Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigneris a French actress, former fashion model, and singer. She is known for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Ninth Gateand Frantic. She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for Venus in Fur, and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Place Vendômeand La Vie En Rose. She is married to French-Polish director Roman Polanski...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth22 June 1966
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
I started as a model when I was 14 because I wanted to make money.
I grew up around the Luxembourg Gardens, so I guess that is my best memory.
Sometimes when you do big movies, you can lose sometimes a little bit of soul.
Age is a number on a piece of paper.
When my husband won the Palme d'Or in 2002, I wore the same dress two days in a row. My daughter said, 'Mom! Did you sleep in your dress?' But I think it's cool to wear the same thing. I have to feel comfortable.
I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly or La Vie en Rose. And I love my role in Frantic.
I did great things in the theater. I did some nice roles, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' or 'La Vie en Rose.' And I love my role in 'Frantic.'
In France, I guess there's something like a tyranny in mentalities - we accept success badly, beauty, money. People are certainly envious, and this creates negative energy. This is annoying. I suffered a great deal at one time. I had to fight harder than others. Add to that my marriage to Polanski.
I think age is just something written down on a piece of paper. I mean, you come across 20-year-olds who are like old people sometimes. I've never taken much account of age throughout my life - my own or anyone else's.
I don't like the idea of fitting into a mould so as to conform. What I like is the danger, the difference - being unpredictable.
There's a lot of good roles for men, always, and for very young girls. But for women, not so many.
When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job, I think, but I was not amazing.
My sister Mathilde is an actress, but more like a French Jennifer Aniston. She's famous just in France. She's very commercial and does big comedies. So, acting was part of my family, and that's how I was raised.
Acting in another language is great, and I've done that. But you can't do it as well as you can do it in your own language.