Emma de Caunes
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Emma de Caunes is a French film
actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sabine in Mr. Bean's Holiday.
, the daughter of actor/director Antoine de Caunes
and director/graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. She was married to singer Sinclair (real name Mathieu Blanc-Francard) who is the father of her daughter Nina (born in Paris, October 2002). She married Jamie Hewlett
in September 2011.
De Caunes's career began at the age of ten courtesy of a role granted by Michèle Reiser, her godmother. The character she played had a boy friend named "Arvin" . She obtained her Baccalaureate
in film in 1995.
De Caunes appeared in various advertisements before landing her first major film role in Sylvie Verheyde's Un Frère.
After her performance in the 1997 film, de Caunes won Most Promising Actress
at the 1998 César
awards and Best Actress at the 1997 Paris Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress in the Acteurs à l'Écran awards. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider
, an award given annually to a promising young actress.
She had a main role in the comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, in which she played the love interest of Mr. Bean.
French Film
French Film is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jackie Oudney and starring Anne-Marie Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall and Eric Cantona. The film was shot in Spring 2007 at various locations around London including Waterloo station and the BFI Southbank.-Plot:Two...
actress. She is best known for playing the role of Sabine in Mr. Bean's Holiday.
Life and career
De Caunes was born in ParisParis
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the daughter of actor/director Antoine de Caunes
Antoine de Caunes
Antoine de Caunes is a television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert...
and director/graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. She was married to singer Sinclair (real name Mathieu Blanc-Francard) who is the father of her daughter Nina (born in Paris, October 2002). She married Jamie Hewlett
Jamie Hewlett
Jamie Christopher Hewlett is an English comic book artist and designer. He is known for being the co-creator of the comic Tank Girl and co-creator of the virtual band Gorillaz.-Biography:...
in September 2011.
De Caunes's career began at the age of ten courtesy of a role granted by Michèle Reiser, her godmother. The character she played had a boy friend named "Arvin" . She obtained her Baccalaureate
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in film in 1995.
De Caunes appeared in various advertisements before landing her first major film role in Sylvie Verheyde's Un Frère.
After her performance in the 1997 film, de Caunes won Most Promising Actress
César Award for Most Promising Actress
The following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
at the 1998 César
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
awards and Best Actress at the 1997 Paris Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress in the Acteurs à l'Écran awards. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider
Prix Romy Schneider
The Prix Romy Schneider is the most prestigious award for promising upcoming actresses in the French film industry.It was initiated in 1984 by the French journalists Marlène and Eugène Moineau and is named after the actress Romy Schneider...
, an award given annually to a promising young actress.
She had a main role in the comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, in which she played the love interest of Mr. Bean.
Filmography
- Le Bruit des gens autour (2008) – Maud
- Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec (2008) – a nurse
- Rien dans les poches (2008) (TV) – Marie Manikowski
- Days of Darkness (aka The Age of Ignorance) (2007)
- The Diving Bell and the ButterflyThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a 2007 biographical drama film based on Jean-Dominique Bauby's memoir of the same name. The film depicts Bauby's life after suffering a massive stroke, on December 8, 1995, at the age of 42, which left him with a condition known as locked-in syndrome. The...
(2007) - Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
- The Science of SleepThe Science of SleepThe Science of Sleep is a 2006 French film written and directed by Michel Gondry. The film stars Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, and Alain Chabat.-Plot:...
(2006) - Short OrderShort OrderShort Order is a 2005 Irish drama film written and directed by Anthony Byrne. It was released in Ireland on 1 March, 2005. It was later released as Life Is a Buffet in the United States on 16 May, 2008.-Plot:...
(2005) - KaamelottKaamelottKaamelott is a French television series running originally 2005–2009. It combines medieval fantasy and comedy to present a new "realistic epic" version of the Arthurian legend....
(2005) (in 2 TV episodes) - Ma mèreMa mèreMy Mother is a French-Austrian-Portuguese-Spanish 2004 movie about the fictional story of an incestuous relationship between a 17-year-old boy and his attractive, promiscuous, 43-year-old mother. The movie stars Isabelle Hupert, Louis Garrel, Emma de Caunes, Joana Preiss, Philipe Duclos and...
(2004) - Beyond Good & EvilBeyond Good & Evil (video game)Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft and released in late for the GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox platforms. The story follows the adventures of Jade, an investigative reporter and martial artist, who works with a resistance...
(2003) (voice) - Asterix & Obelix: Mission CleopatraAsterix & Obelix: Mission CleopatraAsterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, originally titled Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre, is a 2002 French-German film based on the comic book Astérix et Cléopatre by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo and a sequel for the 1999 movie Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar. It was the most expensive French...
(2002) - Lovers of the Nile (2002)
- Princesses (2000)
- Unleaded (2000)
- South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999) (voice as The Mole's mom)
- Pretend I'm Not Here (2000)
- Le nombril de l'Univers (2000) (director, writer)
- MilestonesMilestones (film)Milestones is a 1916 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.-Cast:...
(1999) - Mondialito (1999)
- Restons groupésRestons groupésRestons groupés is a French comedy film by Jean-Paul Salomé starring Emma de Caunes, Samuel Le Bihan, Bruno Solo, Bernard Le Coq, and Estelle Larrivaz....
(1999) - La voie est libre (1998)
- 3 petits points la lune (1998)
- Beaucoup trop loin (1998)
- Un frère (Brother) (1997)
- Along the Freeway (1997)
- Velvet 99 (1996)
- L'échappée belleL'Échappée belleL'Échappée belle, an album by Autour de Lucie, was released in 1994 on the Nettwerk label. It was re-released by Nettwerk and Le Village Vert under the title Autour De Lucie with a bonus track, "Simon".-Track listing:# "L'accord parfait"...
(1996) - Vladimir de trop (1996)