Léa Seydoux
Acting
Born July 1, 1985, Passy, Paris, France
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
- 2026Alpha Gang — Alpha One
- 2026Dune: Part Three — Lady Margot Fenring
- 2026Gentle Monster — Lucy Weiss
- 2026Silent Friend — Alice Sauvage
- 2026The Unknown — Eva Helsinger / David Zimmerman
- 2024Dune: Part Two — Lady Margot Fenring
- 2024The Beast — Gabrielle
- 2024The Second Act — Florence Drucker
- 2022Crimes of the Future — Caprice
- 2022One Fine Morning — Sandra Kienzler
- 2021Deception — The English Lover
- 2021France — France de Meurs
- 2021No Time to Die — Madeleine
- 2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun — Simone
- 2021The Story of My Wife — Lizzy
- 2019Oh Mercy — Claude
- 2018Kursk — Tanya Averina
- 2018She's French
- 2018Zoe — Zoe
- 2016It's Only the End of the World — Suzanne
- 2015Diary of a Chambermaid — Célestine
- 2015Spectre — Madeleine
- 2015The Lobster — Loner Leader
- 2014Beauty and the Beast — Belle
- 2014Saint Laurent — Loulou de la Falaise
- 2014The Grand Budapest Hotel — Clotilde
- 2013Blue Is the Warmest Color — Emma
- 2013Grand Central — Karole
- 2012Farewell, My Queen — Agathe-Sidonie Laborde
- 2012Sister — Louise
- 2011Midnight in Paris — Gabrielle
- 2011Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol — Sabine Moreau
- 2011My Wife's Romance — Ève
- Mysteries of Lisbon — Blanche de Monfort
- 2010Belle épine — Prudence Friedmann
- 2010Little Tailor — Marie-Julie
- 2010Mysteries of Lisbon — Blanche de Montfort
- 2010Robin Hood — Isabella of Angoulême
- 2010Roses on Credit — Marjoline
- 2010Traceless — Fleur
- 2009Going South — Léa
- 2009Inglourious Basterds — Charlotte LaPadite
- 2009Lourdes — Maria
- 2009The Illusions — La fille du métro
- Uppsala Doctor's — Victoria Lindermänn
- 2008Dolls and Angels — Gisèle
- 2008Les vacances de Clémence — Jackie
- 2008On War — Marie
- 2008The Beautiful Person — Junie
- 200713 French Street — Jenny
- 2007La Consolation — Camille
- 2007The Last Mistress — Olivia
- 2006Girlfriends — Aurore
- Père et Maire — La lycéenne
- Quiet Land
- Separate Rooms
- The Masque of the Red Death — Catarina
- Untitled Leos Carax Project
Appearances as themselves (8)
- 2026House of Love — Self
- Beau geste — Self
- 2023Cannes Uncut — Self
- 2023Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds — Self
- 2021Designing Bond — Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
- 2010Rose, c'est Paris — self
- The Graham Norton Show — Self