Cast
LĂ©onie Simaga
Acting
Cast
LĂ©onie Simaga
Known for
Acting
Born
1977-11-30
From
Marseille, Bouches-du-RhĂŽne, France
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 hypokhùgne, then khùgne 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 AsniÚres 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 ChimÚne 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.
Guru
as Karla Demaison
Little Tickles
as Lola
The Peace and Love Process
as AĂŻssa
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
as Silvia
All About Actresses
as La baby-sitter
Alice and the Mayor
as Isabelle Leinsdorf
The Green Perfume
as Louise
Jeune Femme
as Yuki
A Season in France
as Martine
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
as Narrator (voice)
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Closed Circuit
as LĂ©a
Mon pote
as Anna DuchĂȘne, Bruno's wife
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art
as Narrator
Maisonneuve - A School of the World
as Narratrice (voix-off)
Summer of revolution
as Annette LĂ©vy-Willard (voix)
Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la RĂ©publique de Weimar (1930-1933)
as Narratrice
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
as (Voix Off)
Respire
as Sofia
Meurtres Ă Albi
as Annabelle Dalmasio
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
as Self - Narrator (voice)
L'Orientalisme
as Narrator
Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée
as Narratrice
Les Secrets du Paquebot
as LĂ©a
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
as Narrator (voice)
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
as Self
Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love
as Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature
as narrator
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
as Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
Un peu avant minuit
Just Love!
as Silvia
Save Our School
as Ingrid
Jean Vilar, le rĂȘve du thĂ©Ăątre pour tous
as Narration
Les JusticiĂšres de Saint Flour
as InĂšs Tridot
Newark USA: Far from the American Dream
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Ăa va bien se passer
as Amara Sacko