Leopoldine Huyghues-Despointes

Léopoldine was born in March 1991 in Paris from an American mother and a French Caribbean father. She began theater at an early age. She graduated from Wagner College, NY (BA) while learning from work, sets and life experiences. She pursued classes at Stella Adler and NYU. Producer and actress in "Atlantic Avenue" (2013), "Big House" (2015) or "ELI"(2020), she also showed work at Sundance and Tribeca Film Festival. Leopoldine won the best actress award from The Milwaukee Independent Film Society, amongst other recognitions. Animated by ideas for change and diversity, Leopoldine often initiates creative projects. The actor, producer and director was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. She has worked on disability matters at the UN and held the VP position at the WDU. She also took part in cultural and philanthropic initiatives. She named [dis]abled, an InsideOut photography project with artist JR. Leopoldine works between FR, MX, HAV and NYC.