# Mathilde Seigner

Mathilde Seigner (born 17 January 1968) is a French actress.

## Early life

Seigner was born in Paris. She is the granddaughter of actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991). She is the sister of Emmanuelle Seigner and a niece of Françoise Seigner.

## Career

Her acting performances have been confined to French-language films, but she has appeared in a number of notable productions. She won Best Actress at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2001 for her role in Betty Fisher and Other Stories and has been nominated for a César Award three times.
She studied comedy at Florent (very famous French school of theater), before making her first appearance in theaters in 1994, alongside her sister Emmanuelle in Smile Claude Miller. She received the Prix Michel Simon in 1995 for her role in Rosine. Two years later, she won a Cesar Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Nettoyage à sec.
She won the "Romy Schneider Prize in 1999. Mathilde Seigner is appreciated for her spontaneity and strong character, she quickly gained favor with the public, thanks to the nostalgic Une hirondelle a fait le printemps (2001) as a city dweller who discovers the joys of the countryside. She appeared in Le passager de l'été, Zone libre, and Dance avec lui. With 3 amis, she returned to comedy, in such films as Tout pour plaire and Détrompez-vous.
She returned in 2009 with three dramatic comedies about family (Quelque chose à te dire, Trésor and Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires)). After Fini les vacances (2010), she appeared in Camping 2 and the remake of La guerre des boutons (2011).
In 2012, Seigner appeared in Dans la tourmente and Max. In September 2013, she appeared onstage. Two years after L'amour, la mort les fringues, she appeared in Nina, a comedy in which she is the heroine alongside François Berléand and François Vincentelli, as her husband and lover, respectively.

## Personal life

From 1998 to 2001 she had an affair with the comedian Laurent Gerra.
From 2002 to 2005, she was a couple with the actor Antoine Duléry.
Since October 2006, Seigner has lived with Mathieu Petit, a cameraman; they have a son.
She is the sister-in-law of film director Roman Polanski, who married her sister Emmanuelle in 1989.

