Seigner was born in Paris to a photographer father and a journalist mother. She is the granddaughter of the actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991) and sister of the actress Mathilde Seigner. She was educated at a Catholic convent school and began modelling at the age of fourteen.
She married Roman Polanski on 30 August 1989, and they have two children: daughter Morgane and son Elvis. Polanski is 33 years her senior. Her husband directed her in Frantic (1988), opposite Harrison Ford, and later in Bitter Moon (1992), as well as The Ninth Gate (1999), co-starring Johnny Depp. In 2010, Seigner was featured in Jerzy Skolimowski's Essential Killing, which went on to win the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. In 2012, she played the principal role of Vanda in Polanski's French film adaption of David Ives's two-character play Venus in Fur, based on the Austrian novel of the near-same name, for which she received praise as Vanda, an actress, playing against writer and theatre director Thomas played by Mathieu Amalric.
Seigner appears as the main character in the music video "Hands Around My Throat" by Death in Vegas. In 2006, she became lead singer of the pop rock band Ultra Orange, and the group's name was changed to Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle. They released a self-titled album in 2007. Seigner released a solo album called Distant Lover in 2014. She and Polanski live with their two children in Paris. She was an ambassadress of the Polish brand Dr Irena Eris.
Studio albums
Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle (2007) Sony
Distant Lover (2014)
Filmography
Actress
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Pet Shop Boys (post-production)
2020
L'Épée feat. Bertrand Belin: On dansait avec elle (Music Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Ghost RIder (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Ghost RIder (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Springfield 61 (Video short)
2019
An Officer and a Spy as
Pauline Monnier
2019
L'Épée - The Last Picture Show (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Dreams (Video short)
2018
Insoupçonnable (TV Series) as
Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 10 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 9 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 4 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 3 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 8 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 7 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 6 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 5 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 2 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
- Épisode 1 (2018) - Chloé Fisher
2018
At Eternity's Gate as
Md Ginoux
2018
The Limiñanas feat. Bertrand Belin: Dimanche (Music Video short)
2017
The Limiñanas - Shadow People (feat. Emmanuelle Seigner) (Music Video short)
2017
Based on a True Story as
Delphine Dayrieux
2016
Stalin's Couch as
Lidia
2016
How to Get Rid of a Ghost (Short) as
Woman
2016
Heal the Living as
Marianne
2016
The Siege of Jadotville as
Madame LaFontagne
2015
Being Emmanuelle Seigner (Short)
2014
Emmanuelle Seigner: Distant Lover (Music Video short) as
Emmanuelle Seigner
2013
Croire (Short) as
Isabelle
2013
Venus in Fur as
Vanda
2012
In the House as
Esther Artole
2012
The Man Who Laughs as
La duchesse Josiane
2012
A Few Hours of Spring as
Clémence
2010
Essential Killing as
Margaret
2010
Chicas as
Nuria
2009
Giallo as
Linda
2009
Le code a changé as
Sarah Mattei
2007
Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle: Sing Sing (Music Video short) as
Emmanuelle Seigner (as Emmanuelle)
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as
Céline
2007
La Vie En Rose as
Titine
2007
Four Last Songs as
Helena
2005
Backstage as
Lauren Waks
2004
Happily Ever After as
Nathalie
2004
Sans toi (Short) as
Armelle
2003
Os Imortais as
Madeleine Durand
2003
Corps à corps as
Laura Bartelli
2001
Streghe verso nord as
Lucilla
2001
Vendetta as
Thelma Pianon
2000
Fernando Krapp m'a écrit cette lettre (TV Movie)
1999
Buddy Boy as
Gloria
1999
The Ninth Gate as
The Girl
1998
Place Vendôme as
Nathalie / Young Marianne Malivert
1997
RPM as
Michelle Claire
1997
The Gods Must Be Daring as
Bobbi
1997
Nirvana as
Lisa (as Emanuelle Seigner)
1996
Let's Hope it Lasts as
Julie Neyrac
1994
The Smile as
Odile
1992
Bitter Moon as
Mimi
1990
Il male oscuro as
Moglie di Giuseppe
1988
Frantic as
Michelle
1986
Cours privé as
Zanon
1985
Detective as
Princess of the Bahamas
1984
Year of the Jellyfish
Writer
2020
L'Épée feat. Bertrand Belin: On dansait avec elle (Music Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Ghost RIder (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Ghost RIder (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Springfield 61 (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - The Last Picture Show (Video short)
2019
L'Épée - Dreams (Video short)
Soundtrack
2014
Les 30 ans du TOP 50 (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)