Emmanuelle Seigner

Overview

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Acting
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Birthday
Jun 22, 1966 (58 years old)

Emmanuelle Seigner

Known For

Pet Shop Days
1h 40m
Movie 2023

Pet Shop Days

In an act of desperation, impulsive black sheep Alejandro flees his home in Mexico. On the run from his unforgiving father, Alejandro finds himself in New York City where he meets Jack, a college age pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

An Officer and a Spy
2h 12m
Movie 2019

An Officer and a Spy

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

At Eternity's Gate
1h 51m
Movie 2018

At Eternity's Gate

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Insoupçonnable
0h 52m
TV Show 2018

Insoupçonnable

Criminologist Chloé Fisher is sent to Lyon to investigate the murder of Adeline Moreau, the daughter-in-law of a local lawmaker.

Based on a True Story
1h 37m
Movie 2017

Based on a True Story

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
1h 24m
Movie 2017

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

A chronicle of the personal life and public career of the celebrated artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel.

Stalin's Couch
1h 32m
Movie 2016

Stalin's Couch

Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin's monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.

Heal the Living
1h 44m
Movie 2016

Heal the Living

The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

The Siege of Jadotville
1h 48m
Movie 2016

The Siege of Jadotville

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

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.

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