L\u00e9a H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne\u00a0(French:\u00a0[lea\u00a0s\u025bdu]; born 1 July 1985) is a French actress. Prolific in both\u00a0French cinema\u00a0and\u00a0Hollywood, she has received five\u00a0C\u00e9sar Award\u00a0nominations, two\u00a0Lumi\u00e8res Awards, a\u00a0Palme d’Or\u00a0and a\u00a0BAFTA Award\u00a0nomination. In 2009, she won the\u00a0Troph\u00e9e Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year\u00a0at the\u00a0Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, Seydoux was appointed a\u00a0Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters.\u00a0In 2022, the\u00a0French government\u00a0made her a\u00a0Dame of the National Order of Merit.<\/p>\n
She began her acting career with her film debut in\u00a0Girlfriends\u00a0(2006), with early roles in\u00a0The Last Mistress\u00a0(2007) and\u00a0On War\u00a0(2008). She won acclaim for her French roles in\u00a0The Beautiful Person\u00a0(2008),\u00a0Belle \u00c9pine\u00a0(2010), and\u00a0Farewell, My Queen\u00a0(2012). During this time, she expanded her career by appearing in supporting roles in high-profile Hollywood films, including\u00a0Quentin Tarantino’s\u00a0Inglourious Basterds\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Ridley Scott’s\u00a0Robin Hood\u00a0(2010),\u00a0Woody Allen’s\u00a0Midnight in Paris\u00a0(2011) and the action film\u00a0Mission: Impossible \u2013 Ghost Protocol\u00a0(2011).<\/p>\n
Her breakthrough role came with the controversial and acclaimed film\u00a0Blue Is the Warmest Colour\u00a0(2013), for which she received the\u00a0Lumi\u00e8res Award for Best Actress, as well as the\u00a0Palme d’Or\u00a0at the\u00a0Cannes Film Festival\u00a0alongside her co-star\u00a0Ad\u00e8le Exarchopoulos.\u00a0She received her second\u00a0Lumi\u00e8res Award\u00a0in the same year for the film\u00a0Grand Central. She gained international attention for her role as\u00a0Bond girl Madeleine Swann\u00a0in\u00a0Spectre\u00a0(2015) and\u00a0No Time to Die\u00a0(2021).<\/p>\n
She has appeared in the\u00a0Wes Anderson\u00a0films\u00a0The Grand Budapest Hotel\u00a0(2014) and\u00a0The French Dispatch\u00a0(2021). Other notable roles include\u00a0Beauty and the Beast\u00a0(2014),\u00a0Saint Laurent\u00a0(2014),\u00a0The Lobster\u00a0(2015),\u00a0Zoe\u00a0(2018),\u00a0France\u00a0(2021),\u00a0Crimes of the Future\u00a0(2022),\u00a0One Fine Morning\u00a0(2022),\u00a0The Beast\u00a0(2023) and\u00a0Dune: Part Two\u00a0(2024).<\/p>\n
Seydoux has also worked as a model. She has been showcased in\u00a0Vogue Paris,\u00a0American Vogue,\u00a0L’Officiel,\u00a0Another Magazine\u00a0and\u00a0W magazine,\u00a0among others. Since 2016, she has been a brand ambassador for\u00a0Louis Vuitton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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