Emmanuelle Seigner

Known for ActingBorn 1966-06-22 (age 59)Paris, France

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Spécial cinéma

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

La Vie en Rose

In the House

Venus in Fur

The Siege of Jadotville

An Officer and a Spy

The Immortals

At Eternity's Gate

Bitter Moon

Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre

Lou Reed's Berlin

A Few Hours of Spring

Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir

Frantic

Heal the Living

Heart of the Festival

Insoupçonnable

The Ninth Gate

Nirvana

Place Vendôme

The Man Who Laughs

Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out

Essential Killing

Happily Ever After

Bungalow 21

Based on a True Story

Quotidien

Body to Body

Four Last Songs

Change of Plans

Pet Shop Days

Streghe verso nord

Backstage

Private Tuition

Quelle époque !

Dark Illness

On n'est pas couché

Hotel Laguna

Detective

Le Sourire

Buddy Boy

The Gods Must Be Daring

Cérémonie des César

Giallo

The King of Ads

Stalin's Couch