Leelee Sobieski

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Leelee Sobieski
Born Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski
June 10, 1983 (1983-06-10) (age 25)
New York City, New York, U.S.
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Leelee Sobieski (born June 10, 1983)[1] is an American actress.

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Biography

Personal life

Sobieski was born Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski in New York City, the daughter of Elizabeth (née Salomon), an American novelist and screenwriter who also works as Sobieski's manager, and Jean Sobieski, a French painter and artist who appeared in French and Italian spaghetti Westerns during his youth, as well as dated actress Jean Seberg.[2][3] Sobieski's first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother.[4] Sobieski has a younger brother, Robert, who attends Princeton University.[5][6] 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".[7][8] She has stated that her "...great great granduncle" was John III Sobieski, one of the elected kings of Poland who saved Europe by riding West with the Polish army in 1683 to lift the siege of Vienna from Ottoman Turks. Sobieski speaks fluent French, although she does not speak Polish.[9] Her father currently lives in France.[10]

Sobieski has described her upbringing as "bohemian", having often attended Shakespeare in the Park and art galleries in SoHo during her childhood. During this time, she attended Trevor Day School[11] and spent her summers in her paternal grandfather's ranch in the Camargue.[2] Sobieski attended Brown University but dropped out after two and a half years. She is an ardent fan of Nina Simone and has a half Yorkshire Terrier, half Pomeranian dog named after her.

Career

Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact (1998) and played a modern Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (released in 1999, although 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 TV movie Uprising (2001).

Sobieski's fluency in French landed her roles in the Merchant Ivory Film A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), L'Idole (2002) and the miniseries Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Rupert Everett, an adaptation of Laclos's classic novel of sexual intrigue.

Poetry

After the September 11 attacks, Sobieski appeared on The Tonight Show. She read her poem entitled "This Day And All The Rest".

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Jungle 2 Jungle Karen
1998 Deep Impact Sarah Hotchner
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis
1999 Never Been Kissed Aldys Martin
Joan of Arc Joan of Arc
Eyes Wide Shut Milich's Daughter
2000 Here on Earth Samantha 'Sam' Cavanaugh
2001 My First Mister Jennifer
Joy Ride Venna Wilcox
The Glass House Ruby Baker
Uprising Tosia Altman
2002 L'Idole Sarah Silver
Max Liselore von Peltz
2003 Les Liaisons dangereuses Cécile de Volanges
2005 Hercules Deianeira
2006 Lying Sarah
Heavens Fall Victoria Price
In a Dark Place Anna Veigh
The Wicker Man Sister Honey
The Elder Son Lolita
2007 Walk All Over Me Alberta
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Muriella
2008 88 Minutes Lauren Douglas
Acts of Violence Olivia Flyn
Finding Bliss Jody Balaban post-production
2009 Night Train Chloe post-production
Public Enemies Polly Hamilton post-production

References

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to:
  1. ^ "Yahoo! - Biography". Retrieved on June 14, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Girl, uninterrupted". Los Angeles Magazine (2001). Retrieved on August 23, 2006.
  3. ^ "Leelee Sobieski Biography (1982-)". Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies (2003). Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
  4. ^ "America Online: Deep Impact". LeeleeSobieski.com. Retrieved on August 23, 2006.
  5. ^ "Box Office.com". CUT: "GLASS". Retrieved on August 23, 2006.
  6. ^ Stated on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on August 30, 2006
  7. ^ "Leelee Sobieski's Sobering Take on Terror", Jewish Exponent (2001-11-01). Retrieved on 2007-12-10. 
  8. ^ "The Jewish Journal". The Film No One Wanted. Retrieved on August 23, 2006.
  9. ^ "LeeleeSobieski.com". Flaunt: Leelee's Big Adventure. Retrieved on August 23, 2006.
  10. ^ "Leelee Sobieski.com". Leeleesobieski.com - In Person Interview. Retrieved on August 23, 2006.
  11. ^ Article: New York Magazine - Little Leelee
  12. ^ Yianni Vassiliou (May 2008). "24 things in the life of Leelee Sobieski". Wound Magazine (3): 50-53. ISSN 1755-800X. 

External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leelee_Sobieski"

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