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

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- Name
- Emma de Caunes
- Born
- 9 September 1976
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- France
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Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress.
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Key facts
• Name — Emma de Caunes • Born — 9 September 1976 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1986–present • Children — 1 • Parents — Antoine de Caunes Gaëlle Royer • Relatives — Georges de Caunes (grandfather) Jacqueline Joubert (grandmother) Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress.
Life and career
Life and career
De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976, the daughter of actor and director Antoine de Caunes and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal grandparents are journalist Georges de Caunes and Jacqueline Joubert, one of the first continuity announcers on French television.
Marriage and family
Marriage and family
De Caunes married the singer known as Sinclair in 2001. They have a daughter Nina together, born in October 2002. They divorced in 2005. In September 2011, De Caunes married Jamie Hewlett, an English comic book artist.
Education and career
Education and career
De Caunes began acting in 1988 at the age of 12 with a role in Margot et le voleur d'enfants, a short film by director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. She obtained her French baccalauréat in film in 1995 after high school. De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 in Sylvie Verheyde's Un frère. She won the Most Promising Actress award for this performance at the 1998 César awards. In 2001 she starred with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke in the music video for the song “Knives Out,” directed by Michel Gondry. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress. She had a main role in the 2007 comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, in which she played an actress in an independent film being made by Willem Dafoe's character.
Allegations against Weinstein
Allegations against Weinstein
In 2017, De Caunes publicly accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. She alleges that Weinstein lured her to his hotel room, and chased her around the room while he was naked in an attempt to have sex. Her allegations were first reported in The New Yorker.
Theatre
Theatre
• Year — Title — Author — Director — Notes • 2001–03 — La Nuit du thermomètre — Diastème — Diastème — Nominated - Molière Award for Best Female Newcomer • 2009 — L’Amour de l'art — Diastème — Diastème (2) • 2011 — Pour l'amour de Gérard Philipe — Pierre Notte — Pierre Notte • 2012 — Simpatico — Sam Shepard — Didier Long • 2016 — The River — Jez Butterworth — Jérémie Lippmann
Actress
Actress
• Year — Title — Role — Director — Notes • |1988 — Margot et le voleur d'enfants — Margot — Michèle Reiser — Short • 1996 — L'échappée belle — Juliette — Étienne Dhaene • Vladimir de trop — Lola — Jacques-Henri Rochereuil — Short • Velvet 99 — Milli Vanilli — Agnès Deygas & Thierry Kuntzel — Short • 1997 — Un frère... — Sophie — Sylvie Verheyde — César Award for Most Promising Actress Paris Film Festival - Best Actress Nominated - Acteurs à l'Écran - Best Actress • Au bord de l'autoroute — Camille — Olivier Jahan — Short • Si c'est bon comme ça — The girl — Music video • 1998 — Restons groupés — Claire — Jean-Paul Salomé • La voie est libre — Nadia — Stéphane Clavier • 3 petits points la lune — The girl — Olias Barco — Short • Beaucoup trop loin — Olivier Jahan (2) — Short • |1999 — Mille bornes — Nina — Alain Beigel • 2000 — Sans plomb — Marie — Muriel Téodori • Mondialito — Louisa — Nicolas Wadimoff • Princesses — Sophie — Sylvie Verheyde (2) • Faites comme si je n'étais pas là — Marie — Olivier Jahan (3) • |2001 — Knives Out — The girl — Michel Gondry — Music video • 2002 — Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra — Caesar's secretary — Alain Chabat • Les amants du Nil — Anne Frendo — Eric Heumann • |2003 — Beyond Good & Evil — Jade — Michel Ancel — Video Games • |2004 — Ma Mère — Hansi — Christophe Honoré • 2005 — Short Order — Fiona — Anthony Byrne • Kaamelott — Azénor — Alexandre Astier & François Guérin — TV series (2 episodes) • |2006 — The Science of Sleep — Zoé — Michel Gondry (2) • |2006 — Flushed Away — Rita Malone — David Bowers & Sam Fell — French dub • 2007 — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly — Empress Eugenie — Julian Schnabel • Mr. Bean's Holiday — Sabine — Steve Bendelack • Days of Darkness — Karine Tendance — Denys Arcand • 2008 — Coluche: l'histoire d'un mec — The nurse — Antoine de Caunes • Le bruit des gens autour — Maud — Diastème • Rien dans les poches — Marie Manikowski — Marion Vernoux — TV movie Nominated - International Emmy Award for Best Actress • |2009 — Sweet Dream — Adèle — Jean-Philippe Amar — TV series (1 episode) • |2011 — Faux coupable — Lena Hemont — Didier Le Pêcheur — TV movie • |2012 — Le Sourire — The girl — Music video • 2013 — The Dune — Fabienne — Yossi Aviram • Lanester — Gabrielle Stahl — Franck Mancuso — TV movie • Myster Mocky présente — Jean-Pierre Mocky — TV series (1 episode) • 2015 — Les Châteaux de sable — Eléonore — Olivier Jahan (4) • La Traque — Stacy — Théodore Bonnet — Short • Lanester: Memento Mori — Gabrielle Stahl — Franck Mancuso (2) — TV movie • 2016 — The Idyll — Woman — Justin Anderson — Short • Super Triste — Cecile Kraft — Stéphanie Kalfon — Short • Lanester: Les Enfants de la dernière pluie — Gabrielle Stahl — Jean-Marc Brondolo — TV movie • 2017–2019 — Ransom — Nathalie Denard — TV series (Recurring Role) • 2022 — Le monde d'hier — Lucie
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
Emma de Caunes was recorded at birth as Emma Francesca de Caunes. Her recorded language was French. She was the child of Antoine de Caunes and Gaëlle Royer. She married Jamie Hewlett and Sinclair. One child is recorded: Nina Blanc-Francart.

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• Year — Title — Notes • 2000 — Le nombril de l'univers — Short
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- 1.Emma de Caunes cobaye de Récré A2. Le Figaro. 2013-09-26.
- 2.Garnero, Fabrice. Emma de Caunes: qui sont les hommes de sa vie. Femme actuelle. 5 July 2017.
- 3.Genevieve Roberts. Jamie Hewlett: 'My brain is like a dried-out sponge, but I'm having ideas'. The Independent. 14 April 2012.
- 4.Emma De Caunes - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle. www.elle.fr.
- 5.Emma de Caunes Une jeune femme épanouie. Paris Capitale.
- 6.Closermag.fr. Emma de Caunes : "Après mon César, je me suis perdue". 2015-03-26.
- 7.Emma de Caunes, "maman et fière" en lingerie pour Triumph. Pure people.
- 8.Emma de Caunes. askmen.com.
- 9.From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories. The New Yorker. 10 October 2017.
- 10.From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories. The New Yorker. 10 October 2017.
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