Leelee Sobieski

Leelee Sobieski

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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.

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.

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Discovered by a casting director in her New York City school cafeteria.

Enjoys painting, ceramics, poetry, martial arts and horseback riding.

Her father is Jean Sobieski, a New York City painter, and her mother, Elizabeth, is a writer.

Has a younger brother, Robert Sobieski, born 1989.

Collects locks of hair from major stars appearing with her in films. Tom Cruise refused to participate when filming Eyes Wide Shut (1999).

Bears such an uncanny resemblance to actress Helen Hunt that many people believe she is Hunt's younger sister. The two are not related.

Is fluent in French.

Australian band Primitive Whore perform a song titled "Why Leelee won't Love Me".

Her father, Jean Sobieski, is a French painter who once dated actress Jean Seberg. Her mother, Elizabeth Salomon, is an American writer of half Jewish heritage.

Has size 10 feet.

In 2001, she matriculated with the class of 2005 at Brown University, but she has since taken time off to advance her career. She remains a popular topic of conversation of Brown students.

Has an older sister.

Youngest actress ever to portray Joan of Arc in a movie (Joan of Arc (1999) (TV)) and, because of that, the one who is the closest to the real age of the historical figure at the time the story takes place.

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