25-year-old actress Clémence Poésy is known as either the comely French student in 2005's Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, or, for less paranormal tastes, as one of the reigning faces of the Chloé fragrance campaign. But over the past few years, the gorgeous, almost dangerously innocent-looking Poésy has been primed for a much bigger part: that of future icon of French cinema. Poésy mentions both Catherine Deneuve and Jeanne Moreau in her interview with Olivier Zahm, which took place this past July on the Place Vendôme side of the Ritz in Paris. And in some ways, Poésy seems like some hybrid of the two French stars: at one turn, cool and complex like Deneuve; at another, wild and impulsive like Moreau. Poésy recently appeared opposite Gaspard Ulliel in the Godard-like sci-fi romance La Troisième partie du monde and just wrapped a British thriller called Heartless with actor Jim Sturgess. If she is getting ready to take over France, she may have her alternative upbringing to thank. You learn a lot about yourself when your parents tell you the television is permanently broken.
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