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Émilie
Émilie () is a French female given name. It is the feminine form of the male name Émile. People named Émilie and Emilie include: * Émilie Ambre (1849–1898), French opera singer * Emilie Autumn (born 1979), American singer-songwriter, poet, author and violinist * Emilie Bergbom (1834−1905), Finnish theater director * Émilie Bigottini (1784–1858), French dancer * Émilie Bonnivard (born 1980), French politician * Émilie Marie Bouchaud aka Polaire (1874–1939), French singer and actress * Emilie Bullowa (1869–1942), American lawyer * Emilie Chandler (born 1983), French politician * Émilie Charmy (1878–1974), artist in France's early avant-garde * Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749), French mathematician, physicist and author * Émilie Claudette Chauchoin, birth name of Claudette Colbert (1903–1996), American actress * Émilie Contat (1770–1846), French stage actress * Emilie Davis (1839-1889), American diarist * Émilie Deleuze (born 1964), French film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Du Châtelet
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise du Châtelet (; 17 December 1706 – 10 September 1749) was a French mathematician and physicist. Her most recognized achievement is her philosophical magnum opus, ''Institutions de Physique'' (Paris, 1740, first edition; ''Foundations of Physics''). She then revised the text substantially for a second edition with the slightly modified title ''Institutions physiques'' (Paris, 1742). It circulated widely, generated heated debates, and was translated into German and Italian in 1743. The ''Institutions'' covers a wide range of topics, including the principles of knowledge, the existence of God, hypotheses, space, time, matter and the forces of nature. Several chapters treat Newton's theory of universal gravity and associated phenomena. Later in life, she translated into French, and wrote an extensive commentary on, Isaac Newton's ''Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica''. The text, published posthumously in 1756, is still c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Charmy
Émilie Charmy (; April 2, 1878 – June 7, 1974) was an artist in France's early avant-garde. She worked closely with Fauve artists like Henri Matisse, and was active in exhibiting her artworks in Paris, particularly with Berthe Weill. She had become an artist against the norms for French women in her day and became a well-regarded artist. She painted still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and figure paintings. Unusually for a woman at the time, she made a number of paintings of nude women in poses of sexual abandon. Charmy's initial works were Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings. As her career evolved, she was influenced by Fauvism and the School of Paris movements. Early life Émilie Espérance Barret was born on April 2, 1878, in Saint-Etienne, France.Delia Gaze. Dictionary of Women Artists: Artists, J-Z'. Taylor & Francis; January 1997. . p. 379–380. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Gamelin
Émilie Tavernier Gamelin (19 February 1800 – 23 September 1851) was a Canadian social worker and Roman Catholic religious sister. She is best known as the founder of the Sisters of Providence of Montreal. In 2001 she was beatified by Pope John Paul II. Early life She was born Marie-Émilie-Eugène Tavernier (also known as Amélie) on 19 February 1800 in Montreal, the youngest of the 15 children of Antoine Tavernier and Marie-Josephe Maurice. Nine of her siblings died before reaching adulthood. Gamelin's mother died in 1804 when Gamelin was aged 4 and her father died in 1814 when Gamelin was aged 14. Consequently, Gamelin was raised by her aunt Marie-Anne Tavernier and her husband Joseph Perrault, to whose care Gamelin's mother had entrusted Émilie prior to her death. Gamelin shared the Perrault household with her aunt and uncle and their four children. From 1814 to 1815, Gamelin boarded at the school run by the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Dequenne
Émilie Dequenne (; 29 August 1981 – 16 March 2025) was a Belgian actress. She first gained recognition for her role in the Dardenne brothers' film '' Rosetta'' (1999), which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. The film also won the Palme d'Or at the festival. Over her career, she appeared in a variety of films, including the period action horror '' Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001), the drama '' The Girl on the Train'' (2009), the psychological drama '' Our Children'' (2012), and the drama '' Love Affair(s)'' (2020), for the latter she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Career Dequenne was born in Beloeil in 1981 and her parents were Brigitte and Daniel. When she was twelve she began to attend the Académie de Musique et des Arts de la Parole in Saint-Ghislain. Her breakthrough role in ''Rosetta'' established her as a notable talent in European cinema. She continued to work in both mainstream and independent films, such as Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Dionne
The Dionne quintuplets (; born May 28, 1934) are the first quintuplets known to have survived their infancy. The identical girls were born just outside Callander, Ontario, near the village of Corbeil, Ontario, Corbeil. All five survived to adulthood. The Dionne girls were born premature. After four months with their family, custody was signed over to the Red Cross, which paid for their care and oversaw the building of a hospital for the sisters. Less than a year after this agreement was signed, the Ontario government stepped in and passed the ''Dionne Quintuplets' Guardianship Act, 1935'', which made them wards of the Crown until the age of 18. The Ontario provincial government and those around them began to profit by making them a significant tourist attraction. The identical quintuplet girls were, in order of birth: # Yvonne Édouilda Marie Dionne (died 2001) # Annette Lillianne Marie Allard (living) # Cécile Marie Émilda Langlois (living) # Émilie Marie Jeanne Dionne (die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Marie Bouchaud
