Ludivine Sagnier (born 3 July 1979) is a French actress and model who has appeared on screen since 1989. She was nominated three times for the
César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol
* ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt
* César Award, a French film award
Places
* Cesar, Portugal
* Ces ...
Swimming Pool
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A Secret
''A Secret'' (french: Un secret) is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the 2004 novel by Philippe Grimbert.
Synopsis
The film follows Maxime Nathan and his family in France during the years befo ...
'' (2007).
Personal life
Sagnier was born in
La Celle-Saint-Cloud
La Celle-Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the Yvelines department of the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a western suburb of Paris, from the center.
Population
Transport
La Celle-Saint-Cloud is served by two stations on ...
, in the ''
département
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'' of
Yvelines
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Sagnier gave birth to her daughter Bonnie with her boyfriend, actor
Nicolas Duvauchelle
Nicolas Duvauchelle (born 27 March 1980) is a French actor, perhaps best known for his role as Theo in three seasons of the crime drama '' Braquo''.
Career
Duvauchelle starred in numerous films including ''Lightweight'', '' À tout de suite'' ...
in 2005. Sagnier is the partner of French film director
Kim Chapiron
Kim Chapiron (born 4 July 1980) is a French film director, screenwriter, and musician of Vietnamese descent.
Biography
Of Vietnamese origin by his mother, Chapiron is the son of graphic designer Christian Chapiron, better known as ''Kiki Picasso ...
, with whom she has two daughters, Ly Lan, born in 2009 and Tàm, born in 2014.
Career
She made her film debut at the age of nine in ''
Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants
''Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants'' is a 1989 French comedy drama film directed by Pascal Thomas.
Plot
On the Ile de Re, during the summer holidays, husbands alone occupy their children while their wives remained in Paris
Cast
* Jean-Franço ...
'', (1989) directed by Pascal Thomas. She had other small roles in the early 1990s, being directed by Alain Resnais and in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano de Bergerac with Gerard Depardieu.
In 1994 she went to study at the Versailles Conservatoire, where she won a prize in classical music. Her return to cinema saw her gain commercial and critical success, notably in films directed by
François Ozon
François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter.
Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeli ...
. His musical comedy ''
8 Women
''8 Women'' (french: 8 femmes) is a 2002 dark comedy musical film written and directed by François Ozon. Based on the 1958 play by Robert Thomas, it features an ensemble cast of high-profile French actresses that includes Catherine Deneuve, Is ...
'' (2002) was awarded acting prizes for Sagnier and her seven co-stars collectively.
The next year she starred alongside
Charlotte Rampling
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She was cast in the role ...
in Ozon's psychological thriller ''
Swimming Pool
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'', a role which again garnered her nominations and prizes. Other notable films she has appeared in include '' Peter Pan'', as Tinkerbell, and the crime thriller '' Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1''.
Three films starring Sagnier screened in Los Angeles in 2011 where Sagnier was in attendance at all three screenings. ''Pieds nus sur les limaces'' (Lily Sometimes) was shown at the City of Angels, City of Light Festival in April. ''Love Crime'' and ''
The Devil's Double
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'' were shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June.
Sagnier starred as Esther Aubry in the 2016 English-language drama series ''
The Young Pope
''The Young Pope'' is a drama television series created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino for Sky Atlantic, HBO, and Canal+. The series stars Jude Law as the disruptive Pope Pius XIII and Diane Keaton as his confidante, Sister Mary, in a Vatica ...
''. She reprised the role in the follow-up miniseries '' The New Pope'', released in 2020. Sagnier plays Claire in the French thriller series ''
Lupin
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'', which premiered on
Netflix
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