Léonie Simaga
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1977-11-30 (age 48)
- Place of birth
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
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
TV Shows (19)
Murders in...
2013
as Annabelle Dalmasio
The Eddy
2020
as Commandant Keita
The Flame
2020
as Sarah
Machine
2024
as Colonel Karras
Trepalium
2016
as Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia
The Intruder
2025
as Aline
37 secondes
2025
as Laurence Binet
Brocéliande
2024
as Pauline Diawara
Le Négociateur
2024
as Frédérique
Je te promets
2021
as Agnès Gallo
LT-21
2023
as Asia Dialo
Apparences
2026
as Capitaine Sarah Santoni
Les Limiers
2013
as Sara Mauduit
Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories
2025
as Narratrice
Clean
2025
as Jess
Les Impatientes
2018
as Isabelle Maroni
Uniformes
2026
as Maddie
The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
French Soldiers of the Third Reich
2026
as Narrator (voice)
Movies (36)
Guru
2026
as Karla Demaison
Little Tickles
2018
as Lola
All About Actresses
2009
as La baby-sitter
Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light
2025
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Green Perfume
2022
as Louise
Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté
2021
as (Voix Off)
Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art
2022
as Narrator
Mon pote
2010
as Anna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
Jeune Femme
2017
as Yuki
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Peace and Love Process
2023
as Aïssa
Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love
2022
as Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
Alice and the Mayor
2019
as Isabelle Leinsdorf
Alain Resnais, the Audacious
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Season in France
2018
as Martine
Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature
2022
as narrator
Closed Circuit
2013
as Léa
L'Orientalisme
2019
as Narrator
Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)
2022
as Narratrice
Maisonneuve - A School of the World
2020
as Narratrice (voix-off)
Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran
2015
as Self
Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée
2024
as Narratrice
Meurtres à Albi
2021
as Annabelle Dalmasio
Les Secrets du Paquebot
2023
as Léa
Un peu avant minuit
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
2012
as Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
Respire
2023
as Sofia
Save Our School
2022
as Ingrid
Just Love!
2013
as Silvia
Summer of revolution
2022
as Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)
Ça va bien se passer
as Amara Sacko
Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard
2012
as Silvia
Newark USA: Far from the American Dream
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous
2021
as Narration
Les Justicières de Saint Flour
2026
as Inès Tridot
About Léonie Simaga
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 sc… With 55 credits spanning from 2009 to 2026, Léonie Simaga has appeared in 36 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Léonie Simaga Movies
- Guru (2026) — as Karla Demaison
- Little Tickles (2018) — as Lola
- All About Actresses (2009) — as La baby-sitter
- Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light (2025) — as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Green Perfume (2022) — as Louise
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