One of the most popular celebrities of cinema. Discriminating, fragile and extremely sensitive, refusing the roles of sex-symbol and femme-fatale.

Faye Dunaway will be visiting the 42nd International Thessaloniki Film Festival to be present at the screening of Jerry Schatzberg's Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) in which she stared, and at the opening of the director's photography exhibit. On account of her visit, the documentary she directed Yellow Bird, will also be shown. Faye Dunaway will be in Thessaloniki until November 11th.

FAYE DUNAWAY
Born in Florida in 1941, and having graduated from Boston University's School of Theatre, she becomes a member of Elia Kazan's troupe from 1962 to 1967 and makes her international breakthrough with her astounding performance as Bonnie Parker, in Arthur Pen's Bonnie and Clyde (1967) for which she receives and Oscar nomination for Best Actress. An enormous talent, a dazzling presence and wrapped in a mysterious sensual aura, she will dominate American cinema in the 70s', mainly for her acting boldness rather than her unsurpassable beauty. Dynamic, refined and unyielding, she surpasses the roles of sex-symbol and femme fatale and commands with her indisputable acting abilities.

Bonnie and Clide is followed by other sensational appearances in the films The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) by Norman Jewison, The arrangement (1969) by Elia Kazan, with Kirk Douglas at her side, Little big man (1970) by Arthur Pen, and Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970) by Jerry Schatzberg, an important, although all too well known film the reveals her sensitive and narcissistic sides. In 1974 she turns out another outstanding performance with one of her top roles (nominated for an Oscar) in Roman Polanski's Chinatown, alongside John Houston and Jack Nicholson. She stars in Sydney Pollack's Three Days of the Condor (1975), Sidney Lumet's Network (1976), for which she won an Oscar, and Irvin Kesner's Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), tracing a brilliant course in American cinema. During the 80s' she appears in numerous films with small, but significant performances. In 1987, she turns out another remarkable performance in Barby Shcreder's Barfly, as a decaying alcoholic. Along with Johnny Depp and Jerry Lewis, her unequalled grace radiates once again in Emir Koustouritsa's, Arizona Dream in 1993. In 1996 she appears in Kevin Spacey's debut film, Albino Alligator, while her latest performance is in James Gray's, striking film, The yards (2000).

An actress with extensive acting capabilities, she has walked her own path and left her mark, refusing to conform to the dictated appeals of a prefabricated Hollywood actress. Faye Dunaway's star continues to shine brightly as an inseparable element of world-wide modern cinema.