Real Name : Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski
Nick Name : Lee
Birth : 10 June 1983, New York City, New York, USA
Height : 5' 10"
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Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski was born in New York on June 10, 1983. She caught the attention of a casting agent who noticed her while he was scouting the cafeteria of a New York City private school. The man asked her to audition for a role in _Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)_ (qv). She ended up losing the role to 'Kirsten Dunst' (qv), but that didn't stop her. At age 13 she co-starred in the TV movie _Reunion (1994) (TV)_ (qv) with 'Marlo Thomas' (qv) and a year later starred in _A Horse for Danny (1995) (TV)_ (qv). Although she had roles in many films, it was in 1998 that she hit the big time, starring opposite 'Elijah Wood' (qv) in _Deep Impact (1998)_ (qv). The film, which was one of the summer's biggest hits, garnered Leelee great reviews and brought her to the attention of many casting directors. Next up was _Joan of Arc (1999) (TV)_ (qv), which she shot in the Czech Republic and for which she received an Emmy nomination. While working on _Joan of Arc (1999) (TV)_ (qv), she was also shooting a film with 'Tom Cruise' (qv), _Eyes Wide Shut (1999)_ (qv). The film, shot under strict secrecy by the notoriously reclusive 'Stanley Kubrick (I)' (qv), had Leelee cast as a teenage nymphet who tempts Cruise's character. It didn't turn out to be quite the summer blockbuster expected but, again, Leelee got some good reviews. While shooting the film she developed a friendship with 'Stanley Kubrick (I)' (qv) and was heartbroken when he died soon after its completion. Leelee went on to star with other big names: 'Drew Barrymore (I)' (qv) in _Never Been Kissed (1999)_ (qv); 'Diane Lane (I)' (qv) in _The Glass House (2001)_ (qv) and 'Josh Hartnett' (qv) & 'Chris Klein (I)' (qv) in _Here on Earth (2000)_ (qv).
Biography written by: bcnu_84@hotmail.com
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- 88 Minutes (2007) [Lauren Douglas] <3>
- A Horse for Danny (1995) (TV) [Danielle 'Danny' Fortuna] <1>
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) [Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14] <3>
- A Whale in Montana (2005) {{SUSPENDED}}
- Acts of Violence (2010) [Olivia Flyn] <3>
- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- Breaking Down the Walls: The Road to Recreating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (2001) (V) [Herself]
- Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words and Music (2001) (TV) [Herself]
- Coven (2006) (voice) [Narrator]
- Deep Impact (1998) [Sarah Hotchner] <13>
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) [Milich's Daughter] <32>
- Finding Bliss (2009) [Jody Balaban] <1>
- Heavens Fall (2006) [Victoria Price] <3>
- Hercules (2005/I) (TV) [Deianeira]
- Here on Earth (2000) [Samantha] <2>
- In a Dark Place (2006) [Anna Veigh] <1>
- In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2007) [Muriella] <2>
- Joan of Arc (1999) (TV) [Joan D'Arc] <1>
- Joy Ride (2001/I) [Venna] <3>
- Jungle 2 Jungle (1997) (as LeeLee Sobieski) [Karen Kempster] <9>
- L'idole (2002) [Sarah Silver] <1>
- Lying (2006) [Sarah] <5>
- Max (2002/I) [Liselore von Peltz] <3>
- My First Mister (2001) [Jennifer - 'J'] <20>
- Never Been Kissed (1999) [Aldys] <17>
- Night Train (2009/I) [Chloe White] <2>
- Public Enemies (2009) [Polly Hamilton] <91>
- Reunion (1994) (TV) [Anna Yates] <6>
- The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1999) (TV) [Herself]
- The Elder Son (2006) [Lolita] <2>
- The Glass House (2001) [Ruby Baker] <1>
- The Last Film Festival (2010) [Stalker] <4>
- The Mad Cow (2009) [Abby Gibbons] <2>
- The Wicker Man (2006) [Sister Honey] <6>
- Uprising (2001) (TV) [Tosia Altman] <1>
- Walk All Over Me (2007) [Alberta] <1>
- Young Hollywood Awards (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {Bring Me the Head of Darnell Sims (#1.3)} [Jenny Grace] <3>
