Emilie Agreste

Emilie Agreste (née Graham de Vanily) was the leading actress in the film Solitude. She is also the wife of Gabriel Agreste, the mother of Adrien Agreste, and the twin sister of Amelie Graham de Vanily.

Personality

Not much is known about Emilie, except she is stated to be kindhearted and loving towards her family. According to Gabriel, she was stubborn and headstrong when it came to other people's safety, similarly to Adrien. Gabriel also says, in the episode "Simon Says", that Emilie was "way too overly dramatic".

Trivia

• Thomas Astruc revealed her existence by releasing an image of her hugging Adrien as a sneak peek with the caption, "Where is she?"
• The image of her used as Adrien's computer background is actually a real-life photo of voice actress Tara Strong, with the top changed from magenta to blue and Emilie's face edited over Tara's face.
• The writers admitted at an event that they modeled Emilie's design on Tara, whom they favor because of her work.
• At Tara Strong's 2016 Q&A panel at Indy Popcon, a fan asked her if she was aware of the photo resembling her. Though she agreed there were definite similarities, she had no knowledge of it until then. ^[4][5]
• There is a portrait of her in Gabriel's atelier in the Agreste mansion. It resembles Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, commonly known as The Woman in Gold or The Lady in Gold.
• Behind the painting, there is a secret safe, in which Gabriel keeps the Peacock Miraculous and a booklet that reads "TIBET" in big green letters in front of a picture of her.
  • "The Collector" reveals that the painting has hidden buttons that open the secret entrance to Hawk Moth's lair.
    • In "Party Crasher", Emilie has a collection of old records that Adrien keeps in his room.
    • "Gorizilla" reveals that because of the emotional attachment that Gabriel has to the film Solitude due to Emilie's role in it, he forbade his son from watching it, though he later changed his mind.
    • A picture of her is inside of the Butterfly Miraculous.
    • "A Christmas Special" reveals that she disappeared some time in the last year, as it is Adrien's first Christmas without her.
    • A future episode will track the relationship between Emilie and Gabriel.

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