Gallic actress Anne Consigny initially established herself as a television star during the early '80s, but soon branched out into cinema in 1985 as one of the leads in Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira's seven-hour epic adaptation of Paul Claudel's play Le Soulier de Satan. After a lengthy, unexplained absence during the late '80s and '90s, Consigny rebounded with great force as the female lead in Olivier Marchal's tense police thriller 36 Quai des Orfevres, opposite heavyweights GĂ©rard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil, and followed this up with memorable performances in such French features as Not Here to be Loved and One Fine Day (2006). Consigny then signed for a pivotal role in Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, as Claude, the woman who takes dictation for paralyzed stroke victim Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric). ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide