Born in a family closely tied to the industry of the seventh art, Léa Seydoux was virtually set to continue the legacy in some way, yet it wasn’t until she turned 18 that she decided to pursue an acting career. After dropping her childhood dream of becoming an opera singer, Seydoux enrolled at the French drama school Les Enfants Terribles, and further extended her training at the Actors Studio in New York. She started making a name for herself thanks to her performance in Christophe Honoré’s The Beautiful Person (2009), which earned her the Chopard Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Best Upcoming Actress and a César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress. She expanded her career on an international scale playing several supporting roles in Hollywood films like Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009), Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (2010) and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011). Yet, her breakthrough came in 2013 with Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013), which, despite the controversy it aroused, gained her the Lumières Award for Best Actress, and the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Whether as the new Bond girl, the character of an alternative science-fiction by David Cronenberg or Yorgos Lanthimos, or drama by Mia Hansen-Løve, Xavier Dolan and the likes, Léa Seydoux has a unique and captivating presence on the screen that makes her one of the most prominent actresses of our times.
