De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and director
Antoine de Caunes and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal grandparents are
journalist Georges de Caunes and
Jacqueline Joubert, one of the first
continuity announcers on French television.
Marriage and family De Caunes married the singer known as
Sinclair in 2001. They have a daughter Nina together, born in October 2002. They divorced in 2005. In September 2011, De Caunes married
Jamie Hewlett, an English comic book artist.
Education and career De Caunes began acting in 1988 at the age of 12 with a role in ''Margot et le voleur d'enfants,
a short film by director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. She obtained her French baccalauréat'' in film in 1995 after high school. De Caunes appeared in various commercials before her first major film role in 1997 in
Sylvie Verheyde's
Un frère. She won the
Most Promising Actress award for this performance at the 1998
César awards. In 2001 she starred with
Radiohead’s
Thom Yorke in the music video for the song “
Knives Out,” directed by
Michel Gondry. She won the 2002
Prix Romy Schneider, an award given annually to a promising young actress. She had a main role in the 2007 comedy film ''
Mr. Bean's Holiday'', in which she played an actress in an independent film being made by
Willem Dafoe's character.
Allegations against Weinstein In 2017, De Caunes publicly accused Hollywood producer
Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct at the 2010
Cannes Film Festival. She alleges that Weinstein lured her to his hotel room, and chased her around the room while he was naked in an attempt to have sex. Her allegations were first reported in
The New Yorker. ==Theatre==