Clotilde Courau

Princess Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau (born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She is married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World: ''Volume I Europe & Latin America''. Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1977, London, p. 367. a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.

Family

Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau
was born on 3 April 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b. 1942) and French noblewoman Catherine Marie Antoinette du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1948), daughter of Count Pierre Francoise Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1926), whose family can be traced back to 13th century. She has three sisters named Christine, Camille, and Capucine Courau. The sisters were brought up in the Roman Catholic religion.

Acting career

In 1991, Courau was nominated for a '' César'', for Most Promising Actress (''Meilleur espoir féminin''), and won a European Film Award for Best Actress, both for the film ''Le petit criminel'' (1990). She then appeared in Dusty Hughes' ''A Slip of the Tongue'' opposite John Malkovich on the stage, and in Vincent Ward's '' Map of the Human Heart''. In 1995, she won the '' Prix Suzanne Bianchetti'' at the SACD Awards. She was nominated again for a ''César'' twice in 1996 for Best Supporting Actress (''Meilleur second rôle féminin'') and Most Promising Actress (''Meilleur espoir féminin'') both for the film '' Élisa''. In 1998 she was named as one of European cinema's "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion and in 2000 she won the ''Prix Romy Schneider''. She was also created a Dame of the ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' of France on 7 February 2007.

She had a featured role in Deterrence, an American film about nuclear war that marked the directing debut of Rod Lurie.

Marriage

Clotilde Courau announced her engagement on 10 July, and on 25 September 2003 at the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, she married Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice. At the ceremony she wore a wedding gown designed by Valentino. Six months pregnant at the time of the wedding, she was seen as a controversial bride because of her left-wing views.

The couple have two daughters:
* Princess Vittoria Chiara Cristina Adelaide Maria (born 28 December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland),
* Princess Luisa Giovanna Bianca Agata Gavina Maria (born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland).

Rose

In 2009, her name was given to a rose created by the rose grower Fabien Ducher to mark the 500,000th visitor to the ''Jardins de l'Imaginaire'', Terrasson.

Filmography

* ''Civilisations'' (1988) (TV mini-series) – Elyssa
* ''Le petit criminel'' – (1990) – The sister, Nathalie (Stéphanie)
* ' – (1993) – Alina Suchecka
* '' Map of the Human Heart'' – (1993) – Rainee
* ''The Pickle'' – (1993) – Françoise
* '' Ugly Meets the People'' – (1995) – Girl
* '' Tom est tout seul'' – (1995) – Marion
* '' Élisa'' – (1995) – Solange
* '' La fidèle infidèle'' (1995) (TV) – Cécile
* ''L'Appât'' – (1995) – Patricia
* ''Les Grands Ducs'' – (1996) – Juliette
* '' Une leçon particulière'' (1997) (TV) – Julie
* ''Fred'' – (1997) – Lisa
* '' Marthe'' – (1997) – Marthe
* '' Bob le magnifique'' (1998) (TV) – Christine / Christina
* ''Hors jeu'' – (1998) – Clotilde Courau
* '' Le poulpe'' – (1998) – Cheryl
* ''Milk'' (1999) – Ilaria
* '' Deterrence'' (1999) – Katie
* ''En face'' – (2000) – Michelle
* '' La parenthèse enchantée'' – (2000) – Alice
* '' Promenons-nous dans les bois'' – (2000) – Sophie
* '' Exit'' – (2000) – Pearl / The journalist
* '' Le nouveau Jean-Claude'' – (2002) – Marianna
* ''Embrassez qui vous voudrez'' – (2002) – Julie
* '' Un monde presque paisible'' – (2002) – Simone
* '' The Code'' – (2002) – Nina
* '' Mon Idole'' – (2002) – Fabienne
* '' Les beaux jours'' (2003) (TV) – Gaby
* '' Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961'' (2005) (TV) – Sabine
* '' La signora delle camelie'' (2005) (TV) – ....
* '' Mafalda di Savoia'' (2006) (TV mini-series) – Giovanna di Savoia
* ''La Vie en Rose'' (2007) – Annetta Gassion
* '' Modern Love'' (2008) – Marie
* ''Chez Maupassant'' (1 episode, 2008, TV episode ''La chambre 11'') – Clarisse / Marguerite
* '' Des mots d'amour'' aka ''Words of Love'' (Canada, English title) (2009) (TV) – Alice Andrézy
* '' Tous les soleils'' (2011) – Florence
* ''Babysitting'' (2014) – Mme. Schaudel
* '' L'Ombre des femmes'' (2015) – Manon
* ''Eva & Leon'' (2015) – Lucie
* '' Le ciel attendra'' (2016) – Sylvie
* '' An Easy Girl'' (2019)
* ''The Bad Poet'' (2020)
* ''Benedetta'' (2021)

Honours

National honours

* : Member of the Order of Arts and Letters, 3rd Class

Dynastic honour

* Montenegrin Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
* House of Savoy: Dame Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

References

External links

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1969 births
Living people
European Film Award for Best Actress winners
People from Levallois-Perret
Italian princesses
French film actresses
Princesses of Savoy
Princesses by marriage
Royalty and nobility actors
French television actresses
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Cours Florent alumni