Person Details

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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Marseille, France

Homepage: https://www.comedie-francaise.fr/fr/artiste/leonie-simaga

Movie Involvements: 13

TV Involvements: 10


Most Famous Work

Biography

Léonie Simaga, born in 1978 in Marseille, is a French actress and director, member of the Comédie-Française from 2010 to 2015. Her father and mother met in Rennes during their studies. She, from Brittany, is preparing to teach French. He, from Mali, is an agricultural engineer. His Breton grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Le Gall, died during the liberation of Brest in 1944, was decorated with the Legion of Honor. After her baccalaureate obtained at the House of Education of the Legion of Honor, she entered hypokhâgne, then khâgne in Parisian high schools and then obtained her diploma from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris4 (class of 20025). She also holds a degree in history. She studied theater at the Asnières Studio-theater, then at the National Higher Conservatory of Dramatic Art from 2002 to 2005. She played at the Comédie-Française in Esther by Racine, then in 2004, in Papa must eat by Marie NDiaye . She was hired as a resident in 2005. She notably performed the role of the Infanta in Corneille's Le Cid during the 2005-2006 season, and in 2007 played the role of Chimène in the same play, alternating with the role of Lucietta in Goldoni's play Il campiello. She became a member of the Comédie-Française on January 1, 2010. Léonie Simaga also directs several productions for the Comédie-Française such as, in 2007, Pour un oui ou pour un non by Nathalie Sarraute and, in 2014, Othello by William Shakespeare. She left the Comédie-Française at the end of 2015.

Most Famous Work

Murders in...
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7

Murders in...

(2013) Annabelle Dalmasio
Je te promets
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7

Je te promets

(2021) Agnès Gallo
The Eddy
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7

The Eddy

(2020) Commandant Keita
Les Limiers
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0

Les Limiers

(2013) Sara Mauduit
Trepalium
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6

Trepalium

(2016) Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
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8
Machine
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7

Machine

(2024) Colonel Karras
LT-21
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7

LT-21

(2023) Asia Dialo

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Frédérique
Asia Dialo
Sofia
Léa
Voix off
Aïssa
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022 Louise
Narratrice
N/A
Narrator
Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
2021 (Voix Off)
N/A
Agnès Gallo
2020 Sarah
Commandant Keita
2019 Narrator
Isabelle Leinsdorf
2018 Narrator (voice)
Lola
Isabelle Maroni
Martine
2017 Yuki
2016 Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia
2015 Self
2013 Léa
Sara Mauduit
Silvia
Annabelle Dalmasio
2012 Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
2010 Anna
2009 La baby-sitter
Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)
Colonel Karras
Year Character Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2020 Presenter
Year Role Movie/Tv

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