Emmanuelle Seigner 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 Comédie Française 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 gave her a part in his crime
movie
Detective (1985), starring
Johnny Hallyday and
Nathalie Baye. In 1986 Emmanuelle played
the part of Zanon a young girl in the movie
Cours privé (1986)
(by
Pierre Granier-Deferre). She met
Roman Polanski and married him. He gave her a part
in the thriller
Frantic (1988) with
Harrison Ford. Four years later Polanski gave
her the leading part in the movie
Bitter Moon (1992).