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Ludivine Sagnier - Biography |
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Ludivine Sagnier is one of France's
rising young stars. She has worked with François Ozon more times than any
other actress, having previously starred for the filmmaker in his features
Water Drops on Burning Rocks and 8 Women.
Her performance in the latter movie earned her the Romy Schneider Award
[given annually to a promising young French actress], as well as a César
Award [France's equivalent of the Oscar] nomination. Ms. Sagnier shared
the European Film Academy Award for Best Actress, as well as the Silver
Bear Award at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, with the film's
ensemble of Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny
Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, and Firmine Richard.
The French native began studying acting, while still a child, at Y.D.
Hieronimus Drama School. In her teenage years, while attending the
Conservatory of Dramatic Art, she won prizes for Modern Drama and also
Classical Drama.
Ms. Sagnier has since starred in movies, on television, and in plays. The
latter appearances have included Paris productions of Marivaux' Game of
Love and Chance as well as Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. Her
television work includes playing the title role in the French telefilm
Marie Marmaille (directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli), as well as costarring
in the English-language Napoleon miniseries (directed by Yves Simoneau)
which recently aired in the U.S. on the A&E Network.
Her movie credits include several short films, most notably Guillaume
Bréaud's Acide Animé (for which she received the Best Actress award at the
Lutin Festival of Short Films). Most recently she starred in Les frères
Helias and Guedin, both directed by Fredy Busso.
Ms. Sagnier's feature work commenced over a decade ago, as a child, with
Pascal Thomas' Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants. Her subsequent features
have included Diane Kurys' The Children of the Century (with Juliette
Binoche and Benoît Magimel), Charles Matton's Rembrandt (with Klaus Maria
Brandauer), Jérôme Lévy's Bon plan, Ian Simpson's Toothache (which marked
her first English-language role), Laurent Tuel's Un Jeu d'enfants, Yvan
Attal's My Wife is an Actress (with Charlotte Gainsbourg and Terence
Stamp), Pascal Bonitzer's Petites coupures (with Daniel Auteuil and
Kristin Scott Thomas), and Claude Miller's soon-to-be-released La petite
Lili (in which she plays the title role). At the 2001 Berlin International
Film Festival, she was named a Shooting Star for France.
Marking her starring role in a first major studio co-production, she has
most recently completed work as Tink (a.k.a. Tinkerbelle) in P.J. Hogan's
Peter Pan, with Jason Isaacs and Jeremy Sumpter.
In 2005 she recorded a series of introductions for Sky Movies. These
included intros to films such as Nelly et Monsieur Arnaud, Swimming Pool,
La Nina Santa, Zatoichi and The Barbarian Invasions.
On March 25, 2005, she gave birth to a daughter named Bonnie. The father
is French actor Nicolas Duvauchelle. |
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Ludivine Sagnier - Personal Quotes |
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"I don't act to be popular, or see my face on the cover of magazines
every time I go out to get coffee. I don't want to think about me
all the time, and what I look like."
" I'd say people recognize me but having children recognize me is
the best. It is a very special thing. Suddenly you feel like you
have the power to make the children's dreams come true and it's
better than anything else." on being recognized as Tinkerbell.
"I don't need much money to live the way I live in Paris. I'm only
23 and I don't have great material needs, but I do have big artistic
ambitions..."
"The French have their double standards. For example, I don't think
anyone in France could make a movie like Larry Clark's Bully,
because he combines sex and violence and humor. And, recently, there
was this photo of Christina Aguilera on the magazine covers, where
she was naked from the back, wearing only a G-string. The French
were shocked ... and called her bad names. It was a scandal for two
weeks."
"It's impossible to explain to people who you are in a five-minute
interview on TV."
"Hollywood is a wonderful machine for making big movies. In France,
we make smaller and more personal films, but if things keep changing
this will disappear. The industry in Italy is practically gone.
Cinecitta now is used mostly by filmmakers from others places, like
Martin Scorsese."
[On performing naked on-camera] "I'm much more confident in front of
a camera, hidden by a character, enhanced by makeup, so I can go
much further than I can in real life. Being naked is quite a natural
thing, but it's more the sexual situations. Sexual acting is
painful, because even though you're pretending, you have the skin of
the person in front of you, and it's not the skin you wish you had.
