Best Women Biography movies of 2000s

Actors : Sean Young, Melissa Errico, Michael Lerner, Joe Regalbuto,
Directors : Harry Bromley Davenport,

On November 4, 1970 on The CBS Evening News, Walter Cronkite reported on a true, horrific story that was about to rock the country. A 13-year-old girl was discovered in the small Los ...

Actors : Natalia Soutto, Matheus Costa, Nelson Xavier, Ângelo Antônio,
Directors : Daniel Filho,

A biography of spiritual medium and author Francisco Candido Xavier.

Actors : Purab Kohli, Shiney Ahuja, Shaad Randhawa, Kangana Ranaut,
Directors : Mohit Suri,

Based upon the life of actress Parveen Babi, this film describes the life of a schizophrenic actress Sana Azim, and the love of her life - Aditya Garewal.

Actors : Samuli Edelmann, Krista Kosonen, Peter Franzén, Katja Kukkola,
Directors : Arto Halonen,

Princess tells the true story of former cabaret dancer Anna Lappalainen's redemptive struggle with insanity, who checked in to Finland's Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital in 1945.

Actors : Alexandre Borges, Patricia Pillar, Daniel de Oliveira, Leandra Leal,
Directors : Sergio Rezende,

Based on the true story of Zuzu Angel, a famous Brazilian fashion designer in the 70's, who searches for her son Stuart, a member of a leftist university group who suddenly disappears ...

Actors : Sandrine Blancke, Cécile De France, Chris Lomme, Marie Kremer,
Directors : Stijn Coninx,

A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.

Actors : Carla Chambel, José Fidalgo, Sandra Barata Belo, Ricardo Carriço,
Directors : Carlos Coelho da Silva,

The story of real-life singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.

Actors : Heike Makatsch, Dan Stevens, Hanns Zischler, Monica Bleibtreu,
Directors : Kai Wessel,

A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.

Actors : Roman Gancarczyk, Jowita Budnik, Jerzy Gudejko, Krystyna Feldman,
Directors : Krzysztof Krauze,

Story of the last eight years of life of Nikifor Krynicki, famous "naive artist".

Actors : Luca Zingaretti, Alessio Boni, Monica Bellucci, Maurizio Donadoni,
Directors : Marco Tullio Giordana,

The story of rising, fancy life and falling of Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferinta, two of the stars of the Italian cinema during the Facism period of Italy.

Actors : Denis Bernard, Pascale Bussières, Michel Barrette, Serge Postigo,
Directors : Denise Filiatrault,

1952, Québec - Alys Robi, vocalist at the top of her popularity and recognized worldwide, was interned in spite of herself, by her father. Medical authorities prescribe her the only cure ...

Actors : Björn Kjellman, Amanda Ooms, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath,
Directors : Jan Troell,

Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix.

Actors : Océane Decaudain, Anne Benoît, Marina Foïs, Guillaume Canet,
Directors : Christine Carrière,

On a farm in the West of France, Catherine a plump little girl, dreams of escaping her joyless life. Her parents do not seem to know what a heart is and her father can get violent ...

Actors : Sabine Singh, Richard M. Stuart, Chad Christ, Vincent Kartheiser,
Directors : Peter Filardi,

Based on the true story of drugs, satanism, and murder in the upper class town of Northport, Long Island in 1984.

Actors : Burt Young, Andrea Iaia, Anna Valle, Paolo Seganti,
Directors : Renzo Martinelli,

The life of Primo Carnera a.k.a. "Ambling Alp", Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from June 1933 to June 1934, but also accused by some of having ties to the mob.

Actors : Anass Behri, Fejria Deliba, Rabia Mokeddem, Amina Annabi,
Directors : Yamina Benguigui,

The story of an immigrant woman struggling against old world traditions. Zouina leaves her homeland with her three children to join her husband in France, where he's been living for the ...

Actors : Katja Flint, Hans Werner Meyer, Herbert Knaup, Heino Ferch,
Directors : Joseph Vilsmaier,

The movie follows the life and personality of the famous actress Marlene Dietrich.

Actors : Pam Ferris, Ben Miller, Ian Hart, Emily Watson,
Directors : Marleen Gorris,

During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everything, and no longer wishing to live, she meets the camp doctor and begins to come back to life.

Actors : Patricia Place, Katherine Nelson, Nathan Mitchell, Stephanie Breinholt,

Before her death, Emma reflects on her life; beginning with her childhood, up through her final years in Nauvoo. Based on the life of Emma Hale Smith.

Actors : Upendra Limaye, Tejaswini Pandit, Jyoti Chandekar, Nina Kulkarni,
Directors : Ananth Narayan Mahadevan,

This is the journey of Sindhutai Sapkal, a poor village girl who grew up tending buffaloes while craving an education, but her unsympathetic mother had her married off to an older man when ...