Emmanuelle Seigner, married to Roman Polanski, has declined an invitation to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The two-time César Award-nominated actor has written an open letter to the awards body behind the Oscars, calling out the ”insufferable hypocrisy” of the organisation expelling Polanski despite awarding him Best Director for The Pianist.
The French actor, best known for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, continued by calling the members “nameless academicians” whose proposal “is one insult too many”.
Seigner was one of 928 artists invited to join the group earlier this year, many of the appointments made in an attempt to boost diversity.