Clémence Poésy

Clémence Poésy (born Clémence Guichard) is a French actress and model who portrayed Fleur Delacour in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Background
Poésy was born November 30, 1982 in Meudon, France to Étienne Guichard, a French theatre actor and director, and a French teacher. She took her mother's maiden name as her stage name.

Career
Poésy has been acting on film since 2001, appearing only in French-speaking films until 2004, when she appeared in Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot. The next year, she appeared in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

In 1999 she performed in "Un homme en colère" ("An Angry Man"). In 2001 Clémence had her first movie-performance in "Petitie Soeur". In 2003 she starred in "Olgas Sommer", Olga's summer. In 2008, she appeared in the Oscar-nominated film In Bruges with fellow Harry Potter actors Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, and Ciarán Hinds.

She will reprise the role of Fleur Delacour for the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. /

Clémence had been working on the movie Heartless in 2008, the movie will première 2009.

She is a model for Chloe perfume.

Behind the scenes

 * She fell off of a horse at age seven, and did not ride one again until she was 20.
 * She is fluent in English.
 * She was born in the suburbs of Paris and has spent her life in and around the capital.
 * She got her first part in a play from her father when she was 14. She had two lines.
 * Her hair is slightly darker than Fleur is described to be in the books.

notes and references
Clémence Poésy