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Léa Seydoux

Acting
1985-07-01
Passy, Paris, France
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 59 titles
Oh Mercy (2019) subtitle poster
Oh Mercy
2019 Movie
as Claude
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Roses on Credit (2010) subtitle poster
Roses on Credit
2010 Movie
as Marjoline
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My Wife's Romance (2011) subtitle poster
My Wife's Romance
2011 Movie
as Ève
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La Consolation (2007) subtitle poster
La Consolation
2007 Movie
as Camille
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On War (2008) subtitle poster
On War
2008 Movie
as Marie
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Separate Rooms subtitle poster
Separate Rooms
Movie
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Les vacances de Clémence (2008) subtitle poster
Les vacances de Clémence
2008 Movie
as Jackie
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13 French Street (2007) subtitle poster
13 French Street
2007 Movie
as Jenny
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The Illusions (2009) subtitle poster
The Illusions
2009 Movie
as La fille du métro
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Gentle Monster subtitle poster
Gentle Monster
Movie
as Lucy Weiss
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Mysteries of Lisbon (2010) subtitle poster
Mysteries of Lisbon
2010 Movie
as Blanche de Montfort
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