Anecdotes

She is the only Bond girl other than Eunice Gayson to appear in more than one film as the same character.

Her parents both have mixed French and Alsatian German ancestry. Her father also has a small amount of Venezuelan (including Spanish and Basque) roots.

As of 2016, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Le commando des bâtards (2009), Minuit à Paris (2011) and The Grand Budapest hotel (2014).

She is the only actress that has played in both major spy-genre movie franchises: Mission Impossible (Mission: Impossible 4 - Protocole fantôme (2011)) and James Bond (Spectre (2015) and Mourir peut attendre (2021)).

In a relationship with André Meyer since 2013. They have a son together, George Meyer (born January 18, 2017).

Granddaughter of Jérôme Seydoux, Chairman of Pathé, grandniece of Nicolas Seydoux, Chairman and CEO of Gaumont and daughter of Henri Seydoux, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Parrot.

Wanted to be an opera singer and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris.

She is the only actress to play a main Bond girl and appear in two films as the same character in the franchise's history.

Goddaughter of Christian Louboutin.

The actresses who inspire her are Catherine Deneuve, Cate Blanchett, Gena Rowlands, Isabelle Huppert and Marion Cotillard.

She was among the actresses considered for the role of Lisbeth Salander in Millénium: Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes (2011) before Rooney Mara was cast.

Studied at the Actor's Studio in New York.

Josh Brolin wrote a poem for her on the set of Dune: deuxième partie (2024).

Daughter of Henri Seydoux, a businessman, and Valérie Schlumberger, a former model and actress.

Featured on W Magazine's portfolio on Best Performances of 2013, for her performance as "Emma" in La vie d'Adèle: Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013).

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 71st Cannes International Film Festival in 2018.

Seydoux has expressed a preference for defining herself by the term "actor" rather than "actress", saying: "I really don't feel like an actress, I feel like an actor".

In 2020, Seydoux was included on Vogue's list of "The most beautiful French actresses of all time".

Has a country house in the province of Brittany, in the north-west of France, where she vacations.

She has five half siblings from both of her parents, 3 from her mother and two from her father.

In March of 2022, Catherine Deneuve sent flowers and wrote a letter to congratulate Seydoux for her performance in L'histoire de ma femme (2021).

In 2022, Léa Seydoux received the title of Officier de la Légion d'Honneur by France's president Emmanuel Macron.

In July 2021, Seydoux tested positive for COVID-19 while filming Mia Hansen-Løve's Un beau matin (2022), was asymptomatic and isolating at her Paris home. The diagnosis caused her to miss the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where she had 4 movies premiering at the festival: French Dispatch du Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021), France (2021), L'histoire de ma femme (2021), and Tromperie (2021).

Léa Seydoux has been nominated at the César Awards five times. In 2009, for Christophe Honoré's La Belle Personne. In 2011, for Rebecca Zlotowski's Belle Épine. In 2013, for Benoît Jacquot's Les Adiex à la reine. In 2014, for Abdellatif Kechiche's La vie d'Adèle. In 2022, for Bruno Dumont's France.

She is the great-niece of French businessman and film producer Michel Seydoux.

On Vogue (UK) magazine's Best Dressed List (2013).

Was cast in Arnaud des Pallières's Captives (2023), but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts with Denis Villeneuve's Dune: deuxième partie (2024).

Wes Anderson wrote the role of Simone in French Dispatch du Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021) with Seydoux in mind.

Gave birth to her first child, George Meyer, at 32 years-old, the same age that her mother Valérie Schlumberger also gave birth to her last daughter, which is Léa.

Appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair's 20th Hollywood Issue [March 2014].

Was described by Thierry Frémaux as "Brigitte Bardot, plus Juliette Binoche, plus Kate Moss, and sometimes all three at once.".

La famille Tenenbaum (2001) is her favorite Wes Anderson film.

Has been a Louis Vuitton ambassador since 2016.

Stated her desire to work with directors Céline Sciamma, Jacques Audiard, Leos Carax, Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.

Seydoux revealed that she visited the set of Dune (2021) in Budapest while she was shooting Ildikó Enyedi's L'histoire de ma femme (2021) in 2019. Years later, Denis Villeneuve offered her the role of Lady Margot Fenring in Dune: deuxième partie (2024).

Acclaimed french director Benoît Jacquot offered Seydoux two screenplays: Au fond des bois (2010) and Les adieux à la reine (2012). She chose Les adieux à la reine (2012), which ended up earning her a third César Award nomination.

Actress Florence Pugh stated in an interview for SensCritique in 2020 that she has a crush on Seydoux.

Seydoux said she "fell in love" with dutch actor Gijs Naber when she saw him dressed in character for the first time on the set of L'histoire de ma femme (2021).

Was the face of Prada Candy from 2011 to 2014.

Stated that L'enfant d'en haut (2012) is one of the movies in her filmography that she is most proud of.

Her acting technique is to treat each film as if it's her first.

Has an older sister from the same parents, Camille.

Bourgeoise part Noble.

Stepdaughter of Farida Khelfa.

Her favorite movies are Sur les quais... (1954), La Belle et la Bête (1946), Zazie dans le métro (1960), Une place au soleil (1951), La Maison dans l'ombre (1951), L'amour l'après-midi (1972), Bonjour (1959) and Le gosse (1921).

Arnaud Desplechin wanted to give a bigger part for Seydoux after they worked together in Roubaix, une lumière (2019), so he wrote the script of Tromperie (2021) with her in mind. The film was shot in September of 2020.

Wes Anderson met Seydoux while filming Prada: Candy (2013). He was impressed by how fast she would understand his directions, even if he wasn't personally on the set, and shortly after offered her a small part in The Grand Budapest hotel (2014).

In 2018, Seydoux was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Dropped out of two projects in 2023: Emmanuelle (2024) and Les linceuls (2024) due to personal reasons. In 2024, Seydoux said that she needed a break from acting to enjoy daily life.

Despite taking a small break from acting in 2023, Seydoux filmed Quentin Dupieux's 14th feature film, Le deuxième acte (2024), during two weeks in December.