Ludivine Sagnier
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Ludivine Sagnier is a French
actress and model
, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Award
s for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool
(2003) and Un secret
(2007).
, in the département of Yvelines
; her mother is a retired secretary and her father is a professor of English at the Paris University. She started taking acting classes at a young age and made her film debut at age 10 in I Want to Go Home and Les maris, les femmes, les amants (both released in 1989).
by European Film Promotion
. She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress
in 8 Women (2002). She performed in two films in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival
, La Petite Lili
and Swimming Pool
, both released in the same year. Also in 2003, she won the Prix Romy Schneider
.
Sagnier has appeared completely nude
in extended scenes in several films, including Water Drops on Burning Rocks
, Bon plan (both released in 2000), and La Petite Lili
. In the Francois Ozon
's film Swimming Pool
, Sagnier appears topless in more than half of her scenes in the film. Addressing this issue, Sagnier told Playboy
:
She appeared in P. J. Hogan
's 2003 adaptation of Peter Pan, as Tinkerbell
. The film marked the first time Tinkerbell had been portrayed by a live actress in a sound film of J.M. Barrie's original play, rather than merely as a bolt of moving light.
In 2005, she recorded a series of introductions for Sky Movies
. These included intros to several films.
Three films starring Ludivine Sagnier screened in Los Angeles in 2011. Pieds nus sur les limaces (Lily Sometimes) was shown at the City of Angels, City of Light Festival in April. Love Crime and The Devil’s Double were shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
actress and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Award
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
s for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool (film)
Swimming Pool is a 2003 thriller film directed by François Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton, who travels to her publisher's upscale summer house in Southern France for solitude to work on her next book...
(2003) and Un secret
A Secret
Un secret is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the novel by Philippe Grimbert.-Synopsis:...
(2007).
Early life
Sagnier was born in La Celle-Saint-CloudLa Celle-Saint-Cloud
La Celle-Saint-Cloud is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the center.-Transport:...
, in the département of Yvelines
Yvelines
Yvelines is a French department in the region of Île-de-France.-History:Yvelines was created from the western part of the defunct department of Seine-et-Oise on 1 January 1968 in accordance with a law passed on 10 January 1964 and a décret d'application from 26 February 1965.It gained the...
; her mother is a retired secretary and her father is a professor of English at the Paris University. She started taking acting classes at a young age and made her film debut at age 10 in I Want to Go Home and Les maris, les femmes, les amants (both released in 1989).
Career
In 2001, Sagnier was named one of the Shooting StarsShooting Stars Award
The Shooting Stars Award is annually presented to ten young European actors at the Berlin International Film Festival. It was introduced in 1998 by European Film Promotion , a pan-European network of film promotion and export organisations, and is supported by the MEDIA Programme of the EU...
by European Film Promotion
European Film Promotion
European Film Promotion is an organisation which works for the worldwide promotion and marketing of European cinema. The EFP network incorporates 31 national promotion organisations from 32 European countries.-Activities:EFP's major objectives are:...
. She was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress
César Award for Most Promising Actress
The following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
in 8 Women (2002). She performed in two films in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival
2003 Cannes Film Festival
The 2003 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Elephant by Gus Van Sant.-Jury:* Patrice Chéreau, President * Aishwarya Rai * Meg Ryan * Karin Viard...
, La Petite Lili
La Petite Lili
Little Lili is a 2003 French film by French director Claude Miller. The film stars Ludivine Sagnier, Bernard Giraudeau, Nicole Garcia, Julie Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Marielle.-Plot:...
and Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool (film)
Swimming Pool is a 2003 thriller film directed by François Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton, who travels to her publisher's upscale summer house in Southern France for solitude to work on her next book...
, both released in the same year. Also in 2003, she won the Prix Romy Schneider
Prix Romy Schneider
The Prix Romy Schneider is the most prestigious award for promising upcoming actresses in the French film industry.It was initiated in 1984 by the French journalists Marlène and Eugène Moineau and is named after the actress Romy Schneider...
.
Sagnier has appeared completely nude
Nudity in film
Nudity in film is any presentation in motion pictures of people while naked or wearing less clothing than contemporary norms consider modest. Many actors and actresses have appeared nude, or exposing parts of their bodies or dressed in ways considered provocative by contemporary standards at some...
in extended scenes in several films, including Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Water Drops on Burning Rocks
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes is a 2000 French drama film directed by François Ozon. The film is based on a German play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Tropfen auf heisse Steine.-Act 1:...
, Bon plan (both released in 2000), and La Petite Lili
La Petite Lili
Little Lili is a 2003 French film by French director Claude Miller. The film stars Ludivine Sagnier, Bernard Giraudeau, Nicole Garcia, Julie Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Marielle.-Plot:...
. In the Francois Ozon
François Ozon
François Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality....
's film Swimming Pool
Swimming Pool (film)
Swimming Pool is a 2003 thriller film directed by François Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton, who travels to her publisher's upscale summer house in Southern France for solitude to work on her next book...
, Sagnier appears topless in more than half of her scenes in the film. Addressing this issue, Sagnier told Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
:
She appeared in P. J. Hogan
P. J. Hogan
Paul John "P. J." Hogan is an AACTA Awards winning Australian film director and a writer in the film and television genre.Hogan was born in Brisbane, Australia...
's 2003 adaptation of Peter Pan, as Tinkerbell
Tinkerbell
Tinker Bell , is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelization Peter and Wendy. She has appeared in multiple film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 animated Walt Disney picture Peter Pan...