Émilie Marie Bouchaud''Polaire par elle-meme'', Éditions Eugène Figuière (1933), Paris. chapter 10: She calls herself Émilie Marie Bouchaud In 1930 her identity card was issued in the name "Emilie Polaire/ref> (14 May 1874 – 14 October 1939), better known by her stage name Polaire, was a French singer and actress, who became internationally known. She performed also in the United States and London, and in films. She was notable for her wasp waist which, achieved through corsetry, reportedly measured less than 16 inches (41 cm). She was also known for her eccentric stage presence, which generated mixed receptions. Biography Early life Émilie Marie Bouchaud was born in Agha, Algiers, French Algeria on 14 May 1874; according to her memoirs she was one of eleven children. Only four – Émilie, her two brothers Edmond and Marcel, and a sister, Lucile – survived infancy. Their father died of typhoid fever when Émilie was five. Their widowed mother, unable to support ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Ambre
Émilie Gabrielle Adèle Ambre (''née'' Ambroise; 1849 – April 1898) was a French opera singer who performed leading soprano roles in Europe and North America and later became a singing teacher. Born in French Algeria and trained at the Marseilles Conservatory, she was for several years the mistress of William III of the Netherlands. She had a son Robert by her next lover Gaston de Beauplan, but the relationship eventually foundered after their return from the financially disastrous 1880–1881 American tour de Beauplan had organized to showcase her talents. Following her retirement from the stage in 1890, Ambre opened a singing school in Paris with the composer Emile Bouichère and married him in 1894. As a singer, she was particularly known for her performances as Violetta, Manon, and Aida, but is primarily remembered today as the subject of Édouard Manet's portrait of her as Carmen. King's mistress: from Algeria to the stages of Paris Ambre was born in Oran in French Alg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Heymans
Émilie-Joane Heymans (born December 14, 1981) is a Canadian diver. She was born in Brussels, Belgium and raised in Greenfield Park, a suburb of Montreal. Heymans has won four Olympic medals, two bronze and two silver. She was the first female diver to win medals in four consecutive Olympic games and the first Canadian to win medals in four consecutive Olympics. Heymans also is a one time world champion and has won four Pan American championships as well as one Commonwealth Games championship. In addition she has won multiple medals in all three of these competitions. Career Before becoming a diver, Heymans was a gymnast.Television SRC, ''Pekin 2008'', 'Plus Vite, Plus Haut, Plus Fort' segment (autobiographical monologue), Émilie Heymans, Aug 21, 2008 She began diving in 1993, at age 11, after her coaches told her she did not have the physique to be a gymnast. Emilie made her international debut with Anne Montminy at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where they won a silver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilie Chandler
Émilie Chandler (born 29 April 1983) is a French lawyer and politician from Agir. She has been Member of Parliament for Val-d'Oise's 1st constituency from 2022 to 2024. Political career In parliament, Chandler has since been serving on the Committee on Legal Affairs. In this capacity, she co-authored (together with Senator Dominique Vérien) a 2023 report on domestic violence. From 2022 to 2024, Chandler has also been one of six National Assembly members who serve as judges of the ''Cour de Justice de la République'' (CJR). . In the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert (koʊlˈbɛər/ kohl-BAIR, born Émilie "Lily" Claudette Chauchoin (ʃoʃwɛ̃/ show-shwan); September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway theater, Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of Sound film, talking pictures. Initially contracted to Paramount Pictures, Colbert became one of the few major actresses of the period who worked freelance; that is to say, independently of the studio system. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Colbert the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars, 12th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. With her Good American Speech, Mid-Atlantic accent, versatility, witty dialogues, aristocratic demeanor, and flair for light comedy and emotional drama, Colbert became one of the most popular stars of the 1930s and 1940s. In all, Colbert acted in more than 60 movies. Among her frequent co-stars were Fred MacMurray in seven films (1935–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily (given Name)
Emily is a feminine given name derived from the Nomen_(Roman_name), Roman family name "Aemilia_gens, Aemilius", and is the feminine form of the name Emil_(given_name), Emil. Popularity Emily has been a popular name in the Anglosphere, English-speaking world, ranking among the most popular names in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. For more than a decade, from 1996 to 2007, it was the most common name given to girls in the United States. It has declined in usage in some countries but has remained a well-used name all over the world. In 2022, it was the 31st most popular name given to girls in Canada. The popularity of the name in the 1990s and early years of the 21st century has given the name an everyman, everywoman image for women in their twenties. As a result, the name has recently been used for a number of characters in film and television productions such as ''Emily the Criminal'' and ''Emily in Paris''. Name variants Alternat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émilie Gomis
Émilie Gomis (born 18 October 1983) is a French-Senegalese professional basketball player playing point guard The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position and is usually the shortest player ... position. She played for Fenerbahçe of the TWBL league. She wore the number 4. Competing for France, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In January 2024, Gomis declined an offer to be an ambassador for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The organising committee for the games confirmed her refusal in a statement. Gomis published an anti-Israel post on Instagram before announcing the decision. References External links * * * * * * 1983 births Living people Basketball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Fenerbahçe women's basketball players French expatriate basketball people in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
