Emma de Caunes | |
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 de Caunes at the2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | (1976-09-09)9 September 1976 (age 49) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Antoine de Caunes Gaëlle Royer |
| Relatives | Georges de Caunes (grandfather) Jacqueline Joubert (grandmother) |
Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress.
De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and directorAntoine de Caunes and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal grandparents arejournalistGeorges de Caunes andJacqueline Joubert, one of the firstcontinuity announcers on French television.[1]
De Caunes married the singer known asSinclair in 2001. They have a daughter Nina together, born in October 2002. They divorced in 2005.[2]
In September 2011, De Caunes marriedJamie Hewlett, an English comic book artist.[3]
De Caunes began acting in 1988 at the age of 12 with a role inMargot et le voleur d'enfants, ashort film by director Michèle Reiser, her godmother.[4] She obtained her Frenchbaccalauréat in film in 1995 after high school.[5]
De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 inSylvie Verheyde'sUn frère. She won theMost Promising Actress award for this performance at the 1998César awards.[6] In 2001 she starred withRadiohead’sThom Yorke in the music video for the song “Knives Out,” directed byMichel Gondry. She won the 2002Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress.[7]
She had a main role in the 2007 comedy filmMr. Bean's Holiday, in which she played an actress in an independent being made byWillem Dafoe's character.[8]
In 2017, De Caunes publicly accused Hollywood producerHarvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct at the 2010Cannes Film Festival.[9] She alleges that Weinstein lured her to his hotel room, and chased her around the room while he was naked in an attempt to have sex. Her allegations were first reported inThe New Yorker.[10]
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
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| 2001–03 | La Nuit du thermomètre | Diastème | Diastème | Nominated -Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 2009 | L’Amour de l'art | Diastème | Diastème (2) | |
| 2011 | Pour l'amour de Gérard Philipe | Pierre Notte | Pierre Notte | |
| 2012 | Simpatico | Sam Shepard | Didier Long | |
| 2016 | The River | Jez Butterworth | Jérémie Lippmann |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 1988 | Margot et le voleur d'enfants | Margot | Michèle Reiser | Short |
| 1996 | L'échappée belle | Juliette | Étienne Dhaene | |
| Vladimir de trop | Lola | Jacques-Henri Rochereuil | Short | |
| Velvet 99 | Milli Vanilli | Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel | Short | |
| 1997 | Un frère... | Sophie | Sylvie Verheyde | César Award for Most Promising Actress Paris Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - Acteurs à l'Écran - Best Actress |
| Au bord de l'autoroute | Camille | Olivier Jahan | Short | |
| Si c'est bon comme ça | The girl | Music video | ||
| 1998 | Restons groupés | Claire | Jean-Paul Salomé | |
| La voie est libre | Nadia | Stéphane Clavier | ||
| 3 petits points la lune | The girl | Olias Barco | Short | |
| Beaucoup trop loin | Olivier Jahan (2) | Short | ||
| 1999 | Mille bornes | Nina | Alain Beigel | |
| 2000 | Sans plomb | Marie | Muriel Téodori | |
| Mondialito | Louisa | Nicolas Wadimoff | ||
| Princesses | Sophie | Sylvie Verheyde (2) | ||
| Faites comme si je n'étais pas là | Marie | Olivier Jahan (3) | ||
| 2001 | Knives Out | The girl | Michel Gondry | Music video |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Caesar's secretary | Alain Chabat | |
| Les amants du Nil | Anne Frendo | Eric Heumann | ||
| 2003 | Beyond Good & Evil | Jade | Michel Ancel | Video Games |
| 2004 | Ma Mère | Hansi | Christophe Honoré | |
| 2005 | Short Order | Fiona | Anthony Byrne | |
| Kaamelott | Azénor | Alexandre Astier & François Guérin | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| 2006 | The Science of Sleep | Zoé | Michel Gondry (2) | |
| 2006 | Flushed Away | Rita Malone | David Bowers &Sam Fell | French dub |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Empress Eugenie | Julian Schnabel | |
| Mr. Bean's Holiday | Sabine | Steve Bendelack | ||
| Days of Darkness | Karine Tendance | Denys Arcand | ||
| 2008 | Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec | The nurse | Antoine de Caunes | |
| Le bruit des gens autour | Maud | Diastème | ||
| Rien dans les poches | Marie Manikowski | Marion Vernoux | TV movie Nominated -International Emmy Award for Best Actress | |
| 2009 | Sweet Dream | Adèle | Jean-Philippe Amar | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Faux coupable | Lena Hemont | Didier Le Pêcheur | TV movie |
| 2012 | Le Sourire | The girl | Music video | |
| 2013 | The Dune | Fabienne | Yossi Aviram | |
| Lanester | Gabrielle Stahl | Franck Mancuso | TV movie | |
| Myster Mocky présente | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV series (1 episode) | ||
| 2015 | Les Châteaux de sable | Eléonore | Olivier Jahan (4) | |
| La Traque | Stacy | Théodore Bonnet | Short | |
| Lanester: Memento Mori | Gabrielle Stahl | Franck Mancuso (2) | TV movie | |
| 2016 | The Idyll | Woman | Justin Anderson | Short |
| Super Triste | Cecile Kraft | Stéphanie Kalfon | Short | |
| Lanester : Les Enfants de la dernière pluie | Gabrielle Stahl | Jean-Marc Brondolo | TV movie | |
| 2017–2019 | Ransom | Nathalie Denard | TV series (Recurring Role) | |
| 2022 | Le monde d'hier | Lucie |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2000 | Le nombril de l'univers | Short |
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