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Leelee Sobieski
Born
Lilliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski
Websitehttp://www.leeleesobieski.com/

Leelee Sobieski (born June 10, 1983)[1] is an American actress.

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 late 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 noted that her "great, great, great, great uncle" 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 went on to play 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), which led to the forming of a firm friendship with the director. 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. Other movies she has starred in include Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Never Been Kissed (1999), Here on Earth (2000), My First Mister (2001), The Glass House (2001), Uprising (2001), Joy Ride (2001), Max (2002), Hercules (NBC, 2005), and alongside Nicolas Cage in the 2006 remake of The Wicker Man directed by Neil LaBute. The actress is perhaps best known for a self-important poem she composed regarding 9/11. She read the poem with great angst on the Tonight Show shortly after the terrorist attacks of 2001. Howard Stern routinely plays audio of this embarrassing performance on his Sirius radio show. The poem and its public reaction is said to have made Ms. Sobieski a complete and utter joke within the entertainment industry. The one surprising element of the excrable poem is that it does not contain a stanza concerning unicorns.

One of her upcoming film roles is alongside Al Pacino in Jon Avnet's 88 Minutes. In 2007, Sobieski, starred in the Canadian film Walk All Over Me, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11 of that year.

Because of her resemblance to actress Helen Hunt, the two were pitted against each other on the 59th episode of the satirical claymation television series, Celebrity Deathmatch.

Nine Days released a song "Leelee" in tribute to Sobieski.[12] In the song "Wonder (If She'll Get It)" by Superchic[k], Sobieski and one of her movies, Here on Earth, were mentioned.

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
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 88 minutes Lauren Douglas
Walk All Over Me Alberta
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Muriella " Hercules " Deianeira
2009 Night Train Chloe post-production

References

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  3. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/67/Leelee-Sobieski.html
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  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 2007-12-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "The Jewish Journal". The Film No One Wanted. Retrieved August 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "LeeleeSobieski.com". Flaunt: Leelee's Big Adventure. Retrieved August 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Leelee Sobieski.com". Leeleesobieski.com - In Person Interview. Retrieved August 23. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ http://www.leeleesobieski.com/articles/newyork/nymag.html
  12. ^ "Nine Days More". Nine Days - Leelee.mp3. Retrieved September 8. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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