The 2000s brought Deneuve into a series of new performances, like the award-winning musical drama Dancer in the Dark, where she stars alongside the eccentric Icelandic singer, Björk, and later in 2010, Potiche, a screen she shared for the eight time with Depardieu.
After appearing in 2019’s The Truth with Ethan Hawk and Juliette Binoche, Deneuve was filming the French film, Peaceful, when she was hospitalized after having a stroke. Though family said it was a “very limited” ischemic stroke, production of the movie was stalled until July 2020 when the then 76-year-old was able to return. A smoker since she was 16, Deneuve finally gave it up after the stroke, which kept her in hospital for one month.
