Emma de Caunes

Infobox actor


imagesize = 150px
birthdate = birth date and age|1976|9|9|df=yes
birthplace = Paris, France
spouse = Sinclair (2001-present) (separated) 1 child

website = http://www.emmadecaunes.com/
cesarawards = Most Promising Actress
1998 "Un frère"

Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976 in Paris) is a French film actress.

De Caunes is the daughter of actor/director Antoine de Caunes and directorgraphic designer Gaëlle Royer. She was married to singer Sinclair (real name Mathieu Blanc-Francard) who fathered her daughter Nina (born Paris, October 2002).

De Caunes's career began at the age of ten courtesy of a role granted by Michèle Reiser, her godmother. She obtained her Baccalaureate in film in 1995.

De Caunes appeared in various advertisements before landing her first major film role in Sylvie Verheyde's "Un Frère". After her performance in the 1997 film, de Caunes won Most Promising Actress at the 1998 César awards and Best Actress at the 1997 Paris Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress in the Acteurs à l'Écran awards. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress. So far, her most recent role was an actress named Sabine in "Mr. Bean's Holiday".

Filmography

* "Days of Darkness" (aka "The Age of Ignorance") (2007)
* "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007)
* "Mr. Bean's Holiday" (2007)
* "The Science of Sleep" (2006)
* "Short Order" (2005)
* "Kaamelott" (2005) (in 2 TV episodes)
* "Ma mère" (2004)
* "Beyond Good & Evil" (2003) (voice)
* "" (2002)
* "Lovers of the Nile" (2002)
* "Princesses" (2000)
* "Unleaded" (2000)
* "Pretend I'm Not Here" (2000)
* "Le nombril de l'Univers" (2000) (director, writer)
* "Milestones" (1999)
* "Mondialito" (1999)
* "Restons groupés" (1999)
* "La voie est libre" (1998)
* "3 petits points la lune" (1998)
* "Beaucoup trop loin" (1998)
* "Un frère" ("Brother") (1997)
* "Along the Freeway" (1997)
* "Velvet 99" (1996)
* "L'échappée belle" (1996)
* "Vladimir de trop" (1996)

External links

* [http://www.emmadecaunes.com/ Official website]
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