Christian Vadim

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Christian Vadim
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Vadim and wife Julia Livage in 2012
Born
Christian Igor Christophe Plemiannikov

(1963-06-18) 18 June 1963 (age 59)
France
Occupationactor
Years active1983–present
SpouseJulia Livage
Children3
Parent(s) Roger Vadim
Catherine Deneuve
Relatives Chiara Mastroianni (half-sister)
Maurice Dorléac (grandfather)
Renée Simonot (grandmother)
Françoise Dorléac (aunt)

Christian Vadim (born 18 June 1963) is a French actor. He is the son of actress Catherine Deneuve and film director Roger Vadim.

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Career

He made his film debut in 1983, working with his father in the film Surprise Party , and appeared in Éric Rohmer's Full Moon in Paris the following year.

In 1999, he played Bloch in Time Regained (directed by Raúl Ruiz), which also starred his mother Catherine Deneuve. He then worked again with Ruiz on Love Torn in a Dream (2000), Savage Souls (2001), A Place Among the Living (2003), That Day (2003) and Night Across the Street (2012).

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