'Emmanuelle Seigner' (qv) is the daughter of a well known
photographer and her mother is a journalist. She was born in Paris,
France on June 22, 1966. Her grandfather was Louis Seigner,
chairman of the Comedie Francaise and who also appeared in several
movies. Emmanuelle was raised at a convent school . At age fourteen
she became a model. Her mysterious beauty made her an international
cover-model. 'Jean-Luc Godard' (qv) gave her a part in his crime
movie _Detective (1985)_ (qv), starring 'Johnny Hallyday' (qv) and
'Nathalie Baye' (qv). In 1986 Emmanuelle played the part of Zanon a
young girl in the movie _Cours prive (1986)_ (qv) (by 'Pierre
Granier-Deferre' (qv). She met Roman Polanski and married him. He
gave her a part in the thriller _Frantic (1988)_ (qv) with
'Harrison Ford' (qv). Four years later Polanski gave her the
leading part in the movie _Bitter Moon (1992)_ (qv).
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