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Clotilde Marie Pascale di Savoia is a French actress. In 2003, she married Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.
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Clotilde Marie Pascale di Savoia (née Courau; born 3 April 1969) is a French actress. In 2003, she married Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.
Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau
was born on 3 April 1969 in Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France, the eldest daughter of Jean-Claude Courau (b. 1942), a hydraulic engineer, and his wife, Catherine Marie Antoinette du Pontavice des Renardières (b. 1948), a school teacher, daughter of Haitian-born Marie Lélia Gabriel and husband Count Pierre François Marie Antoine du Pontavice des Renardières (1926-2021), Officer of the Legion of Honor and former Mayor of Merry-la-Vallée, whose family belonged to the ancient French nobility of Brittany and can be traced back to the 13th century.
She has three sisters named Christine, Camille and Capucine Courau. She lived as a child, with her sisters, between Paris, Egypt and Benin. The Courau sisters were brought up in the Roman Catholic religion.
In 1991, Courau was nominated for a César, for Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin), and won a European Film Award for Best Actress, both for the film Le petit criminel (1990). She then appeared in Dusty Hughes' A Slip of the Tongue opposite John Malkovich on the stage, and in Vincent Ward's Map of the Human Heart. In 1995, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti at the SACD Awards. She was nominated again for a César twice in 1996 for Best Supporting Actress (Meilleur second rôle féminin) and Most Promising Actress (Meilleur espoir féminin) both for the film Élisa. In 1998 she was named one of European cinema's "Shooting Stars" by European Film Promotion and in 2000 she won the Prix Romy Schneider. She was created a Dame of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France on 7 February 2007.
Clotilde Courau announced her engagement on 10 July 2003 and on 25 September married Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice, at the Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome. At the ceremony, she wore a wedding gown designed by Valentino. Six months pregnant at the time, she was seen as a controversial bride because of her left-wing views.
The couple have two daughters:
Princess Vittoria Chiara Cristina Adelaide Maria (born 28 December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland),
Princess Luisa Giovanna Bianca Agata Gavina Maria (born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland).
In March 2025, Prince Emanuele Filiberto announced that he and Courau had been living separately since 2021.
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Courau signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, as well as the establishment of a corridor into Gaza for humanitarian aid and the release of hostages.
Civilisations (1988) (TV mini-series) – Elyssa
The Little Gangster – (1990) – The sister, Nathalie (Stéphanie)
Polski Crash – (1993) – Alina Suchecka
Map of the Human Heart – (1993) – Rainee
The Pickle – (1993) – Françoise
Ugly Meets the People – (1995) – Girl
Tom est tout seul – (1995) – Marion
Élisa – (1995) – Solange
La fidèle infidèle (1995) (TV) – Cécile
The Bait – (1995) – Patricia
Les Grands Ducs – (1996) – Juliette
Une leçon particulière (1997) (TV) – Julie
Fred – (1997) – Lisa
Marthe – (1997) – Marthe
Bob le magnifique (1998) (TV) – Christine / Christina
Hors jeu – (1998) – Clotilde Courau
Le poulpe – (1998) – Cheryl
Milk (1999) – Ilaria
Deterrence (1999) – Katie
En face – (2000) – Michelle
La parenthèse enchantée – (2000) – Alice
Deep in the Woods – (2000) – Sophie
Exit – (2000) – Pearl / The journalist
Le nouveau Jean-Claude – (2002) – Marianna
Summer Things – (2002) – Julie
Almost Peaceful – (2002) – Simone
The Code – (2002) – Nina
Mon Idole – (2002) – Fabienne
Les beaux jours (2003) (TV) – Gaby
Nuit noire, 17 octobre 1961 (2005) (TV) – Sabine
La signora delle camelie (2005) (TV) – ....
Mafalda di Savoia (2006) (TV mini-series) – Giovanna of Italy
La Vie en Rose (2007) – Annetta Gassion
Modern Love (2008) – Marie
Chez Maupassant (1 episode, 2008, TV episode La chambre 11) – Clarisse / Marguerite
Des mots d'amour aka Words of Love (Canada, English title) (2009) (TV) – Alice Andrézy
Tous les soleils (2011) – Florence
Babysitting (2014) – Mme. Schaudel
In the Shadow of Women (2015) – Manon
Eva & Leon (2015) – Lucie
Heaven Will Wait (2016) – Sylvie
An Easy Girl (2019)
The Bad Poet (2020)
Benedetta (2021)
Marguerite's Theorem (2023) – Suzanne
Last Summer (2023) – Mina
The Lake (2025)
France: Member of the Order of Arts and Letters
Montenegrin Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
House of Savoy: Dame Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Saint John (2023)
In 2009, her name was given to a rose created by the rose grower Fabien Ducher to mark the 500,000th visitor to the Jardins de l'Imaginaire, Terrasson.
Neuilly-Poissy
2024 · as La directrice la prison
Last Summer
2023 · as Mina
Marguerite's Theorem
2023 · as Suzanne
Benedetta
2021 · as Midea Carlini
Haute Couture
2021 · as Mumu
An Easy Girl
2019 · as Calypso
Lakeside Suite
2019
Babysitting
2014 · as Mme Schaudel
La Vie en Rose
2007 · as Annetta Gassion
Élisa
1995 · as Solange, Marie's friend
Studio characters