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Léonie Simaga
Actor

Léonie Simaga

30 Nov 1977Born
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Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, FranceBirthplace

Biography

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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBAÇa va bien se passerFilm: Amara Sacko
  2. TBALa dernière veilléeSeries: Imane (4 episodes)
  3. 2026One Minute to MidnightFilm: Éléonore
  4. 2026UniformesSeries: Maddie (6 episodes)
  5. 2026Les Justicières de Saint FlourFilm: Inès Tridot
  6. 2026ApparencesSeries: Capitaine Sarah Santoni (4 episodes)
  7. 2026French Soldiers of the Third ReichSeries: Narrator (voice) (2 episodes)
  8. 2026GuruFilm: Karla Demaison
  9. 2025CleanSeries: Jess (4 episodes)
  10. 202537 secondesSeries: Laurence Binet (6 episodes)
  11. 2025The IntruderSeries: Aline (4 episodes)
  12. 2025Auschwitz, survivors tell their storiesSeries: Narratrice (5 episodes)
  13. 2024BrocéliandeSeries: Pauline Diawara (6 episodes)
  14. 2024Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltéeFilm: Narratrice
  15. 2024MachineSeries: Colonel Karras (6 episodes)
  16. 2024Le NégociateurSeries: Frédérique (6 episodes)
  17. 2023LT-21Series: Asia Dialo (8 episodes)
  18. 2023RespireFilm: Sofia
  19. 2023Les Secrets du PaquebotFilm: Léa
  20. 2023The Peace and Love ProcessFilm: Aïssa
  21. 2022The Green PerfumeFilm: Louise
  22. 2022Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)Film: Narratrice
  23. 2022Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la natureFilm: narrator
  24. 2022Save Our SchoolFilm: Ingrid
  25. 2022Alain Resnais, the AudaciousFilm: Narrator (voice)
  26. 2022Summer of revolutionFilm: Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)
  27. 2022Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its ArtFilm: Narrator
  28. 2022Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My LoveFilm: Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
  29. 2021Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révoltéFilm: (Voix Off)
  30. 2021Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tousFilm: Narration
  31. 2021Je te prometsSeries: Agnès Gallo (32 episodes)
  32. 2021Meurtres à AlbiFilm: Annabelle Dalmasio
  33. 2020The FlameSeries: Sarah (9 episodes)
  34. 2020The EddySeries: Commandant Keita (8 episodes)
  35. 2020Maisonneuve - A School of the WorldFilm: Narratrice (voix-off)
  36. 2019L'OrientalismeFilm: Narrator
  37. 2019Alice and the MayorFilm: Isabelle Leinsdorf
  38. 2018Josephine Baker: The Story of an AwakeningFilm: Narrator (voice)
  39. 2018Little TicklesFilm: Lola
  40. 2018Les ImpatientesSeries: Isabelle Maroni (3 episodes)
  41. 2018A Season in FranceFilm: Martine
  42. 2017Jeune FemmeFilm: Yuki
  43. 2016TrepaliumSeries: Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia (6 episodes)
  44. 2013Closed CircuitFilm: Léa
  45. 2013Les LimiersSeries: Sara Mauduit (6 episodes)
  46. 2013Just Love!Film: Silvia
  47. 2013Murders in...Series: Annabelle Dalmasio (1 episode)
  48. 2012Un chapeau de paille d'ItalieFilm: Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
  49. 2012Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasardFilm: Silvia
  50. 2010Mon poteFilm: Anna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
  51. 2009All About ActressesFilm: La baby-sitter
  52. 2006L'Amour Médecin suivi de Le Sicilien ou l'Amour PeintreFilm: Lucinde / Léonie Simaga

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