Mathilde Seigner
Age: 56
Birthplace: Paris, France
Mathilde Seigner (born 17 January 1968) is a French actress.
Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of actor Louis Seigner (1903-1991). Seigner is the sister of Emmanuelle Seigner and a niece of Françoise Seigner.
Career
Her acting performances have been confined to French language films, but she has appeared in a number of notable productions. She won Best Actress at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2001 for her role in Betty Fisher and Other Stories and has been nominated for a César Award three times.
She studied comedy at Florent (very famous French school of theater), before making her first appearance in theaters in 1994, alongside her sister Emmanuelle in Smile Claude Miller. She received the Prix Michel Simon in 1995 for her role in Rosine. Two years later, she won a Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Nettoyage à sec.
She won the "Romy Schneider Prize in 1999. Mathilde Seigner is appreciated for her spontaneity and strong character, she quickly gained favor with the public, thanks to the nostalgic Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (2001) as a city dweller who discovers the joys of the countryside. She appeared in Le passager de l’été, Zone libre, and Dance avec lui. With 3 amis, she returned to comedy, in such films as Tout pour plaire and Détrompez-vous.
She returned in 2009 with three dramatic comedies about family (Quelque chose à te dire, Trésor and Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires)). After Fini les vacances (2010), she appeared in Camping 2 and the remake of La guerre des boutons (2011).
In 2012, Seigner appeared in Dans la tourmente and Max. In September 2013, she appeared onstage. Two years after L'amour, la mort les fringues, she appeared in Nina, a comedy in which she is the heroine alongside François Berléand and François Vincentelli, as her husband and lover, respectively.
Personal life
Since October 2011, Seigner has lived with Mathieu Petit, a cameraman; they have a son.
César Award controversy
On 24 February 2012, during the César Award ceremony, she interrupted the telecast when Michel Blanc won, stating she would have preferred that Joey Starr won.
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1997 | Dry Cleaning | Marylin | Anne Fontaine |
1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | Samantha | Tonie Marshall |
Belle-maman | Séverine | Gabriel Aghion | |
Le Temps retrouvé („Time Regained“) | Céleste | Raoul Ruiz | |
2000 | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien („Harry, He's Here to Help“) | Claire | Dominik Moll |
Le coeur à l'ouvrage | Chloë | Laurent Dussaux | |
2001 | La Chambre des magiciennes („Of Woman and Magic“) | Odette | Claude Miller |
Une hirondelle a fait le printemps („One Swallow Brought Spring“) | Sandrine | Christian Carion | |
Betty Fisher et autres histoires („Alias Betty“) | Carole | Claude Miller | |
Inch'Allah Dimanche | Mademoiselle Briat | Yamina Benguigui | |
The Milk of Human Kindness | Josiane | Dominique Cabrera | |
2003 | Tristan | Inspector Emmanuelle Barsac | Philippe Harel |
2004 | Mariages ! („Marriages“) | Valentine | Valérie Guignabodet |
Les Parisiens | the Parisian twins | Claude Lelouch | |
2005 | Tout pour plaire („Thirtyfive Something“) | Juliette | Cécile Telerman |
Le courage d'aimer („The Courage to Love“) | Anne/Clémentine | Claude Lelouch | |
Palais Royal ! | Laurence | Valérie Lemercier | |
2006 | Camping | Sophie Gatineau | Fabien Onteniente |
Le Passager de l'été („One Summer“) | Angèle | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | |
2007 | Trois amis | Claire | Michel Boujenah |
Game of Four | Lisa | Bruno Dega | |
2009 | Quelque chose à te dire („Blame It on Mum“) | Alice Celliers | Cécile Telerman |
Une semaine sur deux aka „Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)" |
Marjorie | Ivan Calbérac | |
2010 | Camping 2“ | Sophie Gatineau | Fabien Onteniente |
Trésor | Nathalie | Claude Berri and Francois Dupeyron | |
2011 | La Guerre des boutons | Lebrac's mother | Yann Samuell |
2012 | Dans la tourmente | Hélène | Christophe Ruggia |
Maman | Sandrine | Alexandra Leclère | |
Bowling | Mathilde | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | |
2015 | En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait | Mado | Christian Carion |
2016 | Retour chez ma mère | Éric Lavaine | |
Finding Dory | Destiny (French voice) | Andrew Stanton |
Awards and nominations
Year | Title | Award | Ceremony | Result |
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1998 | Nettoyage à Sec | César meilleure actrice dans un second rôle | César ( edition n°23) | nominated |
1999 | Prix Romy Schneider | Prix Patrick Dewaere & Romy Schneider (édition n°19) | Win | |
2000 | Vénus beauté institut | César de la Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle | César (édition n°25) | nominated |
2001 | Harry, un ami qui vous veut du bien | César de la Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle | César (édition n°26) | nominated |
2006 | Camping | Prix RAIMU de la comédienne | Raimu de la Comédie (édition n°1) | nominated |
2007 | Camping | Prix Télé poche de la Meilleure actrice de comédie de l'année | Festival International du Film de Comédie de l'Alpe d'Huez (édition n°10) | Win |
2008 | 3 amis | Gérard de l'ersatz | Gérard du Cinéma (édition n°3) | nominated |
2011 | Camping 2 | Gérard du désespoir féminin | Gérard du Cinéma (édition n°6) | nominated |
2012 | La guerre des boutons | Gérard du désespoir féminin | Gérard du Cinéma (édition n°7) | nominated |