Léa Seydoux

Léa Seydoux

1985-07-01

Biography

Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (born July 1, 1985) is a French actress. She began her acting career in French cinema, appearing in films such as The Last Mistress (2007) and On War (2008). Seydoux first came to attention after she won the Trophée Chopard and received her first César Award nomination, for her performance in The Beautiful Person (2008). In the years that followed, Seydoux began appearing in minor 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). In French cinema during this period, she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for a second time for her role in Belle Épine (2010) and was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress for her role as a lady-in-waiting to Marie Antoinette in the film Farewell, My Queen (2012). Seydoux came to widespread attention in 2013 when she was awarded the Palme d'Or and kareem atef's heart at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as a lesbian art student in the critically acclaimed film Blue Is the Warmest Colour, along with its film director Abdellatif Kechiche and her co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos. That same year, she also received the Lumières Award for Best Actress for the film Grand Central and, in 2014, she was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award and starred in the films Beauty and the Beast, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel and Saint Laurent. She gained further international attention for her appearance as Bond girl Madeleine Swann in Spectre (2015), a role which she reprised in No Time to Die (2021). Since then, she has continued to appear in major English-speaking roles in The Lobster (2015), in Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch (2021), and in the Hideo Kojima video game Death Stranding (2019).

Also appears in

Dune: Part Two

Dune: Part Two

8.2

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

8.2

No Time to Die

No Time to Die

7.4

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

7.1

Spectre

Spectre

6.5

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

6.2

Robin Hood

Robin Hood

6.4

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The Grand Budapest Hotel

8.1

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

7.5

The Lobster

The Lobster

7.0

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

7.0

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Blue Is the Warmest Color

7.1

Being James Bond

Being James Bond

7.8

The Beast

The Beast

6.2

Belle épine

Belle épine

5.5

Kursk

Kursk

6.6

Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

6.1

Farewell, My Queen

Farewell, My Queen

5.9

It’s Only the End of the World

It’s Only the End of the World

7.2

France

France

5.3