Marion Cotillard
on 30 September 1975, she was brought up near Orléans,
and Loire She belongs to a “bustling, creative household. She
took her drama lessons at the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique
in Orléans Marion’s father, Jean-Claude Cotillard, was an
teacher, actor, former mime, and also won 2006 Molière
Award for direction. Her mother, Niseema Theillaud, is also a
drama teacher and actress. Being the eldest among all siblings,
she grew up with two younger twin brothers, Quentin and
Guillaume. Cotillard started acting at a very tender age, she first
appeared on stage in one of her father's plays.
In her personal life, Cotillard is married with French actor and
director Guillaume Canet. She is used to live a simple lifestyle,
and is often spotted in cafes and shopping together with
Guillaume Canet in Paris. The birth of their first child, a boy
named Marcel, was announced on 20 May 2011
Her performance:
She is probably best known for her portrayal as "Lilly
Bertineau" in Taxi (1998/I), where she reprised in two sequels-
Taxi 2 in 2000 and Taxi 3 in the year 2003.
Her other memorable works were L' Histoire du garçon qui
voulait qu'on l'embrasse, My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an
Argument, La Belle Verte, Chloé, War in the Highlands, Furia,
Blue Away to America, Lisa, Pretty Things, A Private Affair.
The screen name Sophie Kowalsky in Love Me If You Dare,
Joséphine Bloom in Big Fish, Mademoiselle Éva in Innocence,
Tina Lombardi in A Very Long Engagement, Alice in Love Is in
the Air, Gretchen Mol in Mary, Lisa in Burnt Out, Léna in You
and Me, Fanny Chenal in A Good Year, Édith Piaf in La Vie en
rose, Luisa Contini in Nine, Mallorie "Mal" Cobb in Inception,
Marie in Little White Lies, Adriana in Midnight in Paris, Dr.
Leonora Orantes in Contagion, Stéphanie in Rust and Bone
for which she received wide-spread recognition at the Cannes
Film Festival and Monica in Blood Ties won her mainstream
recognition.
Her achievements:
In 2007, Cotillard achieved worldly recognition for Édith Piaf
in La vie en rose, which won Cotillard the Academy Award for
Best Actress along with a César , a BAFTA Award, and a Golden
Globe and also ranked her as the second actress to win an
acting Oscar performing in a language other than English next
to Sophia Loren.
Cotillard is very much concerned with environmental
activism, and has taken part in many campaigns for protecting
environment. Marion used her high public image to grab
attention to the objectives of Greenpeace, working as
the spokesperson for the organization. She allowed the
organization to use her apartment for testing their products.
She also participated to Dessins pour le climat ("Drawings
for the Climate"), book consisting of drawings published by
Greenpeace to raise funds.
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