Léa Seydoux

“I need to act, it's a necessity. I need to express myself through it and it's more like an existential necessity. I've always felt I had a melancholy inside me and that I had to just make that melancholy express itself.” Coming from an important family in the film business, granddaughter of Jérome Seydoux (President of Pathé Distribution) and grandniece of Nicolas Seydoux (Chief Executive Officer of Gaumont), Léa Seydoux knew how to earn and honor her place in the industry beyond her connections. Her interpretations stand out for the handling of ambiguity and the intensity of her gaze in terms of mysterious or melancholic characters. She began her career in French cinema with appearances in films such as "Une vieille maîtresse" (2007) by Catherine Breillat and "La belle personne" (2008) by Christophe Honoré, a film for which she received her first nomination for the César Awards and won the Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Film Festival. She made the breakthrough to international cinema