Mathilde Seigner

Mathilde Seigner
Mathilde Seigner in 2009
Born	17 January 1968 Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present[1]
Partner(s)	Mathieu Petit

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.^[2]

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director
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[3] („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“[4])	Carole	Claude Miller
	Inch'Allah Dimanche	Mademoiselle Briat	Yamina Benguigui
	The Milk of Human Kindness	Josiane	Dominique Cabrera
2003	Tristan[5]	Inspector Emmanuelle Barsac	Philippe Harel[6]
2004	Mariages ! („Marriages“[7])	Valentine	Valérie Guignabodet
	Les Parisiens[8]	the Parisian twins	Claude Lelouch[9]
2005	Tout pour plaire („Thirtyfive Something“[10])	Juliette	Cécile Telerman
	Le courage d'aimer[11] („The Courage to Love“)	Anne/Clémentine	Claude Lelouch[12]
	Palais Royal ![13]	Laurence	Valérie Lemercier
2006	Camping[14]	Sophie Gatineau	Fabien Onteniente
	Le Passager de l'été („One Summer“[15])	Angèle	Florence Moncorgé-Gabin
2007	Trois amis[16]	Claire	Michel Boujenah
	Game of Four	Lisa	Bruno Dega
2009	Quelque chose à te dire[17] („Blame It on Mum“[18])	Alice Celliers	Cécile Telerman
	Une semaine sur deux aka „Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)"[19]	Marjorie	Ivan Calbérac
2010	Camping 2“[20]	Sophie Gatineau	Fabien Onteniente
	Trésor[21]	Nathalie	Claude Berri and Francois Dupeyron[22]
2011	La Guerre des boutons[23]	Lebrac's mother	Yann Samuell
2012	Dans la tourmente[24]	Hélène	Christophe Ruggia
	Maman[25]	Sandrine	Alexandra Leclère[26]
	Bowling[27]	Mathilde	Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
2015	En mai, fais ce qu'il te plait	Mado	Christian Carion
2016	Retour chez ma mère		Éric Lavaine

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award	Ceremony	Result
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

References

1. "Mathilde Seigner has appeared in the following films:Boulevard Mac Donald (1994)...". Retrieved 22 September 2012.
2. Profile, closermag.fr; accessed 22 June 2015.(French)
3. "La chambre des magiciennes". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
4. "Alias Betty". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
5. "Tristan (2003)". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
6. "Tristan (2003)". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
7. "Mariages!". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
8. "Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
9. "Les Parisiens (2004)". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
10. "Thirtyfive Something". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
11. "Le courage d'aimer". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
12. "The Courage to Love". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
13. "Palais Royal!". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
14. "Camping (2006)". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
15. "One Summer". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
16. "Trois Amis". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
17. "Trois Amis". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
18. "Blame it on Mum". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
19. "Alternate Weeks (and Half the Vacation)". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
20. "Camping 2". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
21. "Trésor". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
22. "Tresor". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
23. "La guerre des boutons". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
24. "Dans la tourmente". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
25. "Maman". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
26. "Maman". Retrieved 2012-09-22.
27. "Bowling". Retrieved 2012-09-22.

External links

• Mathilde Seigner at the Internet Movie Database