Clémence Guichard (born 30 October 1982), known professionally as Clémence Poésy (), is a French actress and fashion model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy studied drama and has been active in both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions. She is known for the roles of Fleur Delacour in the ''Harry Potter'' film series, Chloë in ''

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'', Rana in ''

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in the 24-episode series '' The Tunnel''.

Early life and education

Born in

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, a southern suburb of Paris, she is the daughter of actor-writer Étienne Guichard and a French teacher. Poésy took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. She was sent to an

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. Her father gave Poésy her first acting job when she was a child; then she had two lines at age 14. She has a younger sister, Maëlle Poésy-Guichard, who is also an actress. After leaving ''La Source'', the bilingual, alternative school she attended until the age of 16, Poésy studied drama at the '' Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique'' (CNSAD, the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts), the ''Atelier International de Blanche Salant et Paul Weaver'', and

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Acting career

Poésy's first English-speaking role was in the

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Modelling career

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Since October 2007, Poésy has been one of three spokesmodels for the self-titled fragrance by

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, and has modelled in Gap's 2008 autumn advertising campaign. In December 2011, Poésy was chosen as the face of the designer clothing company

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. In 2014, she became the poster girl for the "Love Story" fragrance from

Personal life

Poésy is fluent in French and English, and speaks some Italian and Spanish. She divides her time between homes in Paris and London, and has spent some time in Eastern Europe. Politically, she identifies as "very clearly on the left". In early 2017, she gave birth to a son, Liam. In 2019, while filming '' Tenet'', she was pregnant with her second child. At the

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2021 she was pregnant with her third child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Decorations

* Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2015)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Poesy, Clemence 1982 births French female models French film actresses French television actresses French stage actresses Living people Paris Nanterre University alumni People from L'Haÿ-les-Roses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres