album Clair-obscur received the Grand Prize awarded by the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique. In 2005, Hardy received the Female Artist of the Year award for her album Tant de belles choses at the Victoires de la Musique. In 2006, Hardy received the Grande médaille de la chanson française award given by the Académie Française, in recognition of her music career. In 2012, Hardy celebrated her 50th anniversary in music with the release of her first novel and an album that shared the title L'Amour fou. Diagnosed with laryngeal cancer, the singer declared it her last album but nevertheless returned nearly five years later with the 2018 release of Personne d'autre. In March 2021, Hardy announced that she could not sing anymore as a consequence of cancer treatments. Acting career Although journalists often take note of Hardy's film roles, she never embarked on a serious career as an actress nor wished to do so. Although reluctant, she accepted several acting roles she was offered in the 1960s on the advice of Jean-Marie Périer. The singer recalled: "I couldn't see how I could turn down offers by well-known film directors. However, I far preferred music to cinema. Music and chanson allow you to go deep into yourself and how you feel, while cinema is about playing a part, playing a character who might be miles away from who you are." In 1963, Hardy made her film debut playing the role of Ophelia in Roger Vadim's Château en Suède. Before casting her, Vadim tested Hardy's abilities as an actress by directing her in a reading of Cécile de Roggendorf's love letters to Giacomo Casanova for radio Europe n° 1. She did not get along well with the director during the making of Château en Suède, who mocked her for her "infinite apathy", and the shooting of the film marked the "beginning of her dread for filming sessions and the movie business in general". In promotion of the film, Hardy attended the Cannes Film Festival, where she wore a black coat by Pierre Cardin. After a cameo in What's New Pussycat?, Hardy landed a role in Jean-Daniel Pollet's 1966 film Une balle au cœur, which was filmed on location in a remote Greek island. Her experience was also unsatisfactory, recalling: "I felt like I was at the other end of the world and my morale sank below zero when, after