Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

  • Birthday: 1966-06-22
  • Place of birth: Paris, France
  • Also know as: Emanuelle Seigner

Biography

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, niece of the actress Françoise 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.

Filmography

Body to Body

2003

As Laura

Backstage

2005

As Lauren Waks

Buddy Boy

2000

As Gloria

Venus in Fur

2013

As Vanda

Based on a True Story

2017

As Delphine

Hedda Gabler

2004

As Hedda Gabler

Bungalow 21

2024

As Marilyn Monroe

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007

As Céline Desmoulins

Bitter Moon

1992

As Mimi

Frantic

1988

As Michelle

Giallo

2010

As Linda

Le Sourire

1994

As Odile

Essential Killing

2010

As Margaret

The Immortals

2003

As Madeleine Durand

Chicas

2010

As Nuria

Dark Illness

1990

As The Girl

Stalin's Couch

2016

As Lidia

Heal the Living

2016

As Marianne

Lou Reed's Berlin

2007

As Caroline

Place Vendôme

1998

As Nathalie

RPM

1998

As Michelle Claire

A Few Hours of Spring

2012

As Clémence

The Man Who Laughs

2012

As Josiane

The King of Ads

1991

As Self (segment "Vanity Fair commercial")

An Officer and a Spy

2019

As Pauline Monnier

Let's Hope It Lasts

1996

As Julie Neyrac

The Ninth Gate

1999

As The Girl

La Vie en Rose

2007

As Titine

In the House

2012

As Esther

Streghe verso nord

2001

As Lucilla

Hotel Laguna

2001

As Thelma Pianon

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

2012

As Self (archive footage)

Happily Ever After

2004

As Nathalie

Change of Plans

2009

As Sarah Mattei

Private Tuition

1986

As Zanon

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

2012

As Self (archive footage)

At Eternity's Gate

2018

As Madame Ginoux

Nirvana

1997

As Lisa

Detective

1985

As Princess of the Bahamas

Four Last Songs

2007

As Helena

The Siege of Jadotville

2016

As Madame LaFontagne

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