Isabelle is the French form of Elizabeth — from the Hebrew *Elisheba* ("my God is my oath"). **A top-100 US baby name since 2007**. **Isabelle Huppert (born 1953)** — **French actress; the most-César-decorated actress in French film history with two wins for Best Actress (*La Cérémonie* 1995, *Elle* 2017) from 16 nominations; Academy Award nomination for *Elle* (2017)**. **Has worked with Michael Haneke (*The Piano Teacher* 2001), Claire Denis, Paul Verhoeven, Hong Sang-soo, and Catherine Breillat — a uniquely sustained collaboration with the auteur-art-film canon spanning 50+ years and 150+ films**. **Isabelle Adjani (born 1955)** — **French actress; the most-César-decorated actress in French film history alongside Huppert, with five wins for Best Actress (*Possession* 1981, *Camille Claudel* 1988, *La Reine Margot* 1994, *L'Été meurtrier* 1983, *La Journée de la jupe* 2009)**; two Academy Award nominations. **Isabelle Allende** — covered separately as Isabel. **Isabelle Daza** — Filipino actress.
Featured throughout 20th-21st century French cinema.
Isabelle reduces to seven — the number of French film legend.