Fanny Ardant acknowledges of dreaming to visit Armenia

PanARMENIAN.Net - I always imagined Armenia in my mind, and I hope to get acquainted with Armenians and get better understanding of Armenia, according to Fanny Ardant.

“Armenia for me is associated with the cradle of Christianity,” world known French actress told journalists during her visit to Yerevan.

“Naturally, Armenia has had problems from Soviet times, and now there are unsolved problems with Turkey. Your country suffered a lot,” Ardant said.

Ardant is currently in Armenia for participation in the Golden Apricot eighth international film festival. Her films Ashes and Blood (2009) and Departed Dreams (2010) are to be shown soon.

Fanny Ardant was born on March 22, 1949 in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France. The daughter of a cavalry officer in the French army, Fanny later moved to Monaco with her family where she grew up. Her father was a friend of the Royal household who was also a governor at the palace. She often visited the palace and made acquaintance with Princess Grace.

In 2004, Fanny appeared alongside Gérard Depardieu in the stage adaptation of Henry James' novel The Beast In The Jungle (La Bête Dans La Jungle), which had been adapted into French by Marguerite Duras. The play attracted an international audience to the Théâtre de la Madeleine in Paris.

Fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish, Fanny occasionally ventured outside of French cinema and worked in such productions as La Famiglia (The Family) and Le Cena for Italian director Ettore Scola, the Italian version of Chekov's Three Sisters (Paura e amore), and the provocative film version of L'odore del sangue. She was also seen in a small supporting role in the 1995 Sydney Pollack's film Sabrina. And in 1998, she appeared in the Oscar-nominated drama Elizabeth, in which her presence highlighted the small but important role of the ruthless and deliciously flirtatious Mary of Guise.