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Name: Léa Seydoux
Birthdate: July 1st 1985 in Paris, France

Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark Blonde
Height: 168 cm
Bust: 85 cm
Waist: 60 cm
Hips: 90 cm
Shoe Size: EU37
Nationality: French

Léa was born the 1st July of 1985 in Paris. She grew up between Paris and Senegal, where her mother still lives. After graduating from school, a very shy Léa decided with a friend to take some theatre course at the Enfants Terribles where she was for a year which led her to audition for a few film roles. In 2006, she was cast as one of the main characters of “Mes Copines” (“My Classmates”), a teenage comedy about four girls whose dream is to win a dancing contest. Directly after that she got a part in Catherine Breillat’s “Une Vieille Maîtresse” (2007), followed by Jean-Pierre Mocky’s “13 French Street” and a short by Nicolas Klotz called “La Consolation” which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007.

In 2008, she starred with Samy Naceri in “Des Poupées et des Anges” and then with Guillaume Depardieu in Bertrant Bonello’s “De La Guerre“. Her breakthrough role came just after that when Christophe Honoré chose her to embody a modern Princess of Cleves in “La Belle Personne” alongside the talented Louis Garrel. This particular role gained her international attention and praise: she won the 2009 Chopard Award for “Best Upcoming Actress” as well as being nominated in the prestigious César Awards for “Meilleur Espoir Féminin” (“Most Promising Actress”), an award that eventually went to Déborah François.

Following that, she made Sébastien Lifshitz’s “Plein Sud” and Jessica Hausner’s “Lourdes”, a short film by Louis Garrel named “Petit Tailleur” and Rebecca Zlotowski’s “Belle Épine” which again gained her incredible reviews and praise and for which she was again nominated as “Meilleur Espoir Féminin” in the 2011′s César Awards.

Most recently, we have seen her in Djamshed Usmonov’s “Le Roman de Ma Femme“, Amos Gitai’s “Roses à Crédit“, in a very small role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” and as the lovely Gabrielle the antiques dealer in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris“.

Léa will soon be seen in “M:I Ghost Protocol” with Tom Cruise and Benoit Jacquot’s historic drama “Farewell, My Queen” alongside Diane Kruger.

When she was a child, she dreamt of becoming an opera singer to perform the role of Carmen in the opera by Bizet.

When she was 12, she received from Christian Louboutin (a family friend) her first pair of red-sole shoes.

Granddaughter of Jérôme Seydoux, Chairman of Pathé and Grandniece of Nicolas Seydoux, Chairmar and CEO of Gaumont.

Léa loves jewels and diamonds.

‘Safran Troublant’ by L’Artisan Parfumeur is her fragance.

She listens to mainly classical and pop music such as Ben Harper, Desireless and Louis Chédid.

Participated in the music video for the popular french singer Raphaël and his song ‘Ne partons pas fâchés’ in 2009.

Her favorite actors are: Charlie Chaplin, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert, Ingrid Bergman, Jean Seberg, Anna Karina.

‘Beauty and the Beast’ by Jean Cocteau is her favorite movie. She loves costume movies, such as Pascale Ferran’s ‘Lady Chatterley’.

Her favorite book is “The Empty Canvas” by Alberto Moravia and “The Allure of Chanel” by Paul Morand.

“I don’t pay much attention to magazine covers. One day, there’ll be slack times in my career. It’s unavoidable, because success is temporary. Which is why you have to stay focused on this very taxing job”.

“I don’t like comfort zones. Having never had any drama training, I don’t really have a technique, so I’m continually learning new things. I like being frightened, and always having to start from scratch.”

“I am about life. I surround myself with beautiful things. I work hard to have a better life. This job helps me achieve that through the people I meet. I’m lucky – not to have been a cover girl – but to have been able to meet all these people, to live these adventures and travel so comfortably. But despite that, it’s still difficult. Nothing comes easily. Everything I‘ve earned is down to me, and no one else”.

“I get a buzz from speaking another language, and filming abroad in conditions like these gives makes me feel part of the adventure. It’s very exotic!”

“It’s a necessity for actors to feed on experience and to live in fear of losing the plot”.

“I have ambitions for my love life, and I’m an optimist. I’d love to experience a beautiful love story!”

“I basically got into all this to avoid having office hours, I liked the idea that you’d work really hard for certain periods of time, then not do anything for ages. But it didn’t work out like that. All I ever seem to be doing is working.”

“Yes, and tonight I’m a cupcake” (She joked while wearing the famous apricot colored dress designed by Jean Paul Gaultier in the 2010 Cannes Film Festival).

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