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Léa Seydoux: Bond actress’s 5 best roles

• Léa Seydoux has been a household name in France for over a decade now, ever since 2008’s La Belle Personne earned the then-23-year-old a César nomination (essentially the French equivalent of an Oscar) for Most Promising Actress. Now, as she prepares to reprise her role as Bond girl Madeleine Swann in the next 007 film, she’s become a major Hollywood player. Born in Paris, the daughter of a businessman and a philanthropist, Léa Hélène Seydoux-Fornier de Clausonne – who wisely shortened her name to Léa Seydoux – started out in music videos and short films before landing her starring role as a beguiling schoolgirl in La Belle Personne.