Cotillard Marion: biography of a star
The actress, who in the future will be compared with Angelina Jolie, admiring her external data, was born in 1975. The city in which Cotillard Marion was born and raised is Paris. The baby's parents were actors playing in one of the local theaters. Father and mother could not achieve popularity for a long time, so the family never had extra money.
Lack of funds for expensive clothes did not stop little Marion from enjoying life. The girl practically grew up behind the scenes, often accompanying her mother to rehearsals. Cotillard has been interested in theater since childhood and has watched many productions. Of course, she had no doubt about what she would become when she grew up - an actress.
The family's financial situation changed for the better when the father became famous as a director. Parents and daughter moved to an elite mansion in Orleans.
Biography of Marion Cotillard
Marion's mother is an actress, her father is a director, founder of a theater troupe, teacher at an acting school. Well, who else could Cotillard become if not an actress? As a child, Marion studied at a drama school and took singing lessons. And already at the age of 6 she appeared on stage in plays specially staged for her by her father.
Marion played her first role on television in an episode of the series “Nowhere to Run” and after that she began regularly acting in films. His debut work on the big screen was his role in the film “The Story of the Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed.” In the same year, she received one of the main roles in the youth series “The Extreme Limit”. She continued to act in films, but all the roles were passable, and Marion was marking time professionally.
Carier start
“Highlander” is the first television project in which Marion Cotillard appeared. The Frenchwoman's filmography began at the age of 19 with a cameo role, which did not help her be remembered by the audience. This did not bother the stubborn girl, who has since started actively acting – practically for free. At the same time, she had to earn extra money by creating souvenirs for sale, since her desire for independence did not allow her to take money from her parents.
Failures could not long haunt such a spectacular and talented actress as Marion Cotillard. In 1998, her filmography was replenished with the film “Taxi,” shot by the famous Luc Besson. She played the protagonist's girlfriend, honestly earning her the status of a promising actress in the world of cinema. Subsequent participation in the popular films “Fall in Love with Me If You Dare” and “Big Fish” allowed her to consolidate her success. However, the most interesting roles of the rising star were yet to come.
Breakthrough film
The star film for the aspiring actress was “The Long Engagement,” where director Genet invited her, impressed by her appearance and talent. The drama, which was released in 2004, changed the public's understanding of Marion Cotillard. The celebrity's filmography acquired the first film in which she really managed to demonstrate her ability to transform.
The character played by a French woman in this popular drama was a prostitute. The heroine Marion lives only for revenge, hoping to get even with the people who killed her lover. Her Tina turned out to be so lively and spontaneous that it seems as if the action is taking place in the real world, and not on the set. Some critics insist that the girl even outplayed Audrey Tautou, who also starred in the drama.
Awards[edit | edit code]
Full list of awards on IMDb.com[5]
- 2005 - Cesar Award - Best Supporting Actress, for the film "The Long Engagement"[6]
- 2008 - Oscar Award - Best Actress for the film "La Vie En Rose"
- 2008 - Golden Globe Award - Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for the film "La Vie En Rose"
- 2008 - BAFTA Award - Best Actress for the film "La Vie En Rose"
- 2008 - Cesar Award - Best Actress, for the film La Vie En Rose [6]
- 2010 - Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters[7]
- 2014 - European Film Academy Award - Best Actress, for the film “Two Days, One Night”
- 2016 - Knight (Knight) of the Legion of Honor[8]
Nominations[edit | edit code]
- 1999 - Cesar Award - Most Promising Actress, for the film Taxi [6]
- 2002 - Cesar Award - Most Promising Actress, for the film "Pretty Things"[6]
- 2007 - European Film Academy Award - Best Actress, for the film "La Vie En Rose"
- 2008 - Screen Actors Guild Award - Best Actress for the film "La Vie En Rose"
- 2010 - Golden Globe Award - Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for the film "Nine"
- 2013 - Golden Globe Award - Best Actress in a Drama for the film "