Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne (French: [lea sɛdu]; born 1 July 1985) is a French actress. Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received five César Award nominations, two Lumières Awards, a Palme d'Or and a BAFTA Award nomination. In 2009, she won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, Seydoux was appointed a Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters. In 2022, the French government made her a Dame of the National Order of Merit.
She began her acting career with her film debut in Girlfriends (2006), with early roles in The Last Mistress (2007) and On War (2008). She won acclaim for her French roles in The Beautiful Person (2008), Belle Épine (2010), and Farewell, My Queen (2012). During this time, she expanded her career by appearing in supporting 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).
Her breakthrough role came with the controversial and acclaimed film Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), for which she received the Lumières Award for Best Actress, as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival alongside her co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos. She received her second Lumières Award in the same year for the film Grand Central. She gained international attention for her role as Bond girl Madeleine Swann in Spectre (2015) and No Time to Die (2021).
She has appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The French Dispatch (2021). Other notable roles include Beauty and the Beast (2014), Saint Laurent (2014), The Lobster (2015), Zoe (2018), France (2021), Crimes of the Future (2022), One Fine Morning (2022), The Beast (2023) and Dune: Part Two (2024).
Seydoux has also worked as a model. She has been showcased in Vogue Paris, American Vogue, L'Officiel, Another Magazine and W magazine, among others. Since 2016, she has been a brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton.
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Gender
Female
Birthday
1985-07-01
Place of birth
Passy, Paris, France
The Last Mistress
2007
5.80
Robin Hood
2010
6.40
On War
2008
5.00
Lourdes
2009
6.65
Being James Bond
2021
7.70
My Friends
2006
4.50
Traceless
2010
6.33
The Beast
2024
6.30
Belle épine
2010
5.50
The Beautiful Person
2008
6.51
Inglourious Basterds
2009
8.20
Going South
2009
5.80
Cannes Uncut
2023
5.80
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023
6.60
My Wife's Romance
2011
5.75
Midnight in Paris
2011
7.53
Dolls and Angels
2008
6.50
Sister
2012
6.72
Farewell, My Queen
2012
5.90
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
8.04
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013
7.08
Little Tailor
2010
5.70
13 French Street
2007
3.79
The Illusions
2009
3.50
Grand Central
2013
5.62
Beauty and the Beast
2014
6.20
The Unknown
0.00
Dune: Part Two
2024
8.15
Rose, c'est Paris
2010
5.10
Saint Laurent
2014
6.16
Roses à crédit
2010
4.67
Spectre
2015
6.56
The Second Act
2024
6.10
The Lobster
2015
7.04
Diary of a Chambermaid
2015
5.20
Designing Bond
2021
0.00
It's Only the End of the World
2016
7.20
QT8: The First Eight
2019
7.20
Silent Friend
0.00
Separate Rooms
0.00
La Consolation
2007
0.00
Time Doesn't Stand Still
2011
6.20
Kursk
2018
6.70
Zoe
2018
5.94
Les vacances de Clémence
2008
3.30
The French Dispatch
2021
7.03
No Time to Die
2021
7.40
The Story of My Wife
2021
5.85
Oh Mercy
2019
6.45
France
2021
5.25
One Fine Morning
2022
6.50
Deception
2021
5.40
Crimes of the Future
2022
6.05
Alpha Gang
0.00
Dune: Part Three
2026
0.00
Candy
2013
0.00