Emmanuelle Seigner

Emmanuelle Seigner is one of those rare performers who somehow makes every role feel like it was written just for her — and honestly, working with Roman Polanski in Frantic back in 1988 could have defined a lesser actress's entire career, but she just kept going and kept getting better. The Ninth Gate showed off that unsettling, otherworldly magnetism she carries so effortlessly, and by the time The Diving Bell and the Butterfly came out in 2007, she was delivering real emotional weight in a film that demanded everything from its cast. Her César nomination for Venus in Fur in 2013 was well deserved — she absolutely owns that stage dynamic. Beyond acting, she's put out music and modeled, which on paper sounds like celebrity moonlighting but somehow feels genuinely expressive coming from her. There's a wildness to Seigner that French cinema seems to bring out, and I'm here for all of it.

Name (English)

Emmanuelle Seigner

Name (Japanese)

エマニュエル・セニエ

Reading

えまにゅえる・せにえ

Born

June 22, 1966 (age 60)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Horse

Origin

Paris, France

Height

2 cm

Occupation

actor / model / singer / film actor / musician

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/emmanuelle.seigner/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8

Tags

• actor
• model
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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