Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer. She is known for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , The Ninth Gate and Frantic . She has been nominated for a Csar Award for Best Actress for Venus in Fur , and for two Csar Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Place Vendme and La Vie En Rose . She is married to FrenchPolish director Roman Polanski.

Seigner was born in Paris to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the actor Louis Seigner and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school and began modelling at the age of fourteen.

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