Florence Delay

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

Known For

Sans Soleil

as Narrator (voice)

The Trial of Joan of Arc

as Jeanne d'Arc

See Here My Love

as Flora Thibaud

Apostrophes

as Self

Le Jouet criminel

as La femme au foyer

Les Deux mémoires

as Self

La Tragédie du roi Richard II