Léa Seydoux

Léa Seydoux
Seydoux at the NYC Premiere
Born	Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne 1 July 1985 Paris, France
Gender	Female
Occupation	Actor
Appears in	Dune: Part Two (2024 film)
Portrays	Lady Margot Fenring

Léa Seydoux is a French actress who portrays the character of Lady Margot Fenring in the 2024 film Dune: Part Two.

General overview

Seydoux began her acting career with her film debut in Girlfriends (2006) with early roles in The Last Mistress (2007) and On War (2008). She won acclaim for her French roles in The Beautiful Person (2008), Belle Épine (2010), and Farewell, My Queen (2012). During this time she expanded her career appearing in minor roles in high-profile Hollywood films, including Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009), Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (2010), and the action film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011). Her breakthrough role came with the controversial and acclaimed film Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013) for which she received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival along with her co-star Adèle Exarchopoulos. She received the Lumières Award for Best Actress for the film Grand Central (2014). She gained international attention for her role as Bond girl Madeleine Swann in Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021) respectively.

Seydoux is prolific in both French cinema and Hollywood, she has received various accolades including five César Award nominations, the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard in 2009, as well as a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2014. In 2016, Seydoux was honoured with the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

In June 2022, Seydoux entered negotiations to join the cast as Lady Margot.

Trivia

• Léa Seydoux's great uncle, Michel Seydoux, was set to produce Alejandro Jodorowsky's unsuccessful attempt to adapt Dune and is interviewed in the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune.

External links

• Léa Seydoux on the Internet Movie Database
• Léa Seydoux on Wikipedia
• Léa Seydoux on Instagram