Léa Seydoux in The Gentlewoman

Léa

Seydoux

Text by Horacio Silva
Portraits by Zoë Ghertner
Styling by Anastasia Barbieri

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Issue n° 8, Autumn & Winter 2013

Not many French actresses manage to cross the Euro-Hollywood divide. So how has Léa Seydoux, 28, succeeded so spectacularly where others have failed? Playing a blue-haired lesbian in the film that won this year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes has only brought more offers from Los Angeles to her 10th-arrondissement apartment. Her allure lies in a combination of eloquence, intelligence and a killer pout. Her acting skills are instinctive – hereditary perhaps.