Clémence Poésy

Clémence Poésy
Clémence Poésy in 2009
Born	Clémence Guichard October 1982 (age 31)[1] L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Val-de-Marne, France[1]
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	Since 1993

Clémence Poésy (French: [klemɑ̃s pɔezi]; born October 1982 as Clémence Guichard)^[1] is a French actress and fashion model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy had dramatic education, and has been active in both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions. She is known for the roles of Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter film series, Chloë in In Bruges, and Rana in 127 Hours. She is also known for her small role as Eva Coupeau on Gossip Girl.

Early life

Born in L'Haÿ-les-Roses,^[1] a southern suburb of Paris, she is the daughter of actor/writer Étienne Guichard and a French teacher. Poésy took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. She was sent to an alternative school^[2] in Meudon. She was not popular at school, and described herself as maladjusted.^{[citation needed]} In an interview she said she can seem "a bit strange".^[3] Her father gave Poésy her first acting job when she was a child; then she had two lines at age 14.^{[citation needed]} She has a younger sister, Maëlle Poésy-Guichard, who is also an actress.^[4]

Career

Since leaving La Source — the bilingual alternative school she attended at the age of 16^{[citation needed]} — Poésy has studied drama at Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique (CNSAD) (French National Academy of Dramatic Arts), the Atelier International de Blanche Salant et Paul Weaver,^{[citation needed]} and the University of Nanterre, where she has since appeared in a number of French film, television, and stage productions.^{[citation needed]}

Her first English-speaking role was in the BBC mini-series Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004), in which she portrayed Mary, Queen of Scots, subsequently winning the 2005 Golden FIPA for actress in a TV Series and Serial.^[5]

In 2005, Poésy appeared in the Harry Potter franchise as Fleur Delacour ^[6] in The Goblet of Fire, and between 2006 and 2007 she starred in a number of film and television productions including the 2007 mini-series War and Peace.

In 2008, Poésy starred in the Academy Award nominated film In Bruges, where she acted alongside Colin Farrell, and reunited with Harry Potter co-stars Ralph Fiennes and Brendan Gleeson. In 2009, Poésy appears in Heartless opposite Jim Sturgess. She reprised her role as Fleur Delacour in both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies.^[7]

As a model, Poésy has been featured in magazines, including the covers of i-D, twice on French magazine Jalouse, Australia's Yen, and Nylon.^[4][8][9] Since October 2007, Poésy has been one of three spokesmodels for the self-titled fragrance by Chloé,^[6] and has modeled in Gap's 2008 autumn advertising campaign.^[4][10] In December 2011, Clémence was chosen as the face of G-Star Raw.^[11]

She played Chuck Bass's new French girlfriend, Eva, in the fourth season of the CW hit show Gossip Girl.^[12] In 2010, Poésy also appeared alongside James Franco in 127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyle. 127 Hours was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010, following its premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival.^[13]

In 2011, she appeared alongside Rupert Friend in Lullaby for Pi, a romantic drama which is Benoit Philippon's directorial debut. The film is about a jazz singer (Friend) who has just lost his wife and meets a mysterious woman (Poésy). Forest Whitaker also starred.^[14]

She can also be heard singing on the album Colour of the Trap by Miles Kane. She is featured on the track "Happenstance".^[15]

She stars alongside Michael Caine in Mr. Morgan's Last Love^[16] and in 2012 made her Broadway debut in Cyrano de Bergerac as Roxane.^[17]

On December 23, 2012, it was reported that Poésy had been cast as the female lead in the Sky Atlantic/Canal+ series The Tunnel. ^[18]

Personal life

Poesy is fluent in French and English and speaks some Italian and Spanish.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Notes

References

• Zahm, Olivier. "Clemence Poesy". Interview (magazine). Retrieved 2009-07-14. 

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clémence Poésy.

• Clémence Poésy at the Internet Movie Database