Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress.

Life and career

De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and director

Antoine de Caunes Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline ...

and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal grandparents are

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Georges de Caunes Louis Georges Gustave de Caunes (26 April 1919 – 28 June 2004), professionally known as Georges de Caunes, was a French television and radio presenter, journalist, writer and producer whose career spanned over six decades in French language telev ...

and

Jacqueline Joubert Jacqueline Joubert (29 March 1921 – 8 January 2005), born Jacqueline Annette Édith Pierre, was a French television continuity announcer, producer and director. Alongside Arlette Accart, Joubert was one of the first two in-vision continuity an ...

, one of the first

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s on French television.

Marriage and family

De Caunes married the singer known as

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in 2001. They have a daughter Nina together, born in October 2002. They divorced in 2005. In September 2011, De Caunes married

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, an English comic book artist.

Education and career

De Caunes began acting in 1988 at the age of 12 with a role in ''Margot et le voleur d'enfants,'' a

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by director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. She obtained her French ''

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'' in film in 1995 after high school. De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 in

Sylvie Verheyde Sylvie Verheyde (born 1967) is a French film director, actress, and screenwriter. Director The films Verheyde has directed include ''Un frère'' (1997), in which Emma de Caunes won a César Award for Most Promising Actress, ''Princesses'' (2000 ...

's '' Un frère''. She won the Most Promising Actress award for this performance at the 1998 César awards. In 2001 she starred with

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’s

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in the music video for the song “

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,” directed by

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. She won the 2002

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, an award given annually to a promising young actress. She had a main role in the 2007 comedy film ''

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'', in which she played an actress in an independent being made by

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's character.

Allegations against Weinstein

In 2017, De Caunes publicly accused Hollywood producer

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of sexual misconduct at the 2010

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. She alleges that Weinstein lured her to his hotel room, and chased her around the room while he was naked in an attempt to have sex. Her allegations were first reported in ''

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''.

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Filmography

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References

External links

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