Léa Seydoux
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1985 (age 41)
- Birthplace
- Passy, Paris, France
Biography
Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (French: [lea sɛdu]; born 1 July 1985) is a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received five César Award nominations, two Lumières Awards, a Palme d'Or and a BAFTA Award nomination. In 2009, she won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, Seydoux was appointed a Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2022, the French government made her a Dame of the National Order of Merit. She began her acting career with her film debut in Girlfriends (2006), with early roles in The Last Mistress (2007) and On War (2008). She won acclaim for her French roles in The Beautiful Person (2008), Belle Épine (2010), and Farewell, My Queen (2012). During this time, she expanded her career by appearing in supporting roles in high-profile Hollywood films, including Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (2010), Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011) and the action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). Her breakthrough role came with the controversial and acclaimed film Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), for which she received the Lumières Award for Best Actress, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival alongside her co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos. She received her second Lumières Award in the same year for the film Grand Central. She gained international attention for her role as Bond girl Madeleine Swann in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021). She has appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The French Dispatch (2021). Other notable roles include Beauty and the Beast (2014), Saint Laurent (2014), The Lobster (2015), Zoe (2018), France (2021), Crimes of the Future (2022), One Fine Morning (2022), The Beast (2023) and Dune: Part Two (2024). Seydoux has also worked as a model. She has been showcased in Vogue Paris, American Vogue, L'Officiel, Another Magazine and W magazine, among others. Since 2016, she has been a brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton.
Known For
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Filmography
Separate Rooms
Movie
Untitled Leos Carax Project
Movie
The Masque of the Red Death
Movie · as Catarina
Quiet Land
Movie
The Unknown
Movie · as Eva Helsinger / David Zimmerman
Silent Friend
Movie · as Alice Sauvage
Alpha Gang
Movie · as Alpha One
Gentle Monster
Movie · as Lucy Weiss
House of Love
Movie · as Self
The Beast
Movie · as Gabrielle
Dune: Part Two
Movie · as Lady Margot Fenring
The Second Act
Movie · as Florence Drucker
Cannes Uncut
Movie · as Self
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Movie · as Self
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 2 eps
One Fine Morning
Movie · as Sandra Kienzler
Crimes of the Future
Movie · as Caprice
Designing Bond
Movie · as Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Simone
No Time to Die
Movie · as Madeleine
The Story of My Wife
Movie · as Lizzy
France
Movie · as France de Meurs
Deception
Movie · as The English Lover
Oh Mercy
Movie · as Claude
Kursk
Movie · as Tanya Averina
Zoe
Movie · as Zoe
She's French
Movie
It's Only the End of the World
Movie · as Suzanne
Spectre
Movie · as Madeleine
The Lobster
Movie · as Loner Leader
Diary of a Chambermaid
Movie · as Célestine
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie · as Clotilde
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · as Belle
Saint Laurent
Movie · as Loulou de la Falaise
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Movie · as Emma
Grand Central
Movie · as Karole
Sister
Movie · as Louise
Farewell, My Queen
Movie · as Agathe-Sidonie Laborde
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Movie · as Sabine Moreau
My Wife's Romance
Movie · as Ève
Midnight in Paris
Movie · as Gabrielle
Mysteries of Lisbon
TV · as Blanche de Monfort · 6 eps
Robin Hood
Movie · as Isabella of Angoulême
Traceless
Movie · as Fleur
Belle épine
Movie · as Prudence Friedmann
Little Tailor
Movie · as Marie-Julie
Rose, c'est Paris
Movie · as self
Roses on Credit
Movie · as Marjoline
Mysteries of Lisbon
Movie · as Blanche de Montfort
Lourdes
Movie · as Maria
Inglourious Basterds
Movie · as Charlotte LaPadite
Going South
Movie · as Léa
The Illusions
Movie · as La fille du métro
On War
Movie · as Marie
The Beautiful Person
Movie · as Junie
Dolls and Angels
Movie · as Gisèle
Les vacances de Clémence
Movie · as Jackie
The Last Mistress
Movie · as Olivia
13 French Street
Movie · as Jenny
La Consolation
Movie · as Camille
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Girlfriends
Movie · as Aurore
Père et Maire
TV · as La lycéenne · 1 ep