ]; born 16 March 1953/1955) is a French actress who has appeared in more than 90 film and television productions since 1971. She won a César Award for Best Actress in 1996 for her performance in La Cérémonie. She is also the most nominated actress for the César Award with 14 nominations.