Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 22 June 1966)<ref name="filmreference1" /> 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).<ref name="filmreference1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She has been married to Polish film director Roman Polanski since 1989.

Life and career

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Seigner with husband Roman Polanski at the César Awards 2011

Early life

Seigner is the daughter of Jean-Louis Seigner (1941-2020), photographer, and Aline Ponelle, journalist.<ref name="filmreference1" /><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> She is the older sister of Mathilde Seigner, actress, and Template:Ill, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Films

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.<ref>La Vénus à la Fourrure. Premiere (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2013.</ref>

Music

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.<ref name="Premiere 2007 p. 114">Template:Cite book</ref> They released a self-titled album in 2007.<ref name="LExpress.fr 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Les inrockuptibles 2007">Template:Cite book</ref> Seigner released a solo album called Distant Lover in 2014. As a member of the band L'Épée, in 2019 she released an album "Diabolique" with The Limiñanas and Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Other activities

From 2008, she was an ambassadress of the Polish brand Dr Irena Eris.

Personal life

Seigner married Roman Polanski on 30 August 1989, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}.</ref> They have two children, including Morgane. She and Polanski live in Paris.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1985	Détective	Princess of the Bahamas	Jean-Luc Godard
1986	Cours privé	Zanon	Pierre Granier-Deferre
1988	Frantic	Michelle	Roman Polanski
1990	Dark Illness	The Girl	Mario Monicelli
1992	Bitter Moon	Micheline "Mimi" Bouvier	Roman Polanski (2)
1994	Le Sourire	Odile	Claude Miller
1996	Let's Hope it Lasts	Julie Neyrac	Michel Thibaud
1997	Nirvana	Lisa	Gabriele Salvatores
	La divine poursuite	Bobbi	Michel Deville
1998	RPM	Michelle Claire	Ian Sharp
	Place Vendôme	Nathalie	Nicole Garcia	Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress
1999	The Ninth Gate	The Girl	Roman Polanski (3)
	Buddy Boy	Gloria	Mark Hanlon
2001	Laguna	Thelma Pianon	Dennis Berry
	Witches to the North	Lucilla	Giovanni Veronesi
2003	Corps à corps	Laura Bartelli	François Hanss
	Os Imortais	Madeleine Durand	António-Pedro Vasconcelos
2004	Happily Ever After	Nathalie	Yvan Attal
	Sans toi	Armelle	Liria Bégéja	Short
2005	Backstage	Lauren Waks	Emmanuelle Bercot
2007	La Vie en rose	Titine	Olivier Dahan	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Céline Desmoulins	Julian Schnabel
	Four Last Songs	Helena	Francesca Joseph
2009	Giallo	Linda	Dario Argento
	Change of Plans	Sarah Mattei	Danièle Thompson
2010	Essential Killing	Margaret	Jerzy Skolimowski
	Chicas	Nuria	Yasmina Reza
2012	A Few Hours of Spring	Clémence	Stéphane Brizé
	In the House	Esther Artole	François Ozon
	The Man Who Laughs	Duchess Josiane	Jean-Pierre Améris
2013	Venus in Fur	Vanda Jourdain	Roman Polanski (4)	International Cinephile Society Award – Best Actress Nominated – César Award for Best Actress Nominated – Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress Nominated – Lumière Award for Best Actress
	Croire	Isabelle	Nicolas Cazalé	Short
2016	Heal the Living	Marianne	Katell Quillévéré
	Le divan de Staline	Lidia	Fanny Ardant
	The Siege of Jadotville	Madame LaFontagne	Richie Smyth
2017	Based on a True Story	Delphine	Roman Polanski (5)
2018	At Eternity's Gate	The Woman from Arles / Madame Ginoux	Julian Schnabel (2)
2019	An Officer and a Spy	Pauline Monnier	Roman Polanski (6)
2023	Pet Shop Days	Diana	Olmo Schnabel

Discography

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Seigner in concert at the Mermaid Theatre London, 7 July 2008

Studio albums

• Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle (2007) Sony
• Dingue (2010)
• Distant Lover (2014)
• Diabolique (as L'épée) (2019) (with Anton Newcombe & The Limiñanas)

Singles

• "Les Mots Simples" (2008) (with Brett Anderson)

External links

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