Morgane Polanski

Acting

Morgane Polanski

Born

1993-01-20 (33)

Known for

Acting

Credits

17 titles

Morgane Polanski (born 20 January 1993, Paris, France) is a French-Polish actress, director, and model, daughter of Roman Polanski and Emmanuelle Seigner. She trained at the Drama Centre London and the Central School of Speech and Drama. Her film credits include The Pianist (2002), The Ghost Writer (2010), In Darkness (2018), The French Dispatch (2021), and The Partisan (2024). On television she is best known for her recurring role as Princess Gisla in Vikings (2015–2020, 16 episodes). She has also directed short films and worked as a model. No major awards are on record.

Known for

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The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

Vikings

2013

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The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

The Pianist

2002

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The staff of an American magazine based in France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021

The Ghost Writer poster
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A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.

The Ghost Writer

2010

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An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

Oliver Twist

2005

The Wife poster
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A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

The Wife

2017

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

2000s · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera