Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner

Birthdate
June 22, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 22, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Known For
Acting

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.

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Emmanuelle Seigner's LGBTQ+ Titles

In the House
In the House
Esther

Acting (51)

2024
Bungalow 21 as Marilyn Monroe
2023
Pet Shop Days as Diana
2022
Quelle époque ! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
An Officer and a Spy as Pauline Monnier
2018
At Eternity's Gate as Madame Ginoux
2018
Insoupçonnable as Chloé Fisher (10 episodes)
2017
Based on a True Story as Delphine
2017
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait as Self
2016
Stalin's Couch as Lidia
2016
Heal the Living as Marianne
2016
The Siege of Jadotville as Madame LaFontagne
2016
Quotidien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2013
Venus in Fur as Vanda
2012
The Man Who Laughs as Josiane
2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir as Self (archive footage)
2012
In the House as Esther
2012
A Few Hours of Spring as Clémence
2012
Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out as Self (archive footage)
2010
Essential Killing as Margaret
2010
Giallo as Linda
2010
Chicas as Nuria
2009
Change of Plans as Sarah Mattei
2007
Lou Reed's Berlin as Caroline
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Céline Desmoulins
2007
La Vie en Rose as Titine
2007
Four Last Songs as Helena
2006
Salut les Terriens ! as Self (guest) (1 episode)
2005
Backstage as Lauren Waks
2004
Hedda Gabler as Hedda Gabler
2004
Happily Ever After as Nathalie
2003
The Immortals as Madeleine Durand
2003
Body to Body as Laura
2001
Streghe verso nord as Lucilla
2001
Hotel Laguna as Thelma Pianon
2000
Buddy Boy as Gloria
2000
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre
1999
The Ninth Gate as The Girl
1998
Place Vendôme as Nathalie
1998
Vivement dimanche as Self (2 episodes)
1998
RPM as Michelle Claire
1997
The Gods Must Be Daring as Bobbi
1997
Nirvana as Lisa
1996
Let's Hope It Lasts as Julie Neyrac
1994
Le Sourire as Odile
1992
Bitter Moon as Mimi
1991
The King of Ads as Self (segment "Vanity Fair commercial")
1990
Dark Illness as The Girl
1988
Frantic as Michelle
1986
Private Tuition as Zanon
1985
Detective as Princess of the Bahamas
1974
Spécial cinéma as Self (1 episode)