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Léonie Simaga

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47 Years Old

Léonie Simaga, born in 1978 in Marseille, is a French actress and director, member of the Comédie-Française from 2010 to 2015. Her father and mother met in Rennes during their studies. She, from Brittany, is preparing to teach French. He, from Mali, is an agricultural engineer. His Breton grandfather, Jean-Baptiste Le Gall, died during the liberation of Brest in 1944, was decorated with the Legion of Honor. After her baccalaureate obtained at the House of Education of the Legion of Honor, she entered hypokhâgne, then khâgne in Parisian high schools and then obtained her diploma from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris4 (class of 20025). She also holds a degree in history. She studied theater at the Asnières Studio-theater, then at the National Higher Conservatory of Dramatic Art from 2002 to 2005. She played at the Comédie-Française in Esther by Racine, then in 2004, in Papa must eat by Marie NDiaye . She was hired as a resident in 2005. She notably performed the role of the Infanta in Corneille's Le Cid during the 2005-2006 season, and in 2007 played the role of Chimène in the same play, alternating with the role of Lucietta in Goldoni's play Il campiello. She became a member of the Comédie-Française on January 1, 2010. Léonie Simaga also directs several productions for the Comédie-Française such as, in 2007, Pour un oui ou pour un non by Nathalie Sarraute and, in 2014, Othello by William Shakespeare. She left the Comédie-Française at the end of 2015.

Born

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France on 30th November 1977

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Murders in... Image
Murders in...
Annabelle Dalmasio
La Flamme Image
La Flamme
Sarah
The Eddy Image
The Eddy
Commandant Keita
Trepalium Image
Trepalium
Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia
Je te promets Image
Je te promets
Agnès Gallo
Machine Image
Machine
Colonel Karras
37 secondes Image
37 secondes
Laurence Binet
The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA Image
The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA
Self - Narrator (voice)
Les Impatientes Image
Les Impatientes
Isabelle Maroni
Le Négociateur Image
Le Négociateur
Frédérique
Brocéliande Image
Brocéliande
Pauline Diawara
The Intruder Image
The Intruder
Aline
Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories Image
Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories
Narratrice
Clean Image
Clean
Jess
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Apparences
Capitaine Sarah Santoni
LT-21 Image
LT-21
Asia Dialo
Little Tickles Image
Little Tickles
Lola
Mon pote Image
Mon pote
Anna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
All About Actresses Image
All About Actresses
La baby-sitter
Alice and the Mayor Image
Alice and the Mayor
Isabelle Leinsdorf
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Rivales
Aline
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening Image
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
Narrator (voice)
Les Limiers Image
Les Limiers
Sara Mauduit
The Green Perfume Image
The Green Perfume
Louise
Save Our School Image
Save Our School
Ingrid
Jeune Femme Image
Jeune Femme
Yuki
Alain Resnais, l'audacieux Image
Alain Resnais, l'audacieux
Narrator (voice)
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran Image
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
Self
Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature Image
Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature
narrator
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel Image
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Season in France Image
A Season in France
Martine
Meurtres a Albi Image
Meurtres a Albi
Annabelle Dalmasio
The Peace and Love Process Image
The Peace and Love Process
Aïssa
Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous Image
Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous
Narration
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art Image
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art
Narrator
Les Secrets du Paquebot Image
Les Secrets du Paquebot
Léa
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard Image
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
Silvia
Just Love! Image
Just Love!
Silvia
Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love Image
Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love
Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
Respire Image
Respire
Sofia
Summer of revolution Image
Summer of revolution
Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)
Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933) Image
Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)
Narratrice
Closed Circuit Image
Closed Circuit
Léa
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie Image
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté Image
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
(Voix Off)
Newark USA: Far from the American Dream Image
Newark USA: Far from the American Dream
Self - Narrator (voice)
Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée Image
Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée
Narratrice
L'Orientalisme Image
L'Orientalisme
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