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==Life and career== [[File:Roman Polanski Emmanuelle Seigner Césars 2011.jpg|thumb|Seigner with husband [[Roman Polanski]] at the [[César Awards 2011]]]] ===Early life=== Seigner is the daughter of Jean-Louis Seigner (1941-2020), photographer, and Aline Ponelle, journalist.<ref name="filmreference1" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Beaucarnot |first=Jean-Louis |date=1999 |title=Généalogistes et archivistes : une relation adulte ? |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3406/gazar.1999.3560 |journal=La Gazette des Archives |volume=184 |issue=1 |pages=67–74 |doi=10.3406/gazar.1999.3560 |issn=0016-5522}}</ref> She is the older sister of [[Mathilde Seigner]], actress, and {{Ill|Marie-Amélie Seigner|fr}}, singer. Through their father, they are the granddaughters of the actor [[Louis Seigner]] (1903-1991) and the nieces of the actress [[Françoise Seigner]] (1928-2008), both deans and members of the [[Comédie-Française]]. She is the niece of doctor [[Véronique Vasseur]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=à 07h00 |first=Par Le 17 octobre 2012 |date=2012-10-17 |title=Médecin-chef en prisonâ?¦ comme sa tante |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/medecin-chef-en-prison-comme-sa-tante-17-10-2012-2240049.php |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=leparisien.fr |language=fr-FR}}</ref> She was educated at a [[Catholic]] [[convent]] school, and began modelling at the age of fourteen.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-04-08|title=Encore! - Modelling, music and movies: Emmanuelle Seigner on her eclectic career|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20140408-emmanuelle-seigner-distant-lovers-music-roman-polanski|access-date=2020-09-09|website=France 24|language=en}}</ref> ===Films=== Her husband directed her in ''[[Frantic (film)|Frantic]]'' (1988), ''[[Bitter Moon]]'' (1992), ''[[The Ninth Gate]]'' (1999), ''[[Venus in Fur (film)|Venus in Fur]]'' (2013), ''[[Based on a True Story (film)|Based On A True Story]]'' (2017) and ''[[An Officer and a Spy (film)|An Officer and a Spy]]'' (2019). In 2010, Seigner was featured in [[Jerzy Skolimowski]]'s ''[[Essential Killing]]'', which went on to win the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. In 2012, she played the principal role of Vanda in Polanski's French film adaptation of [[David Ives]]'s two-character play ''[[Venus in Fur]]'', based on the [[Venus in Furs|Austrian novel of the near-same name]], for which she received praise as Vanda, an actress, playing against writer and theatre director Thomas played by [[Mathieu Amalric]].<ref>[http://www.premiere.fr/film/La-Venus-a-la-Fourrure-3513636 La Vénus à la Fourrure]. Premiere (in French). Retrieved 21 November 2013.</ref> ===Music=== Seigner appears as the main character in the music video "Hands Around My Throat" by [[Death in Vegas]]. In 2006, she became the lead singer of the pop rock band Ultra Orange, and the group's name was changed to [[Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle]].<ref name="Premiere 2007 p. 114">{{cite book |title=Premiere |issue=nos. 359-364 |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ILYqAQAAIAAJ |language=fr |access-date=12 November 2018 |page=114}}</ref> They released a self-titled album in 2007.<ref name="LExpress.fr 2014">{{cite web |title=Bourges: les filles du printemps |website=LExpress.fr |date=23 April 2014 |url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/bourges-les-filles-du-printemps_1510486.html |language=fr |access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="Les inrockuptibles 2007">{{cite book |title=Les inrockuptibles |publisher=Editions Indépendantes |issue=nos. 588-595 |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eqAmAQAAIAAJ |language=fr |access-date=12 November 2018 |page=61}}</ref> Seigner released a solo album called '' Distant Lover'' in 2014. As a member of the band L'Épée, in 2019 she released an album "Diabolique" with [[The Limiñanas]] and [[Anton Newcombe]] of [[The Brian Jonestown Massacre]]. ===Other activities=== From 2008, she was an ambassadress of the [[Poland|Polish]] brand ''Dr Irena Eris''.
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