Emma de Caunes

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Emma de Caunes
Emma de Caunes Cannes 2015.jpg
de Caunes at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born (1976-09-09) 9 September 1976 (age 47)
Paris, France
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Spouses
(m. 2001;div. 2005)
(m. 2011)
Children1
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.

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Life and career

De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and director Antoine de Caunes and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal grandparents are journalist Georges de Caunes and Jacqueline Joubert, one of the first continuity announcers on French television. [1]

Marriage and family

De Caunes married the singer known as Sinclair in 2001. They have a daughter Nina together, born in October 2002. They divorced in 2005. [2]

In September 2011, De Caunes married Jamie Hewlett, an English comic book artist. [3]

Education and career

De Caunes began acting in 1988 at the age of 12 with a role in Margot et le voleur d'enfants, a short film by director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. [4] She obtained her French baccalauréat in film in 1995 after high school. [5]

De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 in Sylvie Verheyde's Un frère . She won the Most Promising Actress award for this performance at the 1998 César awards. [6] In 2001 she starred with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke in the music video for the song “Knives Out,” directed by Michel Gondry. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress. [7]

She had a main role in the 2007 comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday , in which she played an actress in an independent being made by Willem Dafoe's character. [8]

Allegations against Weinstein

In 2017, De Caunes publicly accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct at the 2010 Cannes 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 in The New Yorker . [10]

Theatre

YearTitleAuthorDirectorNotes
2001–03La Nuit du thermomètreDiastèmeDiastèmeNominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer
2009L’Amour de l'artDiastèmeDiastème (2)
2011Pour l'amour de Gérard PhilipePierre NottePierre Notte
2012 Simpatico Sam Shepard Didier Long
2016The River Jez Butterworth Jérémie Lippmann

Filmography

Actress

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
1988Margot et le voleur d'enfantsMargotMichèle ReiserShort
1996L'échappée belleJulietteÉtienne Dhaene
Vladimir de tropLolaJacques-Henri RochereuilShort
Velvet 99Milli VanilliAgnès Deygas & Thierry KuntzelShort
1997Un 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'autorouteCamilleOlivier JahanShort
Si c'est bon comme çaThe girlMusic video
1998 Restons groupés Claire Jean-Paul Salomé
La voie est libreNadia Stéphane Clavier
3 petits points la luneThe girlOlias BarcoShort
Beaucoup trop loinOlivier Jahan (2)Short
1999Mille bornesNinaAlain Beigel
2000 Sans plomb Marie Muriel Téodori
MondialitoLouisaNicolas Wadimoff
PrincessesSophie Sylvie Verheyde (2)
Faites comme si je n'étais pas làMarieOlivier Jahan (3)
2001 Knives Out The girl Michel Gondry Music video
2002 Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra Caesar's secretary Alain Chabat
Les amants du NilAnne FrendoEric Heumann
2003 Beyond Good & Evil Jade Michel Ancel Video Games
2004 Ma Mère Hansi Christophe Honoré
2005 Short Order FionaAnthony Byrne
Kaamelott Azénor Alexandre Astier & François GuérinTV 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
2008Coluche: l'histoire d'un mecThe nurse Antoine de Caunes
Le bruit des gens autourMaudDiastème
Rien dans les pochesMarie Manikowski Marion Vernoux TV movie
Nominated - International Emmy Award for Best Actress
2009Sweet DreamAdèleJean-Philippe AmarTV series (1 episode)
2011Faux coupableLena HemontDidier Le PêcheurTV movie
2012Le SourireThe girlMusic video
2013 The Dune FabienneYossi Aviram
LanesterGabrielle StahlFranck MancusoTV movie
Myster Mocky présente Jean-Pierre Mocky TV series (1 episode)
2015 Les Châteaux de sable EléonoreOlivier Jahan (4)
La TraqueStacyThéodore BonnetShort
Lanester: Memento MoriGabrielle StahlFranck Mancuso (2)TV movie
2016The IdyllWoman Justin Anderson Short
Super TristeCecile KraftStéphanie KalfonShort
Lanester : Les Enfants de la dernière pluieGabrielle StahlJean-Marc BrondoloTV movie
2017–2019 Ransom Nathalie DenardTV series (Recurring Role)
2022Le monde d'hierLucie

Director / Writer

YearTitleNotes
2000Le nombril de l'universShort

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