MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actress , Director
Birth name Clemence Guichard
French nationality
Birth October 13, 1982 (L’Haÿ-les-Roses – Val-de-Marne)
BIOGRAPHY
Daughter of a French teacher mother and a father director of a theater company (the Théâtre du Sable), Clémence Poésy took her first steps on stage at the age of 14. She then appeared on the small screen in TV films such as Tania Boréalis or L’étoile d’un été and Carnets d’ados – La vie nevertheless , before trying her hand at cinema by seducing Bruno Todeschini in L’Eté d’ Olga (2002), then playing the crazy daughter of the couple Carole Bouquet / André Wilms in the comedy Bienvenue chez les Rozes (2003).
Having left to live in England, she filmed the three-part historical epic Gunpowder, treason and plot , in which she played the Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart alongside Robert Carlyle , then participated in the American series Révélations , led by Bill Pullman and Natasha McElhone . French magician in 2005, she faced Daniel Radcliffe during the “Triwizard Tournament” at the center of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire , signed Mike Newell . The following year, she joined the cast of Grand Meaulnes adaptation of the famous novel by Alain-Fournier , opposite Jean-Baptiste Maunier , Nicolas Duvauchelle and Jean-Pierre Marielle . In 2007, she reappeared as a crippled mistress alongside Vincent Elbaz , who played one of the members of the Postiches clan in The Last Gang by Ariel Zeitoun .
The young actress once again moved away from French cinema for films all over the world: she turned Colin Farrell ‘s head in Good Kisses from Bruges by Martin McDonagh , then played in Tender Interface with Paul Giamatti . She did not forget the French public and made her return through the front door by opting for big productions such as The Third Part of the World . We also find it in Pièce montage . She portrays the character of Bérangère who is preparing to marry according to bourgeois traditions. Despite all his efforts, the ceremony turns into a family drama. She found Jean-Pierre Marielle there and toured for the occasion with Danielle Darrieux and Jérémie Regnier. On the sentimental drama side, the actress has, in Lullaby , the improbable encounter of Sam, a very dark jazz singer, played by Rupert Friend .
In 2010, she found the disturbing Fleur Delacour in the first part of the film Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and, still in American territory, joined the team of the adventure 127 Hours , by Danny Boyle . Back in France, she isolated herself for a few days in a Breton abbey in order to prepare for the historic role of Joan of Arc in Jeanne Captive , by Philippe Ramos . The young woman then rubbed shoulders with Michael Caine in Mr. Morgan’s Last Love before playing the main role of Elisa Wassermann in the detective series Tunnel . After a stint in the thriller genre alongside André Dussollier in Le Grand Jeu , Clémence abandons her baby in the arms of Omar Sy in the comedy Demain tout commence in 2016.
In 2017, Clémence Poésy plays a pregnant woman confronted with strange neighbors in the thriller London House . She also slips into the skin of the artist Françoise Gilot for the purposes of the second season of Genius , centered on the life of Picasso (played by Antonio Banderas ), then takes part in Christopher Nolan ‘s new film , the brilliant Tenet . The following year, the actress played Pio Marmai ‘s wife in the series In therapy . It is a loose adaptation of the Israeli television series BeTipul and its American version In Analysis (starring Gabriel Byrne ), by the directors of Intouchables , Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache .
