---
title: 'My Wife Is an Actress (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yvan Attal'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-wife-is-an-actress-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0269499/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# My Wife Is an Actress (2001)

2001 · 95 min · Comedy, Romance · France

Original title: Ma femme est une actrice

## Synopsis

My Wife is an Actress is a 2001 French romantic comedy-drama film starring Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive co-star. Attal also wrote and directed the film. The film stars Terence Stamp among others. This film is also highly biographic, as Yvan and Charlotte are a real-life couple since 1991, and have three children. According to Yvan, the idea and a part of the plot originates from real-life events.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yvan Attal](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvan-attal)
- **Screenplay:** [Yvan Attal](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvan-attal), [Alain Chabat](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-chabat)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Brad Mehldau](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-mehldau)
- **Producer:** [Claude Berri](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-berri)
- **Director of Photography:** [Rémy Chevrin](https://cinepixo.com/people/remy-chevrin)
- **Editor:** [Jennifer Augé](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-auge)

## Cast

- [Eriq Ebouaney](https://cinepixo.com/people/eriq-ebouaney)
- [Noémie Lvovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/noemie-lvovsky)
- [Ophélie Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ophelie-winter)
- [Keith Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-allen)
- [Catherine Lara](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-lara)
- [Ludivine Sagnier](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludivine-sagnier)
- [Laurent Bateau](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurent-bateau)
- [Marie Denarnaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-denarnaud)
- [Yvan Attal](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvan-attal)
- [Roschdy Zem](https://cinepixo.com/people/roschdy-zem)
- [Terence Stamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-stamp)
- [Charlotte Gainsbourg](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-gainsbourg)
- [Gilles Lellouche](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilles-lellouche)
- [Marc Lavoine](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-lavoine)
- [Valérie Leboutte](https://cinepixo.com/people/valerie-leboutte)

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