Léa Seydoux is a French actress and model. She is the granddaughter of Jérôme Seydoux, Chairman of Pathé

Pathé

Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.-History:...

, and grandniece of Nicolas Seydoux, Chairman and CEO of Gaumont

Gaumont Film Company

Gaumont Film Company is a French film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont . Gaumont is the oldest continously operating film company in the world....

.

In 2009, she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress

César Award for Most Promising Actress

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 for her role in the film La Belle Personne. She has been cast in a number of notable American films such as Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

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's Robin Hood

Robin Hood (2010 film)

Robin Hood is a 2010 British/American adventure film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett...

, Woody Allen

Woody Allen

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's Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris is a 2011 romantic comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot centers on a small group of Americans visiting the French capital for business and pleasure...

and Brad Bird

Brad Bird

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's Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Seydoux has been photographed by top fashion photographers including Steven Meisel

Steven Meisel

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, Mario Sorrenti

Mario Sorrenti

Mario Sorrenti is a photographer and director best known for his spreads of nude models in the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar....

, Ellen von Unwerth

Ellen von Unwerth

Ellen von Unwerth is a photographer and director, specializing in erotic femininity. She worked as a fashion model for ten years herself before moving behind the camera, and now makes fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs.Ellen von Unwerth found fame when she first photographed Claudia...

, and Jean-Baptiste Mondino

Jean-Baptiste Mondino

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 for magazines including Vogue Paris

Vogue Paris

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, Numero, W, L'Officiel

L'Officiel

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, and Another Magazine

Another Magazine

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. She has appeared in advertisements for Uniqlo

UNIQLO

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, and she is currently the face of Prada

Prada

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's Candy fragrance and Prada's 2012 Resort line. She is represented by Silent Models

Silent models

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 in Paris and New York.

Filmography

• 2006
  • Mes copines as Aurore
• 2007
  • La Consolation
  • The Last Mistress
    The Last Mistress
    -Bibliography:Anne-Elisabeth Blateau, "Une vieille maîtresse sans Breillat" , in Carré d'Art : Barbey d'Aurevilly, Byron, Dali, Hallier, by Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Anagramme éd., Paris, 2008, pp. 143-149.-External links:...
    
    (Une vieille maîtresse) as Olivia
  • 13 French Street as Jenny
• 2008
  • De la guerre
    De la guerre
    De La Guerre is a 2008 film directed by Bertrand Bonello and starring Mathieu Amalric. The cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Guillaume Depardieu, Asia Argento and Michel Piccoli...
    
    as Marie
  • Les Vacances de Clémence (TV) as Jackie
  • Des poupées et des anges  as Gisèle
  • The Beautiful Person (La Belle Personne) as Junie
• 2009
  • Mon faible cœur
  • Lourdes
    Lourdes (film)
    Lourdes is a 2009 film directed by Jessica Hausner. It received the 2009 Vienna International Film Festival's Vienna Film Prize for best film.-Plot:Christine is a wheelchair-using woman with severe multiple sclerosis...
    
    as Maria
  • Des illusions as la fille du métro
  • Inglourious Basterds as Charlotte LaPadite
  • Plein sud as Léa
• 2010
  • Robin Hood
    Robin Hood (2010 film)
    Robin Hood is a 2010 British/American adventure film based on the Robin Hood legend, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett...
    
    as Isabella of Angoulême
    Isabella of Angoulême
    Isabella of Angoulême was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. They had five children by the king including his heir, later Henry III...
    
    
  • Petit tailleur as Marie–Julie
  • Sans laisser de traces as Fleur
  • Belle Épine as Prudence Friedmann
  • Roses à crédit (TV) as Marjoline
  • Mysteries of Lisbon
    Mysteries of Lisbon
    Mysteries of Lisbon is a 2010 Portuguese drama film directed by Raúl Ruiz. The film has won 7 awards and has been nominated twice.-Cast:*Adriano Luz as Father Dinis*
Maria João Bastos as Ângela de Lima*
Ricardo Pereira as Alberto de Magalhães...
    
    (Mistérios de Lisboa) as Branca de Montfort
• 2011
  • Midnight in Paris
    Midnight in Paris
    Midnight in Paris is a 2011 romantic comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot centers on a small group of Americans visiting the French capital for business and pleasure...
    
    - as Gabrielle
  • Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol as the film's main female villain.
  • Les adieux à la reine
  • Time Doesn't Stand Still

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