New York Times - Found Mar. 9, 2010 ... new head of the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (in his signature bug glasses) and the actress Leelee Sobieski (in an evening dress and...
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Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski
June 10, 1982 (1982-06-10)(age 27) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1995–present
Spouse(s)
Adam Kimmel (2009 -present) 1 child
Leelee Sobieski (born June 10, 198212) is an American actress. Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact. She has received an Emmy nomination for the 1999 TV movie Joan of Arc, and two Golden Globe nominations for Joan of Arc and the TV movie Uprising.
Sobieski's first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother. One of her middle names, "Elsveta", is derived from "Elżbieta" which is the Polish equivalent of "Elizabeth".5 Sobieski's younger brother Robert attends Princeton University.67 Sobieski's maternal grandfather, United States Navy captain Robert Salomon, was Jewish and Sobieski grew up in a "pan-religious" family; she has said that she is "proud of [her] Jewish roots".89
She attended Trevor Day School10 and studied literature and fine art at Brown University.
Career
Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact (1998)11 and played a modern Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (released in 1999, she was not even fifteen when her nymphet-like scenes were shot). She was playing alongside Tom Cruise: she recalls he was "very kind and considerate with me," and says her most vivid recollection of Stanley Kubrick was that he "genuinely seemed to hold something magic".12
The title role in the TV movie Joan of Arc (1999) earned her an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination and a second nomination followed her portrayal of Tosia Altman in the 2001 TV movie Uprising.
Sobieski speaks fluent French, which she picked up from her father, who currently lives in France.1314
Sobieski is engaged to fashion designer Adam Kimmel.15 In mid-September 2009, the couple confirmed that Sobieski was expecting her first child with Kimmel.16 Sobieski gave birth to a baby girl, named Louisanna Ray Kimmel on Dec. 15, 2009.1718