Leelee Sobieski

At 41 years old, Leelee Sobieski has this physical status:

Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta "Leelee" Sobieski (born June 10, 1983) is an American artist and former actress.

She achieved fame in her teens with roles in films such as Deep Impact, Eyes Wide Shut, Never Been Kissed, Joy Ride, and The Glass House.

She received Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for her portrayal of the title character in the television film Joan of Arc and a further Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the miniseries Uprising. Sobieski continued to work in films and on television up until retiring in 2012, after which she focused on her art career.

Early life

Sobieski was born in New York City. Her mother, Elizabeth Sobieski (née Salomon), is an American film producer and screenwriter who also works as Sobieski's manager, and her father, Jean Sobieski, is a French-born painter and former actor of Polish and Swiss descent. Her maternal grandfather, United States Navy Captain Robert Salomon, was Jewish. Her maternal grandmother was of Ashkenazi Jewish and one quarter Dutch descent. Sobieski grew up in a "pan-religious" family; she has said that she is "proud of [her] melting pot roots". Her younger brother is Robert "Roby" Sobieski.

Sobieski's first name, Liliane, was the name of her paternal grandmother. One of her middle names, Elsveta, is derived from her mother's name, Elizabeth.

She graduated from Trevor Day School in 2001 and studied literature and fine art at Brown University but did not graduate.

Personal life

In January 2009, Sobieski began dating fashion designer Adam John Kimmel, the son of American real estate developer Martin Kimmel and grandson of American boat racer and designer Donald Aronow. They were engaged on May 28, 2009, and it was made public on June 23, 2009, when fans at the premiere of Public Enemies spotted Sobieski wearing an engagement ring. The couple officially announced their engagement on July 17, 2009. Their daughter was born in December 2009 and their son was born in August 2014. They reside in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Sobieski speaks fluent French, which she learned from her French-born father.

Sobieski, in a 2001 interview with IGN, expressed her thoughts about whether the movies she was making were escapist fare, or that they had a deeper message for society,

In 2016, Sobieski confirmed "I don't do movie stuff anymore." Commenting on the reasons for her early retirement to Us Weekly, Sobieski said, "I am just focused on my kids. I think that's mainly why I stopped ... Also, ninety percent of acting roles involve so much sexual stuff with other people, and I don't want to do that."

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Acting career

A talent scout first noticed Sobieski in the cafeteria of a private school in New York City. Claudia was cast in Interview with the Vampire (1994), a role that eventually went to Kirsten Dunst. In the 1994 television film Reunion starring Marlo Thomas, Sobieski portrayed Anna Yates. She appeared in A Horse for Danny, a 1995 made-for-television film. She snagged her first appearance in a studio film starring Martin Short's character in the Tim Allen comedy Jungle 2 Jungle in 1997. Sobieski appeared in Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut in 1999. Sobieski, who starred on film, said he was "very kind and considerate with me" and that Kubrick's most vivid memory of him was that he "actually seemed to hold something magical."

Sobieski came to prominence in the 1998 film Deep Impact, when she was still in her mid-teens. The film was a huge financial success, grossing over $349 million worldwide on a $75 million production budget. Several casting directors were attracted to her work as a result of the Deep Impact. Sobieski appeared in Merchant Ivory's film A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries that same year. Critics applauded Sobieski's performance; Variety's Emanuel Levy wrote that "the graceful Sobieski registers strongly as a future actor, combining physical appearance with technical proficiency." The film received a Young Artist Award nomination and a Chicago Film Critics Association nomination.

Sobieski appeared in the teen comedy film Never Been Kissed starring Drew Barrymore in 1999. Joan of Arc (1999) actress Joan of Arc received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe nomination, and she became the youngest actress to play Joan of Arc on film. Sobieski appeared in the film Here on Earth in 2000, earning her a Teen Choice Award nomination. In the 2001 TV film Uprising, she received her second Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Tosia Altman.

