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
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Florence Delay was a French writer, actress, and member of the Académie française best known for her distinctive contributions to literature and art house cinema.
She is primarily recognized for starring in Robert Bresson's The Trial of Joan of Arc and narrating Chris Marker's documentary Sans Soleil.
She was elected as a member of the prestigious Académie française in 2000.
