You discovered her in Taxi with Samy Naceri. Our fiery brunette, for whom many men would have sped, has grown up well. Marion Cotillard has now taken the highway to success. Now married to Guillaume Canet and a fulfilled mom at 42, Modern Milf traces her journey…
Sexier than ever, this Hot Mama has nothing to envy anyone. With a film career full of success and a personal life on the same track, we bow down. She has established herself among the essential artists in France and the USA. An inspiration for women, a fantasy for men.
A destiny almost entirely mapped out…
Born on September 30, 1975 in Paris, Marion Cotillard is the daughter of actors, raised with her two younger twin brothers, Guillaume and Quentin, in Paris. Her parents instilled in her a taste for performance early on, as she acted in many theater productions during her childhood alongside her mother.
Torn during her adolescence between singing and acting, Marion Cotillard decided to follow the path of cinema. She cut her teeth with Arnaud Desplechin (How I Got Into an Argument… My Sex Life in 1996) and Coline Serreau (La Belle Verte, same year), but she quickly became known thanks to the role of Lilly, a fiancée exasperated by the absences of her boyfriend Samy Naceri, a driver in a certain Taxi (1998). She was thus nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. This was the beginning of a rise to success.
On the private life side, the actress has been in a relationship with Guillaume Canet since 2007. The couple gave birth to a son, Marcel, in May 2011. In September 2016, the actress announced she was expecting a second child. On March 10, 2017, the family grew with the birth of a little girl named Louise.
Her first major successes…
Taxi 2 (2000), totaling over ten million admissions in France, further solidified the young actress’s popularity. She then played the dual role of twin sisters in Pretty Things (2001) based on the novel by Virginie Despentes. It was a challenging performance. She learned to sing in record time. A winning bet. She was rewarded with another nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress and a nice public success.
The year 2003 was particularly busy for the young woman, who starred in three films: an expected success with Taxi 3, a surprise success with Love Me If You Dare opposite Guillaume Canet, and an American success with Big Fish, directed by Tim Burton.
… Which were followed by others
For playing Tina Lombardi, a vengeful black angel in A Very Long Engagement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Carried away by a true filming frenzy, this committed environmentalist successively starred in the drama Cavalcade, the romantic comedy My Life in the Air, in which she plays a rather liberated radio host, Abel Ferrara’s experimental Mary alongside Juliette Binoche, and the thriller The Black Box. Once announced in the cast of The Stone Council alongside Monica Bellucci, Marion Cotillard was forced to abandon this project to join Ridley Scott on his wine-growing odyssey A Good Year.
She finally landed the role of a lifetime: that of Edith Piaf, which she played in La Vie en Rose under the direction of Olivier Dahan. The film’s global success led Marion Cotillard to win the Golden Globe for Best Actress, as well as a BAFTA, a César, and the Hollywood grail, the Oscar for Best Actress.
Hollywood opens its doors to her
Bolstered by this new track record, Marion Cotillard became one of the most sought-after actresses. She established herself long-term in the United States. She followed up with Public Enemies alongside Johnny Depp and the musical Nine.
Our beautiful brunette appeared twice before Christopher Nolan’s camera, filming Inception alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, then Batman: The Dark Knight Rises, in which she played Miranda Tate in 2012. A bit earlier, it was under the direction of her partner Guillaume Canet that she got a role in Little White Lies. A year later, she gave birth to their son Marcel.
An award-winning career
In 2013, she was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes for her role as a young disabled woman in the film Rust and Bone. The same year, she starred in Blood Ties, a new film by her partner and an American remake of Blood Ties. She also made a strong impression in The Immigrant by James Gray.
In 2015, her role in Two Days, One Night earned her a second Oscar nomination in the Best Actress category. Her journey in the United States didn’t stop there. Marion Cotillard was in the cast of Assassin’s Creed, whose release was scheduled for late 2016.
She continued her run in 2017, following up with Ismael’s Ghosts and Rock’n Roll. She promoted it via social media with her husband. They teased each other on Instagram, showing their still-strong complicity. 2018 was marked by Angel Face, leading into 2019 with We’ll End Up Together. If you’re a fan, you won’t miss seeing her on your screens again.
A French actress as we like them… Speaking of French actresses, would you be more Sophie Marceau, Charlotte Gainsbourg, or Marion Cotillard?
Source: L’Internaute
