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Aliases: Emanuelle Seigner

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress and singer. She is known for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), The Ninth Gate (1999) and Frantic (1988). She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for Venus in Fur (2013), and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Place Vendôme (1998) and La Vie En Rose (2007). She has been married to Polish film director Roman Polanski since 1989. Seigner is the daughter of Jean-Louis Seigner (1941-2020), photographer, and Aline Ponelle, journalist. She is the older sister of Mathilde Seigner, actress, and Marie-Amélie Seigner, singer. Through their father, they are the granddaughters of the actor Louis Seigner (1903-1991) and the nieces of the actress Françoise Seigner (1928-2008), both deans and members of the Comédie-Française. She is the niece of doctor Véronique Vasseur. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen. Her husband directed her in Frantic (1988), Bitter Moon (1992), The Ninth Gate (1999), Venus in Fur (2013), Based On A True Story (2017) and An Officer and a Spy (2019). In 2010, Seigner was featured in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing, which went on to win the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. In 2012, she played the principal role of Vanda in Polanski's French film adaptation of David Ives's two-character play Venus in Fur, based on the Austrian novel of the near-same name, for which she received praise as Vanda, an actress, playing against writer and theatre director Thomas played by Mathieu Amalric. Seigner appears as the main character in the music video "Hands Around My Throat" by Death in Vegas. In 2006, she became the lead singer of the pop rock band Ultra Orange, and the group's name was changed to Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle. They released a self-titled album in 2007. Seigner released a solo album called Distant Lover in 2014. From 2008, she was an ambassadress of the Polish brand Dr Irena Eris. Seigner married Roman Polanski on August 30, 1989 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. They have two children, Morgane (born in 1993) and Elvis (born in 1998). She and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. Source: Article "Emmanuelle Seigner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

The Ninth Gate
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The Ninth Gate

(1999) The Girl
Bitter Moon
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Bitter Moon

(1992) Mimi
At Eternity's Gate
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At Eternity's Gate

(2018) Madame Ginoux
The Siege of Jadotville
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The Siege of Jadotville

(2016) Madame LaFontagne
Frantic
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Frantic

(1988) Michelle
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

(2007) Céline Desmoulins
Based on a True Story
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Based on a True Story

(2017) Delphine
La Vie en Rose
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La Vie en Rose

(2007) Titine

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Pauline Monnier
2018 Madame Ginoux
Chloé Fisher
2017 Delphine
Self
2016 Lidia
Marianne
Madame LaFontagne
2014 Self (archive footage)
2013 Vanda
2012 Josiane
Esther
Clémence
Self (archive footage)
2010 Margaret
Linda
Nuria
2009 Sarah Mattei
2007 Caroline
Céline Desmoulins
Titine
Helena
2006 Self (guest)
2005 Lauren Waks
2004 Hedda Gabler
Nathalie
2003 Madeleine Durand
Laura
2001 Lucilla
Thelma Pianon
1999 Gloria
The Girl
1998 Nathalie
Self
Michelle Claire
1997 Bobbi
Lisa
1996 Julie Neyrac
1994 Odile
1992 Mimi
1991 Self (segment "Vanity Fair commercial")
1990 The Girl
1988 Michelle
1986 Zanon
1985 Princess of the Bahamas
Year Character Movie/Tv

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