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Léonie Simaga
Léonie Simaga, born in 1978 in Marseille, is a French actress and director, member of the Comédie-Française from 2010 to 2015.
Born November 30, 1977 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France2 movies on MoviHero
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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 . …
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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.
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- 2026Marina Vlady, an Actress During the Cold WarNarrator (French voice over)
- 2026Les Justicières de Saint FlourInès Tridot
- 2026GuruKarla Demaison
- 2025Mia Farrow: Shadows and LightSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltéeNarratrice
- 2023RespireSofia
- 2023Les Secrets du PaquebotLéa
- 2023Newark USA: Far from the American DreamSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2023The Peace and Love ProcessAïssa
- 2023Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age RebelSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022The Green PerfumeLouise
- 2022Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)Narratrice
- 2022Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la naturenarrator
- 2022Save Our SchoolIngrid
- 2022Alain Resnais, the AudaciousNarrator (voice)
- 2022Summer of revolutionAnnette Lévy-Willard (voix)
- 2022Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its ArtNarrator
- 2022Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My LoveLucie Dreyfus (voice)
- 2021Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté(Voix Off)
- 2021Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tousNarration
- 2021Meurtres à AlbiAnnabelle Dalmasio
- 2020Maisonneuve - A School of the WorldNarratrice (voix-off)
- 2019L'OrientalismeNarrator
- 2019Alice and the MayorIsabelle Leinsdorf
- 2018Josephine Baker: The Story of an AwakeningNarrator (voice)
- 2018Little TicklesLola
- 2018A Season in FranceMartine
- 2017Jeune FemmeYuki
- 2015Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écranSelf
- 2013Closed CircuitLéa
- 2013Just Love!Silvia
- 2012Un chapeau de paille d'ItalieVirginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
- 2012Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasardSilvia
- 2010Mon poteAnna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
- 2009All About ActressesLa baby-sitter
- 2006L'Amour Médecin suivi de Le Sicilien ou l'Amour PeintreLucinde / Léonie Simaga
- Ça va bien se passerAmara Sacko
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