Clotilde Courau

Clotilde Courau
Clotilde Marie Pascale di Savoia also known as Princess Clotilde of Savoy (née Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau; born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She is married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.
Family
Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau
was born on 3 April 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the eldest daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b. 1942), an engineer, and French noblewoman Catherine Marie Antoinette du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1948), a school teacher, daughter of Count Pierre François Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1926), whose family can be traced back to 13th century. She has three sisters named Christine, Camille, and Capucine Courau. She grew up as a child, with her sisters, between Paris, Egypt and Benin. The Courau sisters were brought up in the Roman Catholic religion.
Acting career
In 1991, Courau was nominated for a César, for Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin), and won a European Film Award for Best Actress, both for the film Le petit criminel (1990). She then appeared in Dusty Hughes' A Slip of the Tongue opposite John Malkovich on the stage, and in Vincent Ward's Map of the Human Heart. In 1995, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti at the SACD Awards. She was nominated again for a César twice in 1996 for Best Supporting Actress (Meilleur second rôle féminin) and Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin) both for the film Élisa. In 1998 she was named as one of European cinema's "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion and in 2000 she won the Prix Romy Schneider. She was created a Dame of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France on 7 February 2007.
Marriage
Clotilde Courau announced her engagement on 10 July, and on 25 September 2003 at the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, she married Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice. At the ceremony she wore a wedding gown designed by Valentino. Six months pregnant at the time of the wedding, she was seen as a controversial bride because of her left-wing views.
The couple have two daughters:
Princess Vittoria Chiara Cristina Adelaide Maria (born 28 December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland),
Princess Luisa Giovanna Bianca Agata Gavina Maria (born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland).
Rose
In 2009, her name was given to a rose created by the rose grower Fabien Ducher to mark the 500,000th visitor to the Jardins de l'Imaginaire, Terrasson.
Filmography
Civilisations (1988) (TV mini-series) – Elyssa
Le petit criminel – (1990) – The sister, Nathalie (Stéphanie)
– (1993) – Alina Suchecka
Map of the Human Heart – (1993) – Rainee
The Pickle – (1993) – Françoise
Ugly Meets the People – (1995) – Girl
Tom est tout seul – (1995) – Marion
Élisa – (1995) – Solange
La fidèle infidèle (1995) (TV) – Cécile
L'Appât – (1995) – Patricia
Les Grands Ducs – (1996) – Juliette
Une leçon particulière (1997) (TV) – Julie
Fred – (1997) – Lisa
Marthe – (1997) – Marthe
Bob le magnifique (1998) (TV) – Christine / Christina
Hors jeu – (1998) – Clotilde Courau
Le poulpe – (1998) – Cheryl
Milk (1999) – Ilaria
Deterrence (1999) – Katie
En face – (2000) – Michelle
La parenthèse enchantée – (2000) – Alice
Promenons-nous dans les bois – (2000) – Sophie
Exit – (2000) – Pearl / The journalist
Le nouveau Jean-Claude – (2002) – Marianna
Embrassez qui vous voudrez – (2002) – Julie
Un monde presque paisible – (2002) – Simone
The Code – (2002) – Nina
Mon Idole – (2002) – Fabienne
Les beaux jours (2003) (TV) – Gaby
Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005) (TV) – Sabine
La signora delle camelie (2005) (TV) – ....
Mafalda di Savoia (2006) (TV mini-series) – Giovanna di Savoia
La Vie en Rose (2007) – Annetta Gassion
Modern Love (2008) – Marie
Chez Maupassant (1 episode, 2008, TV episode La chambre 11) – Clarisse / Marguerite
Des mots d'amour aka Words of Love (Canada, English title) (2009) (TV) – Alice Andrézy
Tous les soleils (2011) – Florence
Babysitting (2014) – Mme. Schaudel
L'Ombre des femmes (2015) – Manon
Eva & Leon (2015) – Lucie
Le ciel attendra (2016) – Sylvie
An Easy Girl (2019)
The Bad Poet (2020)
Benedetta (2021)
Honours
National honours
: Member of the Order of Arts and Letters, 3rd Class
Dynastic honour
Montenegrin Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
House of Savoy: Dame Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
References
External links
1969 births
Living people
European Film Award for Best Actress winners
People from Levallois-Perret
Italian princesses
French film actresses
Princesses of Savoy
Princesses by marriage
Royalty and nobility actors
French television actresses
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses
Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Cours Florent alumni