Léonie Simaga
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
All Movies (36)
- Les Justicières de Saint Flour2026 · as Inès Tridot
- Guru2026 · as Karla Demaison
- Mia Farrow: Shadows and Light2025 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Maïco : Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier, la révoltée2024 · as Narratrice
- Respire2023 · as Sofia
- Les Secrets du Paquebot2023 · as Léa
- Newark USA: Far from the American Dream2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Peace and Love Process2023 · as Aïssa
- Kim Novak: Hollywood's Golden Age Rebel2023 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Green Perfume2022 · as Louise
- Avant la catastrophe - La Chute de la République de Weimar (1930-1933)2022 · as Narratrice
- Edvard Munch : Un cri dans la nature2022 · as narrator
- Save Our School2022 · as Ingrid
- Alain Resnais, the Audacious2022 · as Narrator (voice)
- Summer of revolution2022 · as Annette Lévy-Willard (voix)
- Restitution? Africa's Fight for Its Art2022 · as Narrator
- Alfred and Lucie Dreyfus, with Kiss as Deep as My Love2022 · as Lucie Dreyfus (voice)
- Frantz Fanon, trajectoire d'un révolté2021 · as (Voix Off)
- Jean Vilar, le rêve du théâtre pour tous2021 · as Narration
- Meurtres à Albi2021 · as Annabelle Dalmasio
- Maisonneuve - A School of the World2020 · as Narratrice (voix-off)
- L'Orientalisme2019 · as Narrator
- Alice and the Mayor2019 · as Isabelle Leinsdorf
- Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening2018 · as Narrator (voice)
- Little Tickles2018 · as Lola
- A Season in France2018 · as Martine
- Jeune Femme2017 · as Yuki
- Divine Comédie, des planches à l'écran2015 · as Self
- Closed Circuit2013 · as Léa
- Just Love!2013 · as Silvia
- Un chapeau de paille d'Italie2012 · as Virginie, bonne chez Beauperthuis
- Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard2012 · as Silvia
- Mon pote2010 · as Anna Duchêne, Bruno's wife
- All About Actresses2009 · as La baby-sitter
- Un peu avant minuit—
- Ça va bien se passer— · as Amara Sacko
All TV Shows (19)
- Uniformes2026 · as Maddie
- Apparences2026 · as Capitaine Sarah Santoni
- French Soldiers of the Third Reich2026 · as Narrator (voice)
- Clean2025 · as Jess
- 37 secondes2025 · as Laurence Binet
- The Intruder2025 · as Aline
- Auschwitz, survivors tell their stories2025 · as Narratrice
- Brocéliande2024 · as Pauline Diawara
- Machine2024 · as Colonel Karras
- Le Négociateur2024 · as Frédérique
- LT-212023 · as Asia Dialo
- Je te promets2021 · as Agnès Gallo
- The Long War: Iran, Israel, USA2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Flame2020 · as Sarah
- The Eddy2020 · as Commandant Keita
- Les Impatientes2018 · as Isabelle Maroni
- Trepalium2016 · as Izia Katell / Thaïs Garcia
- Les Limiers2013 · as Sara Mauduit
- Murders in...2013 · as Annabelle Dalmasio







