Florence Delay

Florence Delay
Delay in 2009
Born(1941-03-19)19 March 1941
Died1 July 2025(2025-07-01) (aged 84)
Paris, France
EducationLycée Jean de La Fontaine
Faculté des lettres de Paris
University of Paris
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • educator
Years active1960–2025
Spouse
(m. 2011; died 2025)
FatherJean Delay
RelativesClaude Delay (sister)

Florence Delay (French pronunciation: [flɔʁɑ̃s dəlɛ]; 19 March 1941 – 1 July 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.