## Controversies

In 2009, Seigner signed a petition in support of her brother-in-law Roman Polanski, calling for his release after Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl.
On 24 February 2012, during the César Award ceremony, she interrupted the telecast when Michel Blanc won, stating she would have preferred that Joey Starr won.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director | Notes |
| 1988 | The Moods of Marianne | Alfred de Musset | Françoise Seigner | |
| 1988 | Les Chevaliers de la Table ronde | Jean Cocteau | Françoise Seigner (2) | |
| 1989 | Les Fourberies de Scapin | Molière | Françoise Seigner (3) | |
| 1990 | Le Médecin malgré lui | Molière | Michel Galabru | |
| 1990 | The Miser | Molière | Françoise Seigner (4) | |
| 1991 | L'Étourdi | Molière | Françoise Seigner (5) | Théâtre des Célestins |
| 1992 | Et s'il n'en restait qu'un | Françoise Dorin | Françoise Seigner (6) | |
| 1997 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Patrice Kerbrat | Théâtre Hébertot |
| 2001-03 | Educating Rita | Willy Russell | Michel Fagadau | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées |
| 2011 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Nora & Delia Ephron | Danièle Thompson | Théâtre Marigny |
| 2013–15 | Nina | André Roussin | Bernard Murat | Théâtre Édouard VII |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1989 | Salut les musclés | | Jacques Samyn | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1991 | Cas de divorce | Pascale Seguin | Gérard Espinasse | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1994 | Rosine | Marie | Christine Carrière | Acteurs à l'Écran – Best Actress |
| 1994 | Le sourire | Tututt | Claude Miller | |
| 1994 | Boulevard Mac Donald | | Melvil Poupaud | Short |
| 1994 | 3000 scénarios contre un virus | | Daniel Vigne | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1995 | J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites | Laurence | Xavier Giannoli | Short |
| 1996 | Mémoires d'un jeune con | Nathalie | Patrick Aurignac | |
| 1996 | Portraits chinois | Fanny | Martine Dugowson | |
| 1996 | Vacances bougeoises | Mélanie | Jean-Claude Brialy | TV movie |
| 1996 | Pêcheur d'Islande | Gaud | Daniel Vigne (2) | TV movie |
| 1996 | Combats de femme | Nadine | Pascale Bailly | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1997 | Dry Cleaning | Marylin | Anne Fontaine | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1997 | Vive la république | Corinne | Éric Rochant | |
| 1997 | Francorusse | Sophie | Alexis Miansarow | |
| 1997 | The Man I Love | Lise | Stéphane Giusti | TV movie |
| 1997 | Si je t'oublie Sarajevo | Leila | Arnaud Sélignac | TV movie |
| 1997 | Georges Dandin | Angélique | Jean-Claude Brialy (2) | TV movie |
| 1998 | Noël en famille | | Fabienne Berthaud & Aruna Villiers | Short |
| 1998 | Marc Eliot | Isabelle Germain | Josée Dayan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1998 | Commandant Nerval | Nathalie Joste | Arnaud Sélignac (2) | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | Samantha | Tonie Marshall | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1999 | Time Regained | Céleste | Raúl Ruiz | |
| 1999 | Belle maman | Séverine | Gabriel Aghion | |
| 1999 | Le bleu des villes | Mylène | Stéphane Brizé | |
| 2000 | Harry, He's Here to Help | Claire | Dominik Moll | Nominated – César Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2000 | Le coeur à l'ouvrage | Chloë | Laurent Dussaux | |
| 2000 | Le mal des femmes | | Daniel Vigne (3) | |
| 2000 | La chambre des magiciennes | Odette | Claude Miller (2) | TV movie |
| 2001 | The Girl from Paris | Sandrine Dumez | Christian Carion | Cabourg Film Festival – Best Actress |
| 2001 | Inch'Allah Dimanche | Nicole Briat | Yamina Benguigui | |
| 2001 | The Milk of Human Kindness | Josiane | Dominique Cabrera | Locarno International Film Festival – Special Mention |
| 2001 | Alias Betty | Carole Novacki | Claude Miller (3) | Montreal World Film Festival – Best Actress |
| 2002 | Madame Sans-Gêne | Catherine Hübscher | Philippe de Broca | TV movie |
| 2002 | Les enquêtes d'Éloïse Rome | Irène | Edwin Baily | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2003 | Tristan | Emmanuelle Barsac | Philippe Harel | |
| 2004 | Les parisiens | Clémentine / Anne | Claude Lelouch | |
| 2004 | Mariages ! | Valentine | Valérie Guignabodet | |
| 2005 | Le courage d'aimer | Clémentine / Anne | Claude Lelouch (2) | |
| 2005 | Palais royal! | Laurence | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2005 | Tout pour plaire | Juliette Fischer | Cécile Telerman | |
| 2006 | Camping | Sophie Gatineau | Fabien Onteniente | |
| 2006 | Le passager de l'été | Angèle | Florence Moncorgé-Gabin | |
| 2007 | Game of Four | Lisa | Bruno Dega | |
| 2007 | 3 amis | Claire | Michel Boujenah | |
| 2007 | Zone libre | Daughter-in-law | Christophe Malavoy | |
| 2007 | Danse avec lui | Alexandra | Valérie Guignabodet (2) | |
| 2009 | Trésor | Nathalie | Claude Berri & François Dupeyron | |
| 2009 | Une semaine sur deux (et la moitié des vacances scolaires) | Marjorie | Ivan Calbérac | |
| 2009 | Quelque chose à te dire | Alice Celliers | Cécile Telerman (2) | |
| 2010 | Camping 2 | Sophie Gatineau | Fabien Onteniente (2) | |
| 2011 | La guerre des boutons | Lebrac's mother | Yann Samuell | |
| 2011 | Dans la tourmente | Hélène | Christophe Ruggia | |
| 2012 | Maman | Sandrine | Alexandra Leclère | |
| 2012 | Bowling | Mathilde | Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar | |
| 2012 | Max | Rose | Stéphanie Murat | |
| 2012 | Médecin-chef à la Santé | Séverine Vincent | Yves Rénier | TV movie |
| 2014 | La liste de mes envies | Jocelyne Guerbette | Didier Le Pêcheur | |
| 2015 | Come What May | Mado | Christian Carion (2) | |
| 2015 | Une mère | Marie | Christine Carrière (2) | |
| 2015 | Flic, tout simplement | Martine Monteil | Yves Rénier (2) | TV movie |
| 2016 | Back to Mom's | Carole Mazerin | Éric Lavaine | |
| 2016 | Sam | Sam | Valérie Guignabodet (3) | TV series (6 episodes) – Replaced by Natacha Lindinger for Season 2. |
| 2016 | Chacun sa vie et son intime conviction | Mathilde | Claude Lelouch (3) | |
| 2016 | Coexister | Sophie Demanche | Fabrice Eboué | |