Elisa Sednaoui

Sednaoui’s first feature film, Šarūnas Bartas’ Eastern Drift was released in Paris in December 2010. She played the lead female role of "Gabriella", alongside Bartas. The film was shown at La Berlinale 2010 – section “The International Forum of New Cinema.” In La Baie du Renard, a short film selected to close Critics Week (Semaine de la Critique) at Cannes Film Festival 2009, Sednaoui starred alongside Pierre Torreton

Sednaoui has also appeared in Love Lasts Three Years, released by Europa in January 2012, and The Legend of Kaspar Hauser, a surrealistic adaptation of the 19th century Teutonic foundling story transposed to Sardinia.

In addition to film, Sednaoui has appeared in campaigns for Chanel Eyewear, Giorgio Armani and a Roberto Cavalli fragrance campaign in February 2012, shot by Steven Klein for print and Johan Renck for television. In December 2015 she collaborated with Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino on his campaign for Missoni Fragrance. Before his death during February 2019, Sednaoui served as a muse to Karl Lagerfeld.

In 2013, Sednaoui created the Elisa Sednaoui Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes creative learning after-school programs for youngsters. The foundation's pilot program, a music workshop for youngsters in Luxor, Egypt, took place in April, 2014. During a full school-week, local youngsters attended the workshop (organized with the support of Makan—the Egyptian Center For Culture and Arts—and fellow NPO MIMA Music), which consisted in creative, game-like activities that helped them write and record a full song.

Sednaoui married an Anglo-Iranian gallerist, Alexander Dellal, on 3 May 2014. They have together two sons, Jack Zeitoun in 2013, and Samo in 2017.

Frederic Beigbeder, Elisa Sednaoui and Haider Ackermann for her birthday at Le... - purple NIGHT

Frederic Beigbeder, Elisa Sednaoui and Haider Ackermann for her birthday at Le Montana, Paris. Photo Olivier Zahm