Léa Seydoux

Cast

Born

July 1, 1985 · Paris, France

Birth name

Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne

“I need to act, it's a necessity. I need to express myself through it and it's more like an existential necessity. I've always felt I had a melancholy inside me and that I had to just make that melancholy express itself.” Coming from an important family in the film business, granddaughter of Jérome Seydoux (President of Pathé Distribution) and grandniece of Nicolas Seydoux (Chief Executive Officer of Gaumont), Léa Seydoux knew how to earn and honor her place in the industry beyond her connections. Her interpretations stand out for the handling of ambiguity and the intensity of her gaze in terms of mysterious or melancholic characters. She began her career in French cinema with appearances in films such as "Une vieille maîtresse" (2007) by Catherine Breillat and "La belle personne" (2008) by Christophe Honoré, a film for which she received her first nomination for the César Awards and won the Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Film Festival. She made the breakthrough to international cinema with her role in "Inglorious Bastards" (2009) under the direction of Quentin Tarantino and a few years later in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" (2011), while still showing interest in smaller or independent projects. In 2013 she won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for her performance in "La vie d'Adèle", despite the arduous shooting in the hands of Abdellatif Kechiche, and was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Emerging Actress. In addition, in 2015 she entered the list of "Bond Girls" after stepping into the skin of Madeleine for the film "Spectre" (2015) and its sequel "No time to die" (2021). She has worked with other great directors such as Wes Anderson, Mia Hansen-Løve, Yorgos Lanthimos and David Cronenberg.