Emmanuelle Seigner
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| Emmanuelle Seigner | |
 Seigner in concert at the Mermaid Theatre London, 7 July 2008 |
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| Born | June 22, 1966 Paris, France |
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| Occupation | actress, model, singer |
| Spouse(s) | Roman Polanski (1989 - present) |
Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a César Award-nominated French actress, former fashion model and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in La Vie En Rose, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Frantic.
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 beauty 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, opposite Harrison Ford and later in Bitter Moon, as well as The Ninth Gate co-starring Johnny Depp.
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 lives with Polanski and their two children in Paris.[2]
[edit] Filmography
- L'Année des méduses (1984)
- Détective (1985)
- Cours privé (1986)
- Frantic (1988)
- Il Male oscuro (1990)
- Bitter Moon (1992)
- Le Sourire (1994)
- Pourvu que ça dure (1996)
- Nirvana (1997)
- La Divine poursuite (1997)
- R.P.M. (1997)
- Place Vendôme (1998)
- The Ninth Gate (1999)
- Buddy Boy (1999)
- Streghe verso nord (2001)
- Corps à corps (2003)
- Os Imortais (2003)
- Backstage (2005)
- La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007)
- Lou Reed's Berlin (2008)
- Giallo (2009)
