Leelee Sobieski
Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski[
1] (born
June 10,
1983 in
New York City), better known as
Leelee (or
LeeLee)
Sobieski, is an
American actress. Her father, Jean Sobieski (a painter), was born in
France to
Polish and Swiss parents who claim descent from 17th century
Polish King Jan Sobieski. Her mother, Elizabeth Salomon, is an American writer, of Jewish and Dutch decent.
She rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie
Deep Impact (
1998) and went on to play a modern
Lolita in
Stanley Kubrick's
Eyes Wide Shut (Released in 1999, although she was not even seventeen when her
nymphet-like scenes were shot), which led to the forming of a firm friendship with the director. The title role in the TV movie
Joan of Arc (1999) earned her an Emmy nomination and a
Golden Globe nomination and a second nomination followed her portrayal of
Tosia Altman in the TV movie
Uprising (2001).
Sobieski speaks fluent
French which enabled her to land roles in
Merchant Ivory Film A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998),
L'Idole (2002) and the miniseries
Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with
Catherine Deneuve and
Rupert Everett, an adaptation of
Laclos's
classic novel of sexual intrigue.
Other movies she has starred in include
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997),
Never Been Kissed (1999),
Here on Earth (2000),
My First Mister (2001),
The Glass House (2001),
Uprising (2001),
Joy Ride (2001),
Max (2002), and
Hercules (
NBC, 2005). She will soon be seen in the
Nicolas Cage starrer
The Wicker Man directed by
Neil LaBute, and with
Al Pacino in
Jon Avnet's 88 Minutes.
Sobieski graduated from
Brown University in 2005.
On
August 22006 she met Eric Mitchell, the webmaster of her principle fansite http://leeleesobieski.com and revealed that her year of birth is in fact
1983, not
1982 as commonly stated. [
2]
Because of her resemblance to actress
Helen Hunt, they were both pitted against each other on the 59th episode of
Celebrity Deathmatch.
