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Léonie Simaga

Born · November 30, 1977 (47 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Marseille, France

Bio

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.

Known for

Little Tickles

Little Tickles

Alice and the Mayor

Alice and the Mayor

Jeune Femme

Jeune Femme

All About Actresses

All About Actresses

Clean

(4 episodes)

2025

37 secondes

Laurence Binet · (6 episodes)

2025

The Intruder

Aline · (4 episodes)

2025

Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories

Narratrice · (5 episodes)

2025

Brocéliande

Pauline Diawara · (6 episodes)

2024

Machine

Colonel Karras · (6 episodes)

2024

Le Négociateur

Frédérique · (6 episodes)

2024

LT-21

Asia Dialo · (8 episodes)

2023

Respire

Sofia

2023

Les Secrets du Paquebot

Léa

2023

Newark USA: Far from the American Dream

Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

The Peace and Love Process

Aïssa

2023

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel

Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

The Green Perfume

Louise

2022

Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)

Narratrice

2022

Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature

narrator

2022

Save Our School

Ingrid

2022

Alain Resnais, l'audacieux

Narrator (voice)

2022

Summer of revolution

Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)

2022

Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art

Narrator

2022

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

Lucie Dreyfus (voice)

2022

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté

(Voix Off)

2021

Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous

Narration

2021

Meurtres a Albi

2021

Je te promets

Agnès Gallo · (32 episodes)

2021

The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA

Self - Narrator (voice) · (2 episodes)

2020

La Flamme

Sarah · (9 episodes)

2020

The Eddy

Commandant Keita · (8 episodes)

2020

L'Orientalisme

Narrator

2019

Alice and the Mayor

Isabelle Leinsdorf

2019

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

Narrator (voice)

2018

Little Tickles

Lola

2018

Les Impatientes

Isabelle Maroni · (3 episodes)

2018

A Season in France

Martine

2018

Jeune Femme

Yuki

2017

Trepalium

Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia · (6 episodes)

2016

Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran

Self

2015

Closed Circuit

Léa

2013

Les Limiers

Sara Mauduit · (6 episodes)

2013

Just Love!

Silvia

2013

Murders in...

Annabelle Dalmasio · (1 episode)

2013

Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis

2012

Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard

Silvia

2012

Mon pote

Anna

2010

All About Actresses

La baby-sitter

2009

Rivales

Aline · (4 episodes)

Apparences

Capitaine Sarah Santoni · (4 episodes)