Her musical work includes the title role in Honegger’s Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher at the Barbican with Marin Alsop and the London Symphony Orchestra (2011), Medea in Cherubini’s Médée at the Salzburg Festival with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock (2019), and in Purcell's The Indian Queen conducted by Teodor Currentzis and directed by Peter Sellars (2023), the latter of which she tours in the 24/25 season to Paris, Antwerp de Singel, and Berliner Philharmonie. This season also sees her return to the Barbican for a special evening curated by Khatia Buniatishvili. In the 25/26, Casar will narrate Honegger’s Le Roi David with the Chœur de Radio France at the Maison de la Radio in Paris.
On stage, Casar has performed iconic roles such as Petra in The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, Hedda in Hedda Gabler, and Mindy in Aunt Dan and Lemon at London’s Almeida Theatre. At Paris’s Odéon Theatre, she starred in Les Enfants de Saturne and as Olga in Three Sisters, directed by Simon Stone. Her portrayal of Goneril in Olivier Py’s production of King Lear at the 2015 Festival d’Avignon was widely praised, and she returned to the festival for the Spanish year in 2024 to portray the Spanish mystical saint Teresa of Avila, in a live-recorded concert by France Culture.
Her film credits include The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes by the Quay Brothers, Catherine Breillat's Anatomy of Hell, and Thomas Gilou's cult comedy trilogy La Vérité si je mens !, which earned her a César nomination. Casar has also appeared in Tony Gatlif’s Transylvania (Cannes Official Selection, 2006), Werner Schroeter's Nuit de chien (Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize), and Sophie Calle’s Prenez soin de vous (Venice Biennale, 2007). Other highlights include Bertrand Bonello's Saint Laurent (Cannes Official Selection, 2014) and Luca Guadagnino's Oscar-winning Call Me by Your Name (2017). Casar received the Best Actress award at the Festival de La Rochelle for her portrayal of surrealist artist Dora Maar in La femme qui pleure au chapeau rouge. Other recent and upcoming films include Soeurs d'armes (2018), Cigare au miel (Venice Film Festival, 2021), Yaban (2022), The Contractor (2022), Honeyjoon (Tribeca Festival, 2025), Sarah Bernhardt, la divine (2024), and Rokeby Venus (2025).
On the television screen, Casar appeared as Edith Frank in A Small Light (Disney+, 2023), Perle Foster in La Maison (Apple TV+, 2024) as Kristina in 40 (Channel 4, 2003), and in Rebecca Zlotowski's series Les sauvages as Daria, a classical music conductor and first lady of France (Canal+). Podcasts recorded by Casar include Batman Autopsie for Warner and L’Amie Prodigieuse as main narrator for France Culture. In 2015, Casar was awarded the Académie Charles Cros Prize for best actress for her audiobook recording of Nobel prize winner Alice Munro’s novel Too much happiness and was honoured with the title of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2016.
Casar was a jury member at the Festival de Cannes' Semaine de la Critique in 2019.
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