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Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

Birthday: 1966-06-22 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress, former fashion model, 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 30 August 1989. Seigner was born in Paris to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the actor Louis Seigner and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school and began modelling at the age of fourteen. She married Roman Polanski on 30 August 1989, and they have two children: daughter Morgane and son Elvis. Polanski is 33 years her senior. 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 adaption 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. She and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. She was an ambassadress of the Polish brand Dr Irena Eris. Source: Article "Emmanuelle Seigner" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
An Officer and a Spy

as    Pauline Monnier

2018
At Eternity's Gate

as    Madame Ginoux

2016
The Siege of Jadotville

as    Madame LaFontagne

2014
Venus in Fur

as    Vanda

2013
In the House

as    Esther

2012
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

as    Self (archive footage)

2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

as    Self (archive footage)

2010
Giallo

as    Linda

2010
Essential Killing

as    Margaret

2009
Change of Plans

as    Sarah Mattei

2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

as    Céline Desmoulins

2007
Four Last Songs

as    Helena

2007
La Vie en Rose

as    Titine

2004
Happily Ever After

as    Nathalie

2003
The Immortals

as    Madeleine Durand

2001
Hotel Laguna

as    Thelma Pianon

2000
Buddy Boy

as    Gloria

1999
The Ninth Gate

as    The Girl

1998
RPM

as    Michelle Claire

1998
Place Vendôme

as    Nathalie

1997
The Gods Must Be Daring

as    Bobbi

1997
Nirvana

as    Lisa

1994
Bitter Moon

as    Mimi

1988
Frantic

as    Michelle

1985
Detective

as    Princess of the Bahamas