. The film marked the first time Tinkerbell had been portrayed by a live actress in a sound film of J.M. Barrie's original play, rather than merely as a bolt of moving light.
In 2005, she recorded a series of introductions for Sky Movies
Sky Movies
Sky Movies is the collective name for the premium subscription television movie channels operated by Sky Television, and later British Sky Broadcasting. It has around 5 million subscribers, via satellite, cable and IPTV in the UK and Ireland...
. These included intros to several films.
Three films starring Ludivine Sagnier screened in Los Angeles in 2011. Pieds nus sur les limaces (Lily Sometimes) was shown at the City of Angels, City of Light Festival in April. Love Crime and The Devil’s Double were shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June.
Partial filmography
- 1989 : I Want to Go Home
- 1989 : Les maris, les femmes, les amants
- 2000 : La banquise (TV)
- 2000 : Water Drops on Burning RocksWater Drops on Burning RocksGouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes is a 2000 French drama film directed by François Ozon. The film is based on a German play by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Tropfen auf heisse Steine.-Act 1:...
by François OzonFrançois OzonFrançois Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... - 2000 : Bon plan by Jérôme Lévy
- 2001 : Un jeu d'enfants by Laurent TuelLaurent TuelLaurent Tuel is a French film actor, director and writer. In 2007 he was nominated for César Awards for his Jean-Philippe film....
- 2001 : Ma femme est une actriceMa Femme est une ActriceMy Wife is an Actress is a French Romantic Comedy/Drama film starring real life couple Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive co-star. Attal also wrote and directed the film...
by Yvan AttalYvan AttalYvan Attal is an Israeli-born French actor and director.-Background:Born in Tel-Aviv to French-Algerian Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in Éric Rochant's Un monde sans pitié , which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor... - 2002 : 8 femmes8 femmes8 Women is a 2002 French musical comedy murder-mystery film, directed by François Ozon and based on the play by Robert Thomas. The film was known as 8 femmes to distinguish it from the 1972 play entitled Huit femmes.- Plot :...
by François OzonFrançois OzonFrançois Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... - 2003 : Petites coupures by Pascal Bonitzer
- 2003 : Swimming PoolSwimming Pool (film)Swimming Pool is a 2003 thriller film directed by François Ozon and starring Charlotte Rampling and Ludivine Sagnier. The plot focuses on a British crime novelist, Sarah Morton, who travels to her publisher's upscale summer house in Southern France for solitude to work on her next book...
by François OzonFrançois OzonFrançois Ozon is a French film director and screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality.... - 2003 : La Petite LiliLa Petite LiliLittle Lili is a 2003 French film by French director Claude Miller. The film stars Ludivine Sagnier, Bernard Giraudeau, Nicole Garcia, Julie Depardieu and Jean-Pierre Marielle.-Plot:...
by Claude MillerClaude MillerClaude Miller is a French film director, producer and screenwriter.-Career:Claude Miller was born to a Jewish family. A student at Paris' IDHEC film school from 1962 through 1963, Miller had his first practical cinematic experience while he was in uniform, serving with the Service Cinéma de l'Armée... - 2003 : Peter Pan by P. J. HoganP. J. HoganPaul John "P. J." Hogan is an AACTA Awards winning Australian film director and a writer in the film and television genre.Hogan was born in Brisbane, Australia...
- 2005 : Une aventure by Xavier GiannoliXavier GiannoliXavier Giannoli is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1993.-Filmography:* Le condamné * Terre sainte * J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites...
- 2005 : Foon
- 2006 : Thérèse RaquinThérèse RaquinThérèse Raquin is the title of a novel and a play by the French writer Émile Zola. The novel was originally published in serial format in the journal L'Artiste and in book format in December of the same year.-Plot introduction:Thérèse Raquin tells the story of a young woman, unhappily married to...
- 2006 : La CalifornieLa CalifornieFrench California is a 2006 French film directed and written by Jacques Fieschi, based on short story by Georges Simenon. It was nominated for César Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Actor...
- 2006 : Paris, je t'aimeParis, je t'aimeParis, Je t'aime is a 2006 anthology film starring an ensemble cast of actors of various nationalities. The two-hour film consists of eighteen short films set in different arrondissements...
- 2007 : Les Chansons d'amour
- 2007 : Molière
- 2007 : Un secretA SecretUn secret is a 2007 French film directed and written by Claude Miller. The screenplay was based on the novel by Philippe Grimbert.-Synopsis:...
- 2007 : La Fille Coupée en DeuxA Girl Cut in TwoA Girl Cut in Two is a 2007 French comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Ludivine Sagnier, François Berléand, and Benoît Magimel...
- 2008 : Public Enemy Number OnePublic Enemy Number OneMesrine is a two-part 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet...
- 2010 : Love CrimeLove CrimeCrime d'amour is a 2010 French psychological suspense thriller starring Ludivine Sagnier and Kristin Scott-Thomas. It is the last film directed by Alain Corneau, and was released posthumously after the director's death from cancer....
- 2010 : A Monster in ParisA Monster in ParisA Monster in Paris is a French CGI and 3D animated feature directed by Bibo Bergeron.-Plot:The film is set in Paris, France, during the Seine flood of 1910...
- 2011 : The Devil's DoubleThe Devil's DoubleThe Devil's Double is a 2011 drama film directed by Lee Tamahori and starring Dominic Cooper, Philip Quast, Ludivine Sagnier and Raad Rawi. It was released on January 22, 2011 at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and was released in limited theaters on July 29, 2011 by Lionsgate and Herrick...
- 2011 : Les bien-aimés