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {Designer Knock-Off (#1.5)} [Jenny Grace]
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {One Simple Little Favor (#1.6)} [Jenny Grace] <3>
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {Pilot (#1.2)} [Jenny Grace]
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {Steal One for the Gipper (#1.9)} [Jenny Grace]
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {Take Me to the Pilot (#1.1)} [Jenny Grace] <3>
- "Charlie Grace" (1995) {The Kid (#1.4)} [Jenny Grace]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-12-25)} [Herself]
- "F/X: The Series" (1996) {Evil Eye (#2.15)} [Tanya]
- "Frasier" (1993) {Enemy at the Gate (#10.2)} (voice) [Sheila] <15>
- "Grace Under Fire" (1993) {Positively Hateful (#3.16)} [Lucy] <12>
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2008-04-10)} [Herself]
- "Les liaisons dangereuses" (2003) [Cécile de Volanges] <5>
- "NewsRadio" (1995) {Arcade (#3.4)} [Girl] <11>
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(2000-03-23)} [Herself]
- "The Home Court" (1995) {Love, Death & Soda (#1.19)} [Leslie]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#1.77)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1999-04-08)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2000-03-24)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(1999-04-07)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2000-03-22)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2006-08-30)} [Herself]
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- _Glass House, The (2001/I)_ -> $1,000,000
- _The Glass House (2001)_ (qv) -> $1,000,000
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- "Ocean Drive" (USA), May 2005, Vol. 13, Iss. 5, pg. 206+212, by: Jeanne Wolf, "Cover Girl Leelee Sobieski"
- "Seventeen" (USA), October 1999, pg. 130-134, by: Eliza Bergman Kraus, "Freely Leelee"
- "Premiere" (USA), September 1999, Vol. 13, Iss. 1, pg. 94-96, by: Tom Roston, "Lady in Waiting"
- "W" (USA), September 1998, Vol. 27, Iss. 9, pg. 272+274, by: Julie L. Belcove, "Teen Angel"
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- "Vox" (Hungary), December 2001, Iss. 56, pg. 129, "Színészlexikon"
- "People Weekly" (USA), 12 November 2001, pg. 79 - 80, "Blithe Spirit"
- "Premiere" (USA), October 2001, Vol. 15, Iss. 2, pg. 82-83, by: Christine Spines, "Most Likely To Succeed"
- "Time Out New York" (USA), 30 August 2001, pg. 34-35, by: Stephen Garrett, "The Graduate"
- "Movieline" (USA), March 2000, Vol. 11, Iss. 6, pg. 54-60+103, by: Stephen Rebello, "Leelee Land"
- "New Weekly" (Australia), August 1999, "Mad About LeeLee"
- "US" (USA), July 1999, Iss. 258, pg. 53, by: Tom Conroy, "Leelee Sobieski"
- "TV Guide" (USA), 15 May 1999, Vol. 47, Iss. 20, pg. 38-42, by: Janet Weeks, "Star Joan"
- "Movieline" (USA), March 1999, Vol. X, Iss. 6, pg. 11, by: Joshua Mooney, "Leelee Sobieski"
- "Teen People" (USA), February 1999, pg. 71, by: Melissa Douso, "20 Teens who will change the World; #11 The Movie Star Leelee Sobieski"
- "Seventeen" (USA), December, 1998, pg. 106, by: Sarah Goldsmith, "Stars in Your Eyes"
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- "Barely Legal" (USA), July 2007, Vol. 14, Iss. 11, pg. 20, by: staff, "Boob Watch: Leelee Sobieski"
- "Ocean Drive" (USA), May 2005, Vol. 13, Iss. 5, pg. 206-211+213, by: Spicer, "Cover Girl Leelee Sobieski"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), October 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 133, pg. 23, by: staff, "Young, Hot & Nude: Leelee Sobieski"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), June 2004, Iss. 32, pg. 28-31, by: staff, "Up-Rising: Leelee Sobieski"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), December 2003, Vol. 27, Iss. 123, pg. 53, by: staff, "From School Girls to Sex Symbols: Leelee Sobieski"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), August 2003, Vol. 26, Iss. 119, pg. 37, by: staff, "Sknematic Youth: Uprising"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. Special, pg. 17, by: Lance Staedler, "Maxim Hot 100 2001: #31"
