Léa Seydoux

Born: 1985-07-01 in Passy, Paris, France

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

2026

Dune: Part Three as Lady Margot Fenring
Silent Friend as Alice

2024

Dune: Part Two as Lady Margot Fenring
The Beast as Gabrielle
The Second Act as Florence Drucker

2019

Oh Mercy as Claude

2018

Kursk as Tanya Averina
Zoe as Zoe

2016

It's Only the End of the World as Suzanne

2015

Spectre as Madeleine
The Lobster as Loner Leader
Diary of a Chambermaid as Célestine

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
The Grand Budapest Hotel as Clotilde
Beauty and the Beast as Belle
Saint Laurent as Loulou de la Falaise

2013

Blue Is the Warmest Color as Emma
Grand Central as Karole

2012

Farewell, My Queen as Agathe-Sidonie Laborde
Sister as Louise

2011

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol as Sabine Moreau
Midnight in Paris as Gabrielle
Mysteries of Lisbon as Blanche de Monfort
My Wife's Romance as Ève
Time Doesn't Stand Still as Elle

2010

Belle épine as Prudence Friedmann
Robin Hood as Isabella of Angoulême
Little Tailor as Marie-Julie
Rose, c'est Paris as self
Mysteries of Lisbon as Blanche de Montfort
Traceless as Fleur
Roses on Credit as Marjoline

2009

Inglourious Basterds as Charlotte LaPadite
Going South as Léa
The Illusions as La fille du métro
Lourdes as Maria
Uppsala Doctor's (Fanmade) as Victoria Lindermänn

2008

The Beautiful Person as Junie
Dolls and Angels as Gisèle
Les vacances de Clémence as Jackie
On War as Marie

2007

The Graham Norton Show as Self
La Consolation as Camille
The Last Mistress as Olivia
13 French Street as Jenny

2006

Girlfriends as Aurore

2002

Père et Maire as La lycéenne