
Léonie Simaga
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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.
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Guru (2026)
as Karla Demaison

Lady Liberty: Secrets of an Icon (2026)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Jeune Femme (2017)
as Yuki

Little Tickles (2018)
as Lola

Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light (2025)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Alice and the Mayor (2019)
as Isabelle Leinsdorf

The Peace and Love Process (2023)
as Aïssa

L'Amour Médecin suivi de Le Sicilien ou l'Amour Peintre (2006)
as Lucinde / Léonie Simaga

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening (2018)
as Narrator (voice)

One Minute to Midnight (2026)
as Éléonore

All About Actresses (2009)
as La baby-sitter

The Green Perfume (2022)
as Louise

Closed Circuit (2013)
as Léa

Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love (2022)
as Lucie Dreyfus (voice)

L'Orientalisme (2019)
as Narrator

Alain Resnais, the Audacious (2022)
as Narrator (voice)

Newark USA: Far from the American Dream (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel (2023)
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Respire (2023)
as Sofia

Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran (2015)
as Self

Save Our School (2022)
as Ingrid

Mon pote (2010)
as Anna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
Ça va bien se passer (—)
as Amara Sacko

Maisonneuve - A School of the World (2020)
as Narratrice (voix-off)

Les Secrets du Paquebot (2023)
as Léa

Les Justicières de Saint Flour (2026)
as Inès Tridot

A Season in France (2018)
as Martine

Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (2012)
as Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis

Just Love! (2013)
as Silvia

Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard (2012)
as Silvia

Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée (2024)
as Narratrice

Meurtres à Albi (2021)
as Annabelle Dalmasio

Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté (2021)
as (Voix Off)

Summer of revolution (2022)
as Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)

Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature (2022)
as narrator

Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art (2022)
as Narrator

Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous (2021)
as Narration

Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933) (2022)
as Narratrice





