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'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominated for a

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for

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for ''

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'' (2013), and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in ''

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'' (1998) and '' La Vie En Rose'' (2007). She has been married to Polish film director

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since 30 August 1989.

Life and career

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Seigner was born in Paris to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the actor

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, niece of the actress

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and sister of the actress

Mathilde Seigner Mathilde Seigner (born 17 January 1968) is a French actress. Early life Seigner was born in Paris. She is the granddaughter of actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991). She is the sister of Emmanuelle Seigner and a niece of Françoise Seigner. Ca ...

. She was educated at a

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school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen. She married Roman Polanski on 30 August 1989, and they have two children: daughter Morgane and son Elvis. Her husband directed her in '' Frantic'' (1988), '' Bitter Moon'' (1992), ''

'' (1999), ''

'' (2013), ''

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'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2019). In 2010, Seigner was featured in

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's ''

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'', 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 adaption of

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's two-character play ''

'', 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

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.La Vénus à la Fourrure
Premiere (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2013. Seigner appears as the main character in the music video "Hands Around My Throat" by

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. In 2006, she became the lead singer of the pop rock band Ultra Orange, and the group's name was changed to

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. They released a self-titled album in 2007. Seigner released a solo album called '' Distant Lover'' in 2014. She and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. She was an ambassadress of the

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brand ''Dr Irena Eris''.

Filmography

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle'' (2007) Sony * ''Dingue'' (2010) * ''Distant Lover'' (2014) * ''Diabolique'' (as L'épée) (2019) (with Anton Newcombe & The Liminanas)

References

External links

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