Acting

Emmanuelle Seigner

Born June 22, 1966 · Paris, France (age 60)

Emmanuelle Seigner (born 22 June 1966) is a French actress and singer. She is known for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), The Ninth Gate (1999) and Frantic (1988). She has been nominated for a César Award for Best Actress for Venus in Fur (2013), and for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Place Vendôme (1998) and La Vie En Rose (2007). She has been married to Poli…

Known For

The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate · 1999

MovieMysteryThriller

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

Bitter Moon

Bitter Moon · 1992

MovieThrillerDrama

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

In the House

In the House · 2012

MovieComedyDrama

A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

Frantic

Frantic · 1988

MovieMysteryCrime

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate · 2018

At Eternity's Gate

MovieDramaHistory

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur · 2013

An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's play.

An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy · 2019

An Officer and a Spy

MovieHistoryDrama

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

The Siege of Jadotville

The Siege of Jadotville · 2016

The Siege of Jadotville

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

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The Ninth Gate

The Ninth Gate · 1999

MovieMysteryThriller

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

The Girl

Bitter Moon

Bitter Moon · 1992

MovieThrillerDrama

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

Mimi

In the House

In the House · 2012

MovieComedyDrama

A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

Esther

Frantic

Frantic · 1988

MovieMysteryCrime

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

Michelle

At Eternity's Gate

At Eternity's Gate · 2018

At Eternity's Gate

MovieDramaHistory

Famed but tormented artist Vincent van Gogh spends his final years in Arles, France, painting masterworks of the natural world that surrounds him.

Madame Ginoux

Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur · 2013

An enigmatic actress may have a hidden agenda when she auditions for a part in a misogynistic writer's play.

Vanda

An Officer and a Spy

An Officer and a Spy · 2019

An Officer and a Spy

MovieHistoryDrama

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at the Devil’s Island penal colony.

Pauline Monnier

The Siege of Jadotville

The Siege of Jadotville · 2016

The Siege of Jadotville

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

Madame LaFontagne

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · 2007

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

MovieDramaHistory

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.

Céline Desmoulins

Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story · 2017

Based on a True Story

MovieThrillerMystery

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.

Delphine

La Vie en Rose

La Vie en Rose · 2007

MovieMusicDrama

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.

Titine

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After · 2004

Happily Ever After

MovieDramaComedy

Is love compatible with coupledom? And what of freedom and fidelity? These are some of the questions facing two married men.

Nathalie

Pet Shop Days

Pet Shop Days · 2025

MovieDramaRomance

On the run from his unforgiving father in Mexico, Alejandro finds himself in New York City, where he meets Jack, a pet store employee with similar parental baggage. Together the two enter a whirlwind romance sending them down the rabbit hole of drugs and depravity in Manhattan’s underworld. When Alejandro’s past threatens to catch up with him, Jack is forced to choose between his family and a life on the run.

Diana

Nirvana

Nirvana · 1997

MovieScience FictionThriller

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.

Lisa

Detective

Detective · 1985

MovieComedyCrime

Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.

Princess of the Bahamas

The Man Who Laughs

The Man Who Laughs · 2012

The Man Who Laughs

During a winter storm, Ursus offers shelter to two orphans, Gwynplaine and Déa; some years later, they are still living together. Gwynplaine has become a famous star, but his success threatens his relationships with Déa and Ursus.

Josiane

Le Sourire

Le Sourire · 1994

MovieDramaComedy

An old psychiatrist finds out that he is likely to suffer a second and probably fatal heart attack in the near future. As a consequence he becomes determined to seduce Odile, a young woman he first encounters in a railway compartment.

Odile

Heal the Living

Heal the Living · 2016

Heal the Living

The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

Marianne

Essential Killing

Essential Killing · 2010

Essential Killing

MovieThrillerWar

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

Margaret

Stalin's Couch

Stalin's Couch · 2016

Set in the 1950s Soviet Union, centers on a young artist who is commissioned to create Stalin's monument and must go through KGB scrutiny.

Lidia

Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme · 1998

MovieCrimeDrama

The story of a woman that remained distracted for a long time from her life, from the passions that made her feel alive. The importance of true love is compared with the material value of diamonds. Only one truly lasts forever. She's got to find the thing that values most for her, the thing that gives psychical stability and real happiness again to her life.

Nathalie

Giallo

MovieCrimeHorror

In Italy, a woman fears her sister has been kidnapped; Inspector Enzo Avolfi fears it's worse. They team up to rescue her from a sadistic killer known only as Yellow.

Linda

Four Last Songs

Four Last Songs · 2007

Four Last Songs

MovieComedyDrama

A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.

Helena

Hotel Laguna

Hotel Laguna · 2001

MovieDramaThriller

Raised by an uncle in New York after his parents died in an attack orchestrated by the mafia, Thomas, now an adult, is sent to live in Italy. There, while his tortured past and the death of his parents come back to haunt him, he feels increasingly drawn to Thelma, his uncle's mysterious wife. Soon Thomas will learn the truth about the death of his parents and foment a vengeance of great heights.

Thelma Pianon

Insoupçonnable

Insoupçonnable · 2018

Insoupçonnable

Criminologist Chloé Fisher is sent to Lyon to investigate the murder of Adeline Moreau, the daughter-in-law of a local lawmaker.

Chloé Fisher