Clémence Poésy

The French actress and fashion model Clémence Poésy started on stage as a child and has been active in film and television since 1999. Born in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, a suburb south of Paris, she trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique. Her first English-language role was Mary, Queen of Scots in the 2004 BBC miniseries Gunpowder, Treason & Plot, which won her a 2005 Golden FIPA. She is known as Fleur Delacour in the Harry Potter series and appeared in In Bruges (2008) and 127 Hours (2010). On television she played Natasha Rostova in War and Peace and led The Tunnel as Elise Wassermann. Later films include Tenet (2020), Resistance (2020) and Final Portrait (2017). She also acted on Broadway as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac and in Uncle Vanya in Bath, modeled for Chloé and Chanel, and was named a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters in 2015.