Emma de Caunes

Emma de Caunes
Emma de Caunes
	de Caunes at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Born	9 September 1976 (age 47); Paris, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouses	; Sinclair (m. 2001; div. 2005) ; Jamie Hewlett (m. 2011)
Children	1
Parent(s)	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

De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and director

continuity announcers on French television.^[1]

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.^[2]

In September 2011, De Caunes married Jamie Hewlett, an English comic book artist.^[3]

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.^[4] She obtained her French baccalauréat in film in 1995 after high school.^[5]

De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 in

César awards.^[6] 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.^[7]

She had a main role in the 2007 comedy film Mr. Bean's Holiday, in which she played an actress in an independent being made by Willem Dafoe's character.^[8]

Allegations against Weinstein

In 2017, De Caunes publicly accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.^[9] 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.^[10]

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

Filmography

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	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
2002	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
2005	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

Director / Writer

Year	Title	Notes
2000	Le nombril de l'univers	Short

References

^ "Emma de Caunes cobaye de Récré A2". Le Figaro (in French). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Garnero, Fabrice (5 July 2017). "Emma de Caunes: qui sont les hommes de sa vie". Femme actuelle.
^ Genevieve Roberts (14 April 2012). "Jamie Hewlett: 'My brain is like a dried-out sponge, but I'm having ideas'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
^ "Emma De Caunes - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle". www.elle.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Emma de Caunes Une jeune femme épanouie". Paris Capitale (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ Closermag.fr (26 March 2015). "Emma de Caunes : "Après mon César, je me suis perdue"". Closermag.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Emma de Caunes, "maman et fière" en lingerie pour Triumph..." Pure people (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
^ "Emma de Caunes". askmen.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ "From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories". The New Yorker. 10 October 2017.
^ "From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories". The New Yorker. 10 October 2017.

External links

[1] "Emma de Caunes cobaye de Récré A2". Le Figaro (in French). 26 September 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[2] Garnero, Fabrice (5 July 2017). "Emma de Caunes: qui sont les hommes de sa vie". Femme actuelle.

[3] Genevieve Roberts (14 April 2012). "Jamie Hewlett: 'My brain is like a dried-out sponge, but I'm having ideas'". The Independent. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

[4] "Emma De Caunes - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle". www.elle.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[5] "Emma de Caunes Une jeune femme épanouie". Paris Capitale (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[6] Closermag.fr (26 March 2015). "Emma de Caunes : "Après mon César, je me suis perdue"". Closermag.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[7] "Emma de Caunes, "maman et fière" en lingerie pour Triumph..." Pure people (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2017.

[8] "Emma de Caunes". askmen.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[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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