Background
De Caunes was born in Paris, the daughter of the actor and director Antoine de Caunes and the director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Their daughter, Nina, was born in October 2002.
De Caunes was born in Paris, the daughter of the actor and director Antoine de Caunes and the director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Their daughter, Nina, was born in October 2002.
She is best known in English-speaking countries for playing the role of Sabine in Mr. Bean"s Holiday.
De Caunes"s career began at the age of ten courtesy of a role in Margot et le voleur d"enfants by the director Michèle Reiser, her godmother. The character she played had a boy friend named "Arvin".
She obtained her baccalaureate in film in 1995.
De Caunes appeared in various advertisements before her first major film role in 1997 in Sylvie Verheyde"s Un frère. She had a main role in the comedy film Mr.
Bean"s Holiday, in which she played the role of an actress in Willem Dafoe"s character"s independent film.