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Leelee Sobieski
Sobieski at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski June 10, 1983 (1983-06-10) (age 25) New York City, New York, United States
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Leelee Sobieski (born June 10, 1983)¹ is an American actress.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 2.1 Poetry 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Personal life

Sobieski was born Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski in New York City. Her parents are American novelist/screenwriter (who also works as Sobieski's manager) Elizabeth (née Salomon); and a French painter/artist Jean Sobieski. Jean Sobieski appeared in French and Italian spaghetti Westerns during his youth and dated actress Jean Seberg.²³

Sobieski's first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother.⁴ Sobieski's younger brother Robert attends Princeton University.⁵⁶ Sobieski's 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".⁷⁸ She has stated that her "...great great granduncle" 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 but 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 School¹¹ 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 played a modern Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (released in 1999, 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.

Poetry

After the September 11 attacks, Sobieski appeared on The Tonight Show. She read her poem entitled "This Day And All The Rest".

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 Wilcox
	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	Walk All Over Me	Alberta
	In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale	Muriella
2008	88 Minutes	Lauren Douglas
	Acts of Violence	Olivia Flyn
	Finding Bliss	Jody Balaban	post-production
2009	Night Train	Chloe	post-production
	Public Enemies	Polly Hamilton	post-production

References

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External links

• Leelee Sobieski at the Internet Movie Database