Léa Seydoux

Léa Hélène SeydouxFornier de Clausonne French lea sɛdu born 1 July 1985 is a French actress Prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood she has received five César Award nominations two Lumières Awards a Palme dOr and a BAFTA Award nomination In 2009 she won the Trophée Chopard Award for Female Revelation of the Year at the Cannes Film Festival In 2016 Seydoux was appointed a Dame of the Order of Arts and Letters In 2022 the French government made her a Dame of the National Order of Merit She began her acting career with her film debut in Girlfriends 2006 with early roles in The Last Mistress 2007 and On War 2008 She won acclaim for her French roles in The Beautiful Person 2008 Belle Épine 2010 and Farewell My Queen 2012 During this time she expanded her career by appearing in supporting roles in highprofile Hollywood films including Quentin Tarantinos Inglourious Basterds 2009 Ridley Scotts Robin Hood 2010 Woody Allens Midnight in Paris 2011 and the action film Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol 2011 Her breakthrough role came with the controversial and acclaimed film Blue Is the Warmest Colour 2013 for which she received the Lumières Award for Best Actress as well as the Palme dOr at the Cannes Film Festival alongside her costar Adèle Exarchopoulos She received her second Lumières Award in the same year for the film Grand Central She gained international attention for her role as Bond girl Madeleine Swann in Spectre 2015 and No Time to Die 2021 She has appeared in the Wes Anderson films The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014 and The French Dispatch 2021 Other notable roles include Beauty and the Beast 2014 Saint Laurent 2014 The Lobster 2015 Zoe 2018 France 2021 Crimes of the Future 2022 One Fine Morning 2022 The Beast 2023 and Dune Part Two 2024 Seydoux has also worked as a model She has been showcased in Vogue Paris American Vogue LOfficiel Another Magazine and W magazine among others Since 2016 she has been a brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton