Leelee Sobieski

About Leelee Sobieski

Leelee Kimmel (born June 10, 1983) is an American artist and former actress. She rose to fame in her mid-teens with her appearance in the movie Deep Impact. She has received an Emmy nomination for the 1999 TV movie Joan of Arc, and two Golden Globe nominations for Joan of Arc and the TV movie Uprising, which featured a scene in which she appeared fully nude.

Kimmel was born Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski in New York City. Her parents are American novelist/screenwriter Elizabeth (née Salomon), who also works as her manager, and French painter and former actor Jean Sobieski.

Kimmel's first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother. One of her middle names, "Elsveta", is derived from "Elżbieta" which is the Polish equivalent of "Elizabeth". Her maternal grandfather, United States Navy captain Robert Salomon, was Jewish and she grew up in a "pan-religious" family; she has said that she is "proud of [her] Jewish roots".

Kimmel speaks fluent French, which she picked up from her father, who currently lives in France.

She attended Trevor Day School.

She is married to fashion designer Adam Kimmel (since 2010), and was formerly briefly married to actor Matthew Davis (in 2008).

Kimmel's younger brother Robert attended Princeton University, and now works as a professional magician. On occasion, Kimmel has acted as his assistant in various illusions including being sawed in half. She has also been sawed in half by magician Hans Klok, who also decapitated her in the rarely-performed Block Beheading illusion.

She officially retired from acting in 2012 to concentrate on working as an abstract artist.