Name: Marion Cotillard
Date of Birth: 30 September 1975 If she had not been an actress, she would have liked to become a singer. She's an ecologist. Had to learn how to sing in one month to play Marie in Les jolies choses (2001). Is good friends with Élodie Navarre. Spokesperson for Greenpeace. Is also one of several actors, singers, and designers involved in "Dessins pour le climat," an album project originated by Greenpeace and Gl?nat, available for sale beginning April 2005 (all proceeds to go to Greenpeace). French citizen. ... Co-wrote and performed song "La Fille De Joie" for her film "Les Jolies Choses". Also performed song "La Conne" for this film. Has two younger brothers: Guillaume and Quentin, they are identical twins (born on 6 November 1977). Born to Jean-Claude Cotillard, an actor and teacher, and his wife Niseema Theillaud, also actress and drama teacher. Is a member of Greenpeace. Moved to Paris at the age of 16. Cousin of Laurent Cotillard. Grew up in Orl?ans. Being a huge fan of Canadian singer Hawksley Workman, she starred in two of his clips. Companion of her Jeux d'enfants (2003) co-star Guillaume Canet since 2007. Having won the Best Actress Oscar for La môme (2007) on 24 February 2008, she has become the second French actress to do so. The other one is Simone Signoret for Room at the Top (1959). Claudette Colbert, who won in 1934 for It Happened One Night (1934), was French-born, but raised in the U.S. Her brother Quentin works as a sculptor, living in San Francisco, California with his Irish-American wife Elaine O'Malley Cotillard, a former Dutch National Ballet dancer and fashion designer. Her brother Guillaume is a screenwriter and director. The first leading lady to receive the best actress Oscar for a non-English speaking role since Sophia Loren in 1962 for La ciociara (1960). Is the third actress to win the Best Actress Oscar for portraying a female singer in a biography; the first being Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and the second Reese Witherspoon as June Carter in Walk the Line (2005). Is one of five performers to win an Oscar playing a character that mostly spoke in a foreign language. The others are Sophia Loren, Robert De Niro, Roberto Benigni and Benicio Del Toro. One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008. First French actress to win Best Leading Actress at BAFTA Film Awards since the integration of Best British Actress and Best Foreign Actress to one category: Best Leading Actress in 1969. The dress she wore to the Academy Awards (where she won the Best Actress Oscar) was especially designed for her by Jean-Paul Gaultier. [2008] Was considered for the role of Hanna Schmitz in The Reader (2008) after Nicole Kidman dropped out due to pregnancy. However the part eventually went to Kate Winslet. First artist to win a Best Actress Oscar for a performance in the French language. Read more Marion Cotillard movies (actor)User Comments |
