Léonie Simaga

Léonie Simaga born in 1978 in Marseille is a French actress and director member of the ComédieFrançaise 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 JeanBaptiste 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 Studiotheater then at the National Higher Conservatory of Dramatic Art from 2002 to 2005 She played at the ComédieFrançaise 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 Corneilles Le Cid during the 20052006 season and in 2007 played the role of Chimène in the same play alternating with the role of Lucietta in Goldonis play Il campiello She became a member of the ComédieFrançaise on January 1 2010 Léonie Simaga also directs several productions for the ComédieFrançaise such as in 2007 Pour un oui ou pour un non by Nathalie Sarraute and in 2014 Othello by William Shakespeare She left the ComédieFrançaise at the end of 2015