- "In Style" (USA), April 2000, Vol. 7, Iss. 4, pg. 286-291, by: Hal Rubenstein, "Evening Standards"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2000, Vol. 13, Iss. 8, pg. 32-33, by: staff, "The Hottie List: Joan of Arc"
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- "Ocean Drive" (USA), May 2005, Vol. 13, Iss. 5
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), October 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 133
- "Time Out New York" (USA), 30 August 2001
- "Nylon" (USA), May 2001
- "Movieline" (USA), March 2000
- "Teen Movieline" (USA), Winter 2000
- "Seventeen" (USA), October 1999
- "Jump" (USA), September 1999
- "Details" (USA), August 1999
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- Music video for Jessica Simpson: "Where You Are"
- Was featured as #29 in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" supplement. (2002)
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- I think when you're doing a lead role, there is so much more pressure. If you fail, not only do you fail, but everybody else fails, too. As opposed to when it's a supporting role and it's only you that sucked.
- (On getting her ears pierced at the age of 23) It didn't hurt like I thought it would, but it still feels a bit weird - and I'm still getting used to the thought that I've now got bits of metal going through holes in my earlobes that weren't there when I woke up this morning, but I guess I'll get used to that...
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- Discovered by a casting director in her New York City school cafeteria.
- Enjoys painting, ceramics, poetry, martial arts and horseback riding.
- Her father is Jean Sobieski, a New York City painter, and her mother, Elizabeth, is a writer.
- Has a younger brother, 'Robert Sobieski' (qv), born 1989.
- Collects locks of hair from major stars appearing with her in films. 'Tom Cruise' (qv) refused to participate when filming _Eyes Wide Shut (1999)_ (qv).
- Bears such an uncanny resemblance to actress 'Helen Hunt (I)' (qv) that many people believe she is Hunt's younger sister. The two are not related.
- Is fluent in French.
- Australian band Primitive Whore perform a song titled "Why Leelee won't Love Me".
- Her father, Jean Sobieski, is a French painter who once dated actress 'Jean Seberg' (qv). Her mother, Elizabeth Salomon, is an American writer of half Jewish heritage.
- Has size 10 feet.
- In 2001, she matriculated with the class of 2005 at Brown University, but she has since taken time off to advance her career. She remains a popular topic of conversation of Brown students.
- Has an older sister.
- Youngest actress ever to portray Joan of Arc in a movie (_Joan of Arc (1999) (TV)_ (qv)) and, because of that, the one who is the closest to the real age of the historical figure at the time the story takes place.
- Was in a relationship with screenwriter/director Frank E Flowers from late 2006 through early 2007.
- She didn't get her ears pierced until 2006, when she had them done at the age of 23 specially to be able to wear a pair of antique earrings given to her by her then-boyfriend.
- Her father, Jean Sobieski lived with French singer Dalida in Paris in the '60s.
- Was in a relationship with Finding Bliss co-star Matthew Davis from March through November 2008.
- July 17, 2009- US Weekly announced her engagement to boyfriend of approximately six months, menswear designer Adam Kimmel.
- She gave birth to a daughter in New York City, New York late in the evening on Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
- Daughter, Louisanna Ray Kimmel, born December 16, 2009 in New York City, New York. Father is fiancé, Adam Kimmel, menswear fashion designer.
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