Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976 in Paris) is a French film actress.

De Caunes is the daughter of actor/director Antoine de Caunes and directorgraphic designer Gaëlle Royer. She was married to singer Sinclair (real name Mathieu Blanc-Francard) who fathered her daughter Nina (born in Paris, October 2002).

De Caunes's career began at the age of ten courtesy of a role granted by Michèle Reiser, her godmother. She obtained her Baccalaureate in film in 1995.

De Caunes appeared in various advertisements before landing her first major film role in Sylvie Verheyde's Un Frère. After her performance in the 1997 film, de Caunes won Most Promising Actress at the 1998 César awards and Best Actress at the 1997 Paris Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Actress in the Acteurs à l'Écran awards. She won the 2002 Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress.

Filmography

• Le Bruit des gens autour de Diastème (2008) : Maud
• Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec d'Antoine de Caunes (2008) : une infirmière
• Rien dans les poches de Marion Vernoux (2008) (TV) : Marie Manikowski
• Days of Darkness (aka The Age of Ignorance) (2007)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
• Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
• The Science of Sleep (2006)
• Short Order (2005)
• Kaamelott (2005) (in 2 TV episodes)
• Ma mère (2004)
• Beyond Good & Evil (2003) (voice)
• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002)
• Lovers of the Nile (2002)
• Princesses (2000)
• Unleaded (2000)
• Pretend I'm Not Here (2000)
• Le nombril de l'Univers (2000) (director, writer)
• Milestones (1999)
• Mondialito (1999)
• Restons groupés (1999)
• La voie est libre (1998)
• 3 petits points la lune (1998)
• Beaucoup trop loin (1998)
• Un frère (Brother) (1997)
• Along the Freeway (1997)
• Velvet 99 (1996)
• L'échappée belle (1996)
• Vladimir de trop (1996)

External links

• Official website
• Emma de Caunes at the Internet Movie Database
• Emma de Caunes at Allmovie

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