Clémence Poésy (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃s pɔeˈzi]) (born Clémence Guichard on 30 November 1982) is a French actress and model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy had dramatic education, and is active on both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions. Outside of her home country, she is perhaps best known for playing Fleur Delacour in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Chloë in In Bruge...
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Clémence Poésy (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃s pɔeˈzi]) (born Clémence Guichard on 30 November 1982) is a French actress and model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy had dramatic education, and is active on both film and television since 1999, including some English-language productions. Outside of her home country, she is perhaps best known for playing Fleur Delacour in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) and Chloë in In Bruges (2008).
Born the southwestern suburb of Paris, the daughter of Étienne Guichard and a French teacher, Poésy took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. She was sent to an alternative school in Meudon. She was not the "popular girl" at school, and described herself as maladjusted and "a bit strange". Her father gave Poesy her first acting job when she was a child; then she had two lines at age 14. She has a younger sister, Maëlle, who is also an actress.
Since leaving La Source — the bilingual alternative school she attended at the age...
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