Clotilde Courau
Clotilde Marie Pascale di Savoia also known as Princess Clotilde of Savoy (née Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau; born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. She is married to Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia,[1] a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.
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.jpg.webp) Clotilde Courau at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival in 2017 | |
| Born | Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau 3 April 1969 Hauts-de-Seine, France |
| Title | Princess of Venice |
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| Children | Vittoria Luisa |
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Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau was born on 3 April 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the eldest daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b. 1942), an engineer, and French noblewoman Catherine Marie Antoinette du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1948), a school teacher, daughter of Count Pierre François Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1926), whose family can be traced back to 13th century. She has three sisters named Christine, Camille, and Capucine Courau. She grew up as a child, with her sisters, between Paris, Egypt and Benin. The Courau sisters were brought up in the Roman Catholic religion.
Acting career
In 1991, Courau was nominated for a César, for Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin), and won a European Film Award for Best Actress, both for the film Le petit criminel (1990). She then appeared in Dusty Hughes' A Slip of the Tongue opposite John Malkovich on the stage, and in Vincent Ward's Map of the Human Heart. In 1995, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti at the SACD Awards. She was nominated again for a César twice in 1996 for Best Supporting Actress (Meilleur second rôle féminin) and Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin) both for the film Élisa. In 1998 she was named as one of European cinema's "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion and in 2000 she won the Prix Romy Schneider. She was created a Dame of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France on 7 February 2007.
Marriage
Clotilde Courau announced her engagement on 10 July, and on 25 September 2003 at the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, she married Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice. At the ceremony she wore a wedding gown designed by Valentino. Six months pregnant at the time of the wedding, she was seen as a controversial bride because of her left-wing views.[2]
The couple have two daughters:
- Princess Vittoria Chiara Cristina Adelaide Maria (born 28 December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland),
- Princess Luisa Giovanna Bianca Agata Gavina Maria (born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland).
Rose
In 2009, her name was given to a rose created by the rose grower Fabien Ducher to mark the 500,000th visitor to the Jardins de l'Imaginaire, Terrasson.[3]
Filmography
- Civilisations (1988) (TV mini-series) – Elyssa
- Le petit criminel – (1990) – The sister, Nathalie (Stéphanie)
- Polski Crash – (1993) – Alina Suchecka
- Map of the Human Heart – (1993) – Rainee
- The Pickle – (1993) – Françoise
- Ugly Meets the People – (1995) – Girl
- Tom est tout seul – (1995) – Marion
- Élisa – (1995) – Solange
- La fidèle infidèle (1995) (TV) – Cécile
- L'Appât – (1995) – Patricia
- Les Grands Ducs – (1996) – Juliette
- Une leçon particulière (1997) (TV) – Julie
- Fred – (1997) – Lisa
- Marthe – (1997) – Marthe
- Bob le magnifique (1998) (TV) – Christine / Christina
- Hors jeu – (1998) – Clotilde Courau
- Le poulpe – (1998) – Cheryl
- Milk (1999) – Ilaria
- Deterrence (1999) – Katie
- En face – (2000) – Michelle
- La parenthèse enchantée – (2000) – Alice
- Promenons-nous dans les bois – (2000) – Sophie
- Exit – (2000) – Pearl / The journalist
- Le nouveau Jean-Claude – (2002) – Marianna
- Embrassez qui vous voudrez – (2002) – Julie
- Un monde presque paisible – (2002) – Simone
- The Code – (2002) – Nina
- Mon Idole – (2002) – Fabienne
- Les beaux jours (2003) (TV) – Gaby
- Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005) (TV) – Sabine
- La signora delle camelie (2005) (TV) – ....
- Mafalda di Savoia (2006) (TV mini-series) – Giovanna di Savoia
- La Vie en Rose (2007) – Annetta Gassion
- Modern Love (2008) – Marie
- Chez Maupassant (1 episode, 2008, TV episode La chambre 11) – Clarisse / Marguerite
- Des mots d'amour aka Words of Love (Canada, English title) (2009) (TV) – Alice Andrézy
- Tous les soleils (2011) – Florence
- Babysitting (2014) – Mme. Schaudel
- L'Ombre des femmes (2015) – Manon
- Eva & Leon (2015) – Lucie
- Le ciel attendra (2016) – Sylvie
- An Easy Girl (2019)
- The Bad Poet (2020)
- Benedetta (2021)
Honours
National honours
France: Member of the Order of Arts and Letters, 3rd Class[4][5]
Dynastic honour
- Montenegrin Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
- House of Savoy: Dame Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[6]
References
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Royal Families of the World: Volume I Europe & Latin America. Burke's Peerage Ltd., 1977, London, p. 367. ISBN 0-85011-023-8
- "BBC News". 25 September 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "Ot-terrason.com". Ot-terrasson.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "Clotilde Courau – 7 février 2007". Culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "French Minister of Culture Awards Arts Honours | Getty Images". Gettyimages.ca. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- "Blogspot". Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
