Emmanuelle Seigner

Birthday: 22 June 1966, Paris, France

Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)

Biography

Emmanuelle Seigner is the daughter of a well known photographer and her mother is a journalist. She was born in Paris, France on June 22, 1966. Her grandfather was Louis Seigner, chairman of the Comédie Française and who also appeared in several movies. Emmanuelle was raised at a convent school . At age fourteen she became a model. Her mysterious beauty made her an international cover-model. Jean-Luc Godard gave her a part in his crime movie Détective (1985), starring Johnny Hallyday and Nathalie Baye. In 1986 Emmanuelle played the part of Zanon a young

Seigner was born in Paris, France, to a photographer father and a journalist mother.^[1] She is the granddaughter of the respected actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991) and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen. Capitalizing on her appearance she achieved international status as a professional model. She married the Polish film director Roman Polanski on 30 August 1989. They have two children: daughter Morgane and son Elvis. He directed her in Frantic (1988), opposite Harrison Ford, and later in Bitter Moon (1992), as well as The Ninth Gate (1999), co-starring Johnny Depp. 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.
Seigner appears as the main character in the music video "Hands Around My Throat" by Death in Vegas. In 2006, she became lead singer of the pop rock band Ultra Orange, and the group's name was changed to Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle. Seigner and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. She was an ambassadress of the Polish brand Dr Irena Eris.

Filmography

 

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

Seigner with husband Roman Polanski at the César Awards 2011.

• L'Année des méduses (1984)
• Détective (1985)... Princess of the Bahamas
• Cours privé (1986)... Zanon
• Frantic (1988)... Michelle
• Dark Illness (1990)... Giuseppe's wife
• Bitter Moon (1992)... Mimi
• Le Sourire (1994)... Odile
• Pourvu que ça dure (1996)... Julie Neyrac
• Nirvana (1997)... Lisa
• La Divine poursuite (1997)... Bobbi
• R.P.M. (1997)... Michelle Claire
• Place Vendôme (1998)... Nathalie
• The Ninth Gate (1999)... The Girl
• Buddy Boy (1999)... Gloria
• Streghe verso nord (2001)... Lucilla
• Corps à corps (2003)... Laura Bartelli
• Os Imortais (2003)... Madeleine Durand
• Backstage (2005)... Lauren Waks
• La Vie en Rose (2007)... Titine
• Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007)... Céline
• Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (2008)... Caroline
• Giallo (2009)... Linda
• Essential Killing (2010)... Margaret
• In the House (2012)... Esther Artole
• Venus in Fur (2013)