Mathilde Seigner (born 17 January 1968) is a French actress.

Early life

Seigner was born in

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. She is the granddaughter of actor

Louis Seigner Louis Seigner (23 June 1903 – 20 January 1991) was a French actor. He was born in Saint-Chef, Isère, France, the son of Louise (Monin) and Joseph Seigner, and died in Paris. He was the father of actress Françoise Seigner, with Marie Cazeaux, ...

(1903–1991). She is the sister of

Emmanuelle Seigner Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French former fashion model, singer, and actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'' (2007), '' The Ninth Gate'' (1999) and '' Frantic'' (1988). She has been nominat ...

and a niece of Françoise Seigner.

Career

Her acting performances have been confined to French-language films, but she has appeared in a number of notable productions. She won Best Actress at the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Interna ...

in 2001 for her role in ''Betty Fisher and Other Stories'' and has been nominated for a César Award three times. She studied comedy at Florent (very famous French school of theater), before making her first appearance in theaters in 1994, alongside her sister Emmanuelle in Smile Claude Miller. She received the ''Prix Michel Simon'' in 1995 for her role in ''Rosine''. Two years later, she won a Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Nettoyage à sec''. She won the "Romy Schneider Prize'' in 1999. Mathilde Seigner is appreciated for her spontaneity and strong character, she quickly gained favor with the public, thanks to the nostalgic ''Une hirondelle a fait le printemps'' (2001) as a city dweller who discovers the joys of the countryside. She appeared in ''Le passager de l'été'', ''Zone libre'', and ''Dance avec lui''. With ''3 amis'', she returned to comedy, in such films as ''Tout pour plaire'' and ''Détrompez-vous''. She returned in 2009 with three dramatic comedies about family (''Quelque chose à te dire'', ''Trésor'' and ''Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires)''). After ''Fini les vacances'' (2010), she appeared in ''

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'' and the remake of ''La guerre des boutons'' (2011). In 2012, Seigner appeared in ''Dans la tourmente'' and ''Max''. In September 2013, she appeared onstage. Two years after ''L'amour, la mort les fringues'', she appeared in ''Nina'', a comedy in which she is the heroine alongside François Berléand and François Vincentelli, as her husband and lover, respectively.

Personal life

From 1998 to 2001 she had an affair with the comedian Laurent Gerra. From 2002 to 2005, she was a couple with the actor

Antoine Duléry Antoine Duléry (born 14 November 1959 in Paris) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media ...

. Since October 2006, Seigner has lived with Mathieu Petit, a cameraman; they have a son. She is the sister-in-law of film director

Roman Polanski Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a ( né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, tw ...

, who married her sister Emmanuelle in 1989.

Controversies

In 2009, Seigner signed a petition in support of her brother-in-law

, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. On 24 February 2012, during the César Award ceremony, she interrupted the telecast when Michel Blanc won, stating she would have preferred that Joey Starr won.Profile
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Theater

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Seigner, Mathilde 1968 births Living people French film actresses Actresses from Paris Cours Florent alumni French stage actresses French television actresses 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses