Emma de Caunes
| Emma de Caunes | |
|---|---|
 Emma de Caunes at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born |
9 September 1976 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Sinclair (m. 2001; div. 2005) Jamie Hewlett (m. 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress. She played Sabine in Mr. Bean's Holiday.[1]
Life and career
De Caunes was born in Paris, the daughter of the actor and director Antoine de Caunes and the director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. She was married to the singer Sinclair from 2001 to 2005. Their daughter, Nina, was born in October 2002. In September 2011, she married comic book artist Jamie Hewlett.[2]
De Caunes's career began at the age of ten courtesy of a role in Margot et le voleur d'enfants by the director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. The character she played had a boy friend named "Arvin". She obtained her baccalaureate in film in 1995.
De Caunes appeared in various advertisements before her first major film role in 1997 in Sylvie Verheyde's Un frère. She won the Most Promising Actress award at the 1998 César awards and Best Actress at the 1997 Paris Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress in the Acteurs à l'Écran awards. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress.
She had a main role in the comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, in which she played the role of an actress in Willem Dafoe's character's independent film.[3]
Theater
| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-03 | La Nuit du thermomètre | Diastème | Diastème | Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer |
| 2009 | L’Amour de l'art | Diastème | Diastème (2) | |
| 2011 | Pour l'amour de Gérard Philipe | Pierre Notte | Pierre Notte | |
| 2012 | Simpatico | Sam Shepard | Didier Long | |
| 2016 | The River | Jez Butterworth | Jérémie Lippmann | |
Filmography
Actress
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Margot et le voleur d'enfants | Margot | Michèle Reiser | Short |
| 1996 | L'échappée belle | Juliette | Étienne Dhaene | |
| Vladimir de trop | Lola | Jacques-Henri Rochereuil | Short | |
| Velvet 99 | Milli Vanilli | Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel | Short | |
| 1997 | Un 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'autoroute | Camille | Olivier Jahan | Short | |
| Si c'est bon comme ça | The girl | Music video | ||
| 1998 | Restons groupés | Claire | Jean-Paul Salomé | |
| La voie est libre | Nadia | Stéphane Clavier | ||
| 3 petits points la lune | The girl | Olias Barco | Short | |
| Beaucoup trop loin | Olivier Jahan (2) | Short | ||
| 1999 | Mille bornes | Nina | Alain Beigel | |
| 2000 | Sans plomb | Marie | Muriel Téodori | |
| Mondialito | Louisa | Nicolas Wadimoff | ||
| Princesses | Sophie | Sylvie Verheyde (2) | ||
| Faites comme si je n'étais pas là | Marie | Olivier Jahan (3) | ||
| 2001 | Knives Out | The girl | Michel Gondry | Music video |
| 2002 | Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra | Caesar's secretary | Alain Chabat | |
| Les amants du Nil | Anne Frendo | Eric Heumann | ||
| 2003 | Beyond Good & Evil | Jade | Michel Ancel | Video Games |
| 2004 | Ma Mère | Hansi | Christophe Honoré | |
| 2005 | Short Order | Fiona | Anthony Byrne | |
| Kaamelott | Azénor | Alexandre Astier & François Guérin | TV Series (2 Episodes) | |
| 2006 | The Science of Sleep | Zoé | Michel Gondry (2) | |
| 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 | ||
| 2008 | Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec | The nurse | Antoine de Caunes | |
| Le bruit des gens autour | Maud | Diastème | ||
| Rien dans les poches | Marie Manikowski | Marion Vernoux | TV Movie Nominated - International Emmy Award for Best Actress | |
| 2009 | Sweet Dream | Adèle | Jean-Philippe Amar | TV Series (1 Episode) |
| 2011 | Faux coupable | Lena Hemont | Didier Le Pêcheur | TV Movie |
| 2012 | Le Sourire | The girl | Music video | |
| 2013 | The Dune | Fabienne | Yossi Aviram | |
| Lanester | Gabrielle Stahl | Franck Mancuso | TV Movie | |
| Myster Mocky présente | Jean-Pierre Mocky | TV Series (1 Episode) | ||
| 2015 | Les Châteaux de sable | Eléonore | Olivier Jahan (4) | |
| La Traque | Stacy | Théodore Bonnet | Short | |
| Lanester: Memento Mori | Gabrielle Stahl | Franck Mancuso (2) | TV Movie | |
| 2016 | The Idyll | Woman | Justin Anderson | Short |
| Super Triste | Cecile Kraft | Stéphanie Kalfon | Short | |
| Lanester : Les Enfants de la dernière pluie | Gabrielle Stahl | Jean-Marc Brondolo | TV Movie | |
Director / Writer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Le nombril de l'univers | Short |
References
- ↑ "Emma de Caunes". askmen.com. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jamie-hewlett-my-brain-is-like-a-driedout-sponge-but-im-having-ideas-7645605.html
- ↑ "Mr Bean's Holiday Exclusive interviews with star Emma de Caunes and director Steve Bendelack". YouTube. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
External links
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- Emma de Caunes at AlloCiné (French)
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