Sobieski was born June 10, 1982 Who is Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski in New York City. Her parents are American novelist/screenwriter (who also works as Sobieski's manager) Elizabeth (née Salomon); and a French painter/artist Jean Sobieski. Jean Sobieski appeared in French and Italian spaghetti Westerns during his youth and dated actress Jean Seberg.[2][3]
Sobieski's first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother. One of her middle names, "Elsveta", is derived from "Elżbieta" which means "Elizabeth" in Polish.[4] Sobieski's younger brother Robert attends Princeton University.[5][6] Sobieski's maternal grandfather, United States Navy captain Robert Salomon, was Jewish and Sobieski grew up in a "pan-religious" family; she has said that she is "proud of [her] Jewish roots".[7][8] She has stated that her "...great great granduncle" was John III Sobieski,[9] an elected king of Poland who saved Europe with the Polish army in 1683 to lift the siege of Vienna from Ottoman Turks. No proof of her claim has ever been presented.
Sobieski speaks fluent French and does not speak Polish.[9] Her father currently lives in France.[10]
She attended Trevor Day School[11] and spent her summers in her paternal grandfather's ranch in the Camargue.[2] Sobieski attended Brown University but dropped out after two and a half years. She is an ardent fan of Nina Simone and has a half Yorkshire Terrier, half Pomeranian dog named after her. She didn't get her ears pierced until 2006, when she was 24.
Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact (1998)[12] and played a modern Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's
Eyes Wide Shut (released in 1999, she was not even fifteen when her nymphet-like scenes were shot). She was playing alongside Tom Cruise: she recalls he was "very kind and considerate with me", and says her most vivid recollection of Stanley Kubrick was that he "genuinely seemed to hold something magic".[13]
The title role in the TV movie Joan of Arc (1999) earned her an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination and a second nomination followed her portrayal of Tosia Altman in the TV movie Uprising (2001).
Sobieski's fluency in French landed her roles in the Merchant Ivory Film A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), L'Idole (2002) and the miniseries Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve
and Rupert Everett, an adaptation of Laclos's classic novel of sexual intrigue.
After the September 11 attacks, Sobieski appeared on The Tonight Show. She read her poem entitled "This Day And All The Rest".
Filmography
1995
A Horse for Danny
Danny Bara
1997
Jungle 2 Jungle
Karen
1998
Deep Impact
Sarah Hotchner
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis
1999
Never Been Kissed
Aldys Martin
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Eyes Wide Shut
Milich's Daughter
2000
Here on Earth
Samantha 'Sam' Cavanaugh
2001
My First Mister
Jennifer
Joy Ride
Venna Wilcox
The Glass House
Ruby Baker
Uprising
Tosia Altman
2002
L'Idole
Sarah Silver
Max
Liselore von Peltz.
2003
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Cécile de Volanges
2005
Hercules
Deianeira
2006
Lying
Sarah
Heavens Fall
Victoria Price
In a Dark Place
Anna Veigh
The Wicker Man
Sister Honey
The Elder Son
Lolita
2007
Walk All Over Me
Alberta
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Muriella
2008
88 Minutes
Lauren Douglas
Acts of Violence
Olivia Flyn
Finding Bliss
Jody Balaban
2009
Night Train
Chloe
Public Enemies
Polly Hamilton
more
Sobieski's first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother. One of her middle names, "Elsveta", is derived from "Elżbieta" which means "Elizabeth" in Polish.[4] Sobieski's younger brother Robert attends Princeton University.[5][6] Sobieski's maternal grandfather, United States Navy captain Robert Salomon, was Jewish and Sobieski grew up in a "pan-religious" family; she has said that she is "proud of [her] Jewish roots".[7][8] She has stated that her "...great great granduncle" was John III Sobieski,[9] an elected king of Poland who saved Europe with the Polish army in 1683 to lift the siege of Vienna from Ottoman Turks. No proof of her claim has ever been presented.
Sobieski speaks fluent French and does not speak Polish.[9] Her father currently lives in France.[10]
She attended Trevor Day School[11] and spent her summers in her paternal grandfather's ranch in the Camargue.[2] Sobieski attended Brown University but dropped out after two and a half years. She is an ardent fan of Nina Simone and has a half Yorkshire Terrier, half Pomeranian dog named after her. She didn't get her ears pierced until 2006, when she was 24.
Sobieski rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact (1998)[12] and played a modern Lolita in Stanley Kubrick's
Eyes Wide Shut (released in 1999, she was not even fifteen when her nymphet-like scenes were shot). She was playing alongside Tom Cruise: she recalls he was "very kind and considerate with me", and says her most vivid recollection of Stanley Kubrick was that he "genuinely seemed to hold something magic".[13]
The title role in the TV movie Joan of Arc (1999) earned her an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination and a second nomination followed her portrayal of Tosia Altman in the TV movie Uprising (2001).
Sobieski's fluency in French landed her roles in the Merchant Ivory Film A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998), L'Idole (2002) and the miniseries Les Liaisons dangereuses (2003) with Catherine Deneuve
and Rupert Everett, an adaptation of Laclos's classic novel of sexual intrigue.
After the September 11 attacks, Sobieski appeared on The Tonight Show. She read her poem entitled "This Day And All The Rest".
Filmography
1995
A Horse for Danny
Danny Bara
1997
Jungle 2 Jungle
Karen
1998
Deep Impact
Sarah Hotchner
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis
1999
Never Been Kissed
Aldys Martin
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Eyes Wide Shut
Milich's Daughter
2000
Here on Earth
Samantha 'Sam' Cavanaugh
2001
My First Mister
Jennifer
Joy Ride
Venna Wilcox
The Glass House
Ruby Baker
Uprising
Tosia Altman
2002
L'Idole
Sarah Silver
Max
Liselore von Peltz.
2003
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Cécile de Volanges
2005
Hercules
Deianeira
2006
Lying
Sarah
Heavens Fall
Victoria Price
In a Dark Place
Anna Veigh
The Wicker Man
Sister Honey
The Elder Son
Lolita
2007
Walk All Over Me
Alberta
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Muriella
2008
88 Minutes
Lauren Douglas
Acts of Violence
Olivia Flyn
Finding Bliss
Jody Balaban
2009
Night Train
Chloe
Public Enemies
Polly Hamilton
more