Sobieski appeared in the road horror film Joy Ride with Paul Walker and Steve Zahn in 2001. The film has received largely favorable feedback. Sobieski "does a better job than average," Sobieski said. She appeared in The Glass House in the same year as Diane Lane, also on the film. Critics had panned the film, but without much publicity, it earned just under $6 million in the first weekend. Critics applauded Sobieski's role in the 2001 low-budget thriller My First Mister, with Pete Croatto of Filmcritic.com reporting, "As for Sobieski, whom I've always loved," she does another fine job." This time it's with a shaky character – the troubled Goth chick... [but] Sobieski finds her character's human touch and follows it.

Sobieski appeared in the independent film L'Idole (2002), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and he had a starring role. She appeared alongside John Cusack in Max's dramatic film as the mistress of a Jewish art dealer who mentors a young Adolf Hitler. She performed Cecile in the miniseries Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve and Rupert Everett, an extension of Laclos' classic book of sexual intrigue that made the most of Sobieski's fluency in French. In Hercules, a 2005 television miniseries, she played Deianira.

Sobieski's experimental-indie film Lying, starring Chlo Sevigny and Jena Malone, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006 and then followed by a limited release in the United States in 2008. She appeared in Heavens Fall as one of several young women convicted of rape in the segregated South. In the same year, she appeared in In a Dark Place, as well as the Nicolas Cage's remake of The Wicker Man.

Walk All Over Me, an independent comedy film in which Sobieski plays a woman who becomes a dominatrix, premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival and was later shown at several other film festivals. After a debut in several other countries this year, Al Pacino and Alicia Witt's thriller 88 Minutes co-starring Al Pacino and Alicia Witt opened in the United States on April 18, 2008. Despite being panned by critics, the film was a modest success at the box office, grossing more than $32 million worldwide.

Sobieski appeared in In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a fantasy film based on the Dungeon Siege video game series. She received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actress for her appearances in both 88 Minutes and A Dungeon Siege Tale. Sobieski co-star Steve Zahn in the direct-to-video film Night Train returned her joy Ride co-star Steve Zahn. Chloe is a potentially lethal medical student who travels with two other strangers aboard a Polar Express-like train in the film.

Sobieski was only interested in the 2009 biographical crime film Public Enemies. Denise Richards and Jamie Kennedy appeared in Finding Bliss, a romantic drama about a straitlaced aspiring filmmaker who is forced to work for a producer of adult films in June 2010. In the episode "A Mother's Secret," she made a guest appearance in the television series Drop Dead Diva. Sobieski was also a lead actor in Acts of Violence, a drama about a man on a mission of vengeance after his wife was murdered after his wife was killed.

Sobieski appeared on the cast of The Last Film Festival, co-starring Dennis Hopper, Jacqueline Bisset, and Chris Kattan. The film, which was shot in Queens in 2009, was released in Los Angeles on September 30, 2016.

Sobieski appeared in a January 2011 episode of The Good Wife, portraying the girlfriend of one of Lockhart-Gardner-Bond's most popular customers who is suspected of using prescription stimulants. She appeared in CBS' debut in NYC 22 as a rookie New York City police officer and met Abby Gibbons in the film Branded, which was released in 2012.

Art career

Leelee Kimmel, Leelee Kimmel, began her art career as a child. Using Google Tilt Brush, she paints and sculptures abstract art and works in VR. On either a large black or white background, she uses vibrant colors, abstracted, and textured shapes floating.

"Channels," the artist's debut solo exhibit at the Journal Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, received rave reviews. The exhibit and her work, according to Vogue, "warrants serious merit." At the Simon Lee Gallery in London, she then opened "Wormhole," her first UK exhibition. She creates large-scale abstract paintings that are both hue and dimension, investigating concepts of creation and destruction in this latest iteration. "Kimmel's world is very much her own – a heady blend of daftness and profundity – and a space that is both informative and disorienting to those unfamiliar with it. "Leelee Kimmel has always been an artist," she says, "and which extend beyond the canvas into gloriously gelatinous sculptures and a pioneering VR work."

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