After that you run into the shower to get rid of everything. I felt
really dirty after I filmed all of this. It is difficult, but even
if you're self-conscious in real life, when you're hidden behind a
character you can bare much more."
"I don't do nudity for fame or to become popular, because that only
lasts so long. Look at Brigitte Bardot...she's become a fascist and
hates everyone."
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Ludivine Sagnier - Filmography |
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Instinct de mort, L' (2008)
.... Sylvie Jeanjacquot
... aka Death Instinct (International: English title)
Ennemi public n° 1, L' (2007) .... Sylvie Jeanjacquot
... aka Ennemi public n° 1, L' (International: English title)
Un secret (2007) .... Hannah
Fille coupée en deux, La (2007) .... Gabrielle Aurore Deneige
... aka A Girl Cut in Two (Canada: English title)
... aka The Girl Cut in Two (International: English title)
Chansons d'amour, Les (2007) .... Julie Pommeraye
... aka Love Songs (USA: literal English title)
Molière (2007) .... Célimène
Coup de sang (2006) (as Ludivine) .... La serveuse
Californie, La (2006) .... Helène
Paris, je t'aime (2006) .... Claire (segment 'Parc Monceau')
... aka Paris, I Love You (Hong Kong: English title)
Foon (2005) .... La reine du bal de l'an dernier
Une aventure (2005) .... Gabrielle
Peter Pan (2003) .... Tink
Petite Lili, La (2003) .... Lili
... aka Little Lili (International: English title)
Swimming Pool (2003) .... Julie
Légende de Parva, La (2003) (voice) .... Lula
Petites coupures (2003) .... Nathalie
... aka Small Cuts (International: English title)
"Navarro" .... Vanessa Berger (1 episode, 2002)
- Sur ma vie (2002) TV Episode .... Vanessa Berger
"Napoléon" (2002) (mini) TV Series .... Hortense
... aka Napoleon (Europe: English title)
Frères Hélias, Les (2002)
Marie Marmaille (2002) (TV) .... Marie
8 femmes (2002) .... Catherine
... aka 8 Women (International: English title)
... aka 8 donne e un mistero (Italy)
Toothache (2002) .... Anna
... aka Rage de dent (France)
Ma femme est une actrice (2001) .... Géraldine
... aka My Wife Is an Actress (USA)
Un jeu d'enfants (2001) .... Daphnée the Babysitter
... aka A Children's Game (Australia)
... aka Child's Game (informal English title)
... aka Children's Play (International: English title)
Bon plan (2000) .... Clémentine
... aka Great Idea (International: English title)
Des monstres a l'état pur (2000) (TV) .... Ginnie
Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000) .... Anna
... aka Water Drops on Burning Rocks (International: English title)
Banquise, La (2000) (TV) .... Anna Kowalski
Acide animé (1999) .... Anna
... aka Anna's Trip (International: English title)
Enfants du siècle, Les (1999) .... Hermine de Musset
... aka The Children of the Century (Canada: English title) (Europe:
English title) (USA)
Rembrandt (1999) .... Cornelia van Rijn
Ciel, les oiseaux,... et ta mère!, Le (1999) .... Dance girl 1
... aka Boys on the Beach
... aka Homeboys at the Beach (UK)
"Mission protection rapprochée" (1 episode, 1999)
... aka Amazones, Les (France)
- Trois en un (1999) TV Episode
Mon frère (1999/I)
Passion interdite (1998) (TV) .... Estelle
À nous deux la vie (1998) (TV) .... Charlotte
Meurtres sans risque (1998) (TV) .... Virginie Gallais
Secret d'Iris, Le (1996) (TV) .... Mylène
Vacances au purgatoire (1992) (TV) .... Sophie
"Famille Fontaine, La" (1992) TV Series .... Anne-Sophie
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) .... The Little Sister
Pont du silence, Le (1990) (as Ludivine) .... Le petite fille
I Want to Go Home (1989) .... La petite fille de la place du village
... aka Je veux rentrer à la maison (France)
Maris, les femmes, les amants, Les (1989) .... Élodie |
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Ludivine Sagnier - Related Links |
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Wikipedia: Ludivine Sagnier
YouTube: Ludivine Sagnier
Ludivine Sagnier at Babemania.com
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