Léonie Simaga

Léonie Simaga

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. 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.

  • Popularity : 2.569
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1977-11-30
  • Place of Birth : Marseille, France
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Léonie Simaga Movies

  • 2021
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    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

    10 2021 HD

    Frantz Fanon alone embodies all the issues of French colonial history. Martinican resistance fighter, he enlisted, like millions of colonial...

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  • 2022
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    Summer of revolution

    Summer of revolution

    8 2022 HD

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  • 2023
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    Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

    Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

    6.9 2023 HD

    Kim Novak never dreamed on being a star, but she became one. Most famous for her enigmatic performance in Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), the...

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  • 2022
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    Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art

    Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art

    8 2022 HD

    There is an interlinking history of violent European colonialism and the cultural legacy of ethnographic collections in institutions. This...

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  • 2009
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    All About Actresses

    All About Actresses

    5.9 2009 HD

    A director wants to make a documentary about actresses, all actresses: the popular ones, the unknown ones, the intellectuals, the comedians, the...

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  • 2010
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    Mon pote

    Mon pote

    6 2010 HD

    The story of a friendship between Victor, owner of a magazine, and Bruno, a car thief.

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  • 2022
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    Avant la catastrophe

    Avant la catastrophe

    7.7 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Green Perfume

    The Green Perfume

    5.3 2022 HD

    In the middle of a performance at la Comédie-Française, an actor dies on stage, poisoned. Martin, member of the troupe and friend of...

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  • 2022
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    Save Our School

    Save Our School

    5.7 2022 HD

    A delightful and ebullient comedy on Paris’ first suburban “green school”.

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  • 2023
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    Newark USA: Far from the American Dream

    Newark USA: Far from the American Dream

    7 2023 HD

    The story of the city of Newark, in the state of New Jersey, USA; unlikely capital of the struggle for civil rights in the legendary sixties of the...

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  • 2023
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    The Peace and Love Process

    The Peace and Love Process

    5.3 2023 HD

    Marie and Simon, a couple with two children, are deeply in love despite constant fights in their paired life. To save their marriage, they come up...

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  • 2023
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    Respire

    Respire

    5 2023 HD

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  • 2021
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    Meurtres a Albi

    Meurtres a Albi

    7 2021 HD

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  • 2013
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    Just Love!

    Just Love!

    6.3 2013 HD

    Silvia’s father grants her permission to meet Dorante, the man she’s promised to in marriage, by pretending to be her servant Lisette,...

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  • 2019
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    L'Orientalisme

    L'Orientalisme

    10 2019 HD

    Orientalism is a literary and artistic movement born in Western Europe in the 18th century. Through its scale and popularity, throughout the 19th...

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  • 2022
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    Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love

    Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love

    8 2022 HD

    Victim of a terrible plot, Captain Dreyfus was sentenced in December 1894 to deportation for high treason. His wife Lucie made a pact with him: to...

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  • 2022
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    Edvard Munch: Un cri dans la nature

    Edvard Munch: Un cri dans la nature

    1 2022 HD

    The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is the author of a powerful body of work that is rooted in symbolism and expressionism. His most famous painting,...

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  • 2023
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    Les Secrets du Paquebot

    Les Secrets du Paquebot

    5.9 2023 HD

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  • 2012
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    Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    7.1 2012 HD

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  • 2017
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    Jeune Femme

    Jeune Femme

    5.9 2017 HD

    Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back in Paris after a long absence. As she meets different people...

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  • 2018
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    A Season in France

    A Season in France

    5.5 2018 HD

    An African high school teacher flees his war-torn country for France, where he falls in love with a Frenchwoman who offers a roof for him and his...

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  • 2019
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    Alice and the Mayor

    Alice and the Mayor

    6.224 2019 HD

    The mayor of Lyon, Paul Théraneau, is in a delicate position. After 30 years in politics, he is running out of ideas and is faced with a...

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  • 2018
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    Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

    Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

    7.9 2018 HD

    How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the French Resistance and finally creating her dream family...

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  • 2013
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    Closed Circuit

    Closed Circuit

    6 2013 HD

    Hired to oversee the security of a superstore, Pierre soon discovers a dark secret and becomes a threat to the system he helped create.

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  • 2018
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    Little Tickles

    Little Tickles

    7.4 2018 HD

    Odette is a 8-yr-old girl who loves to dance and draw. Once she has become an adult, Odette realizes she was abused, and immerses herself body and...

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  • 2015
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    Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

    Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

    1 2015 HD

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  • 2012
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    Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard

    Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard

    1 2012 HD

    A staging of Marivaux's play "The Game of Love and Chance" by Galin Stoev.

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  • 2013
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    Murders in...

    Murders in...

    7.2 2013 HD

    Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.

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  • 2021
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    Je te promets

    Je te promets

    6.9 2021 HD

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  • 2016
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    Trepalium

    Trepalium

    6 2016 HD

    The economic situation is a nightmare: only 20% of the population is employed. The Actives live inside the city. On the fringes, in the Zone, live...

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  • 2018
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    Les Impatientes

    Les Impatientes

    6 2018 HD

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  • 2013
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    Les Limiers

    Les Limiers

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2023
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    LT-21

    LT-21

    7 2023 HD

    The LT-21 virus hits France and starts spreading worldwide. It won't cause a single death. But are we still fully alive when we've forgotten...

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  • 2020
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    The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA

    The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA

    7.3 2020 HD

    Today, Israel and the United States are Iran's enemies par excellence. Their reconciliation seems impossible. Is the history of these three countries...

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  • 1970
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    37 secondes

    37 secondes

    1 1970 HD

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    Rivales

    Rivales

    1 1970 HD

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    Clean

    Clean

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2024
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    Brocéliande

    Brocéliande

    6.8 2024 HD

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  • 2024
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    Le Négociateur

    Le Négociateur

    6.7 2024 HD

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  • 2024
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    Machine

    Machine

    7.4 2024 HD

    An action show mixing kung-fu and class war.

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  • 2020
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    The Eddy

    The Eddy

    6.5 2020 HD

    The owner of a Paris jazz club gets tangled up with dangerous criminals as he fights to protect his business, his band and his teenage daughter.

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  • 2020
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    La Flamme

    La Flamme

    7.375 2020 HD

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