“When I act, I enter a trance state. I don't know if it's a state of absolute self-forgetfulness or total self-awareness. It's very violent, sometimes it overwhelms me. I'm excessive in the way I feel the world.”
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Léa Seydoux
Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne is a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received five César Award nominations, two Lumière Awards, a Palme d'Or and a BAFTA Award nomination. In 2009, she won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, Seydoux was honoured with appointment as a Dame of the Order of Arts…
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2026· 11 entries
“full of instinctive intelligence and self-mockery”
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“Winning that honor was such a thing. It”
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“I had a beautiful voice, but I lost it. I was too shy. I went to the Conservatoire de Paris, and I tried to learn how to properly sing. It was too difficult. You have to do all the breathing exercises. You have to have a very strict regimen”
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“I found his life wonderful, I thought,”
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Flickering Myth: Léa Seydoux’s world crumbles around her in trailer for critically-acclaimed drama Gentle Monster
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The Film Stage: Léa Seydoux’s Life Unravels in First Trailer for Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monster
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The A.V. Club: Léa Seydoux is a pianist torn apart by secrets in Gentle Monster trailer
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The Playlist: ‘Gentle Monster’ Teaser Trailer: Léa Seydoux’s Life Unravels In Marie Kreutzer’s Acclaimed Cannes Thriller
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Yahoo Movies UK: Lea Seydoux loved starring in Gentle Monster, but why?
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The Guardian: The Unknown review – Léa Seydoux gets invaded in uncanny and bizarre body-swap horror
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: The Beast review – Léa Seydoux mesmerises in wildly ambitious sci-fi romance
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Deadline.com: Léa Seydoux On #MeToo Movement In France: “It’s A Wonderful Thing That Women Are Speaking Out”
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2023· 3 entries
The Guardian: The Beast review – Léa Seydoux’s audacious drama throbs with fear
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The Guardian: France review – Léa Seydoux’s celebrity journalist becomes the story
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Seydoux dropped out of two projects she was cast in 2022: David Cronenberg's The Shrouds, being replaced by Diane Kruger and Audrey Diwan's Emmanuelle, being replaced by Noémie Merlant
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2022· 8 entries
The Guardian: France review – TV presenter Léa Seydoux is mesmeric in intriguing media satire
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Awarded Knight of the National Order of Merit (2022).
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People: Léa Seydoux Says Script for Scrapped Channing Tatum 'Gambit' Movie Was 'Really Good' and 'More of a Comedy'
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The Guardian: One Fine Morning review – Léa Seydoux sparkles in poignant drama
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Was made a Dame of the National Order of Merit by the French government
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That Léa Seydoux, who has become one of the most famous faces of European cinema and a notable actress in each of her forays into Hollywood, "reigns at Cannes"
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Seydoux remembered the occasion, saying that she was against the fact that Donzelli seemed to approve the incestuous relationship between the two main roles, "she wanted to do a film where even you can fall in love with
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The French government made her a Dame of the National Order of Merit
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2021· 2 entries
Deadline noted that since Seydoux's first invitation to the festival, she had achieved the status of "one of France's most beloved exports"
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Seydoux reprised her role as Madeleine Swann in the James Bond film No Time to Die
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2020· 3 entries
Seydoux collaborated with Arnaud Desplechin for the second time on Deception (2021)
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Seydoux was included on Vogue's list of "The most beautiful French actresses of all time"
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In 2020, Seydoux was included on Vogue's list of "The most beautiful French actresses of all time".
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2019· 1 entry
Reader's Digest named her in their list of "Amazing French actresses in film history"
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2018· 2 entries
Seydoux was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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Seydoux co-starred alongside Ewan McGregor in Zoe, a sci-fi romance by Drake Doremus
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2017· 1 entry
Accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault
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2016· 4 entries
Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2016).
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Minister of Culture Fleur Pellerin made her a Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters (Ordre des Arts et des Lettres)
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Seydoux was honoured with the Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters
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Seydoux was honoured with appointment as a Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters
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2015· 1 entry
Seydoux starred with Vincent Lindon in Diary of a Chambermaid, a period piece based on Octave Mirbeau's novel Le Journal d'une femme de chambre
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2014· 1 entry
Seydoux won the Best Actress award at the 19th Lumière Awards for her roles in Blue Is the Warmest Colour and Grand Central
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2013· 2 entries
Seydoux was nominated for Best Actress at the 38th César Awards for her role as Sidonie Laborde in Benoît Jacquot's Farewell, My Queen
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“It's true that I'm in high demand and I've learned to say no to higher-paying films so that I can work on projects that are close to my heart, like Sister. And then I had to give up Michel Gondry's Mood Indigo to finish Kechiche's film. In general, I try not to put too much pressure on myself. I know that I'm very lucky. And also that there will be times in my career when I'll have fewer offers.”
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2011· 1 entry
Played Gabrielle in the romantic comedy Midnight in Paris
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2010· 1 entry
Starred alongside Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood, playing Isabella of Angoulême
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2009· 2 entries
Won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival
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Had a major part in Jessica Hausner's Lourdes, and a small role in her first Hollywood film, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
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2008· 1 entry
When she appeared in Christophe Honoré's The Beautiful Person, a role that earned her the 2009 Chopard Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Upcoming Actress and a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress
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2007· 2 entries
Took further training at New York's Actors Studio with Corinne Blue
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Participated in the Levi's television advert "Dangerous Liaison" alongside Raphael Personaz, and has been seen in several photo editorials, including for Vogue Paris, American Vogue, Numéro, L'Officiel, CRASH, Anothe
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2005· 1 entry
Seydoux appeared in the music video for Raphaël's single, "Ne partons pas fâchés"
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1985· 1 entry
Born 1985-07-01.
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