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Eva Ionesco
Born (1965-07-18) 18 July 1965 (age 59)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Actress, director, screenwriter
Years active1976–present

Eva Ionesco (born 18 July 1965) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She is the daughter of Romanian-French photographer Irina Ionesco.

Early life

Ionesco was born to photographer Irina Ionesco, a Frenchwoman of Romanian descent, who had an affair with a Hungarian man who worked in the military. Prior to Ionesco's birth, her mother had worked as a contortionist as she had come from a family of circus performers on her maternal side.[1] In 1977 her mother lost custody of her and Ionesco lived for several years with the parents of footwear designer Christian Louboutin who had already left home.[2]

From the age of 13 Ionesco became a regular club-goer at Le Palace along with Christian Louboutin. She was in and out of various foster care until an older boyfriend of hers took custody of her at the age of 16.[3]

Career

At the age of 5, Eva became her mother's favorite photo model. Irina Ionesco's erotic photographs of her young daughter Eva have been a source of controversy since they first appeared in the 1970s. Eva also modeled for other photographers such as Jacques Bourboulon.[4]

She is the youngest model ever to appear in a Playboy nude pictorial, since she was featured at age 11 in the October 1976 issue of the Italian edition of the magazine in a set by Bourboulon. In that picture, she was at a beach posing in nude exposing all female anatomy. Another of her nude pictorials, in the November 1978 issue of the Spanish edition of Penthouse, was a selection of her mother's photographs. She made also appeared on the cover page of Der Spiegel at the age of 12 completely nude.[5] The issue was later expunged from the magazine's records.[6]

Eva Ionesco made her film début at the age of 11 in 1976, playing a child in Roman Polanski's film The Tenant. A short time later she was cast in films of the mid-1970s such as Maladolescenza (also known as Puppy Love). She tried three times to sue her mother for emotional distress, and the trial is still going on through various courts in France.[7] In 1998 the French police confiscated from her mother's apartment hundreds of photographs in which she appears at the age of five in suggestive poses and in complete nudity.[7]

Eva claimed her story served as inspiration for Louis Malle's film Pretty Baby,[7] (though that film is clearly a historical drama based on photographer E. J. Bellocq's Storyville images). In the 1980s, she attended the prestigious acting school Amandiers, directed by Patrice Chéreau and Pierre Romans. In 2012 Eva sued her mother for taking pornographic photos of her as a child.[8] Although much of her claim was denied, she did receive some compensation.[9]

In 2015 Ionesco's husband Simon Liberati released a book about her childhood and their relationship.

In 2017 Ionesco released her first novel, Innocence.

Directorial career

Ionesco began directing in 2006.

In 2011 she directed her first full length feature film, My Little Princess which debuted at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film, loosely inspired by Ionesco's personal life, starred Isabelle Huppert as a predatory photographer who uses her young daughter as a model in a series of nude photos.[10]

Ionesco again paired with Isabelle Huppert for her next film, Golden Youth, about a young couple in Paris who begin to spend time with a much older and wealthier couple.

Personal life

In 1995 Ionesco gave birth to a son, actor Lukas Ionesco.[11]

Ionesco has been married to author Simon Liberati since 2013.[12]

Filmography

As actress

As director

Theatrical work

References

  1. ^ "Irina Ionesco: from erotica to fashion at 74". Retrieved 24 July 2019. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  2. ^ Armstrong, Lisa. "Christian Louboutin: the fun and fetishism". Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  3. ^ Zahm, Olivier. "purple MAGAZINE — Purple #31 The Paris issue". Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  4. ^ Eva Ionesco, tombée des nus – Libération – Anne Diatkine – 22 July 2010
  5. ^ Der Spiegel – 23 May 1977
  6. ^ Willsher, Kim. "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/08/irina-ionesco-eva-simon-liberati-paris-scandal". Retrieved 24 July 2019. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  7. ^ a b c Anne Diatkine, Isabelle Huppert dans "My little princess", ELLE France, 24 June 2011
  8. ^ Leon Watson (19 December 2012). "Eva Ionesco: 11-year old Playboy star sues mother Irina Ionesco for taking pornographic photos of her". Daily Mail. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. ^ "Child Playboy star Eva Ionesco sues her photographer mother over 'stolen childhood'". The Telegraph. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  10. ^ Rooney, David. "My Little Princess: Cannes 2011 Review".
  11. ^ Fedorova, Anastasiia. "an intimate portrait of lukas ionesco". Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  12. ^ Simon Liberati, « Eva Ionesco : une petite princesse au Soleil levant », Libération, 3 June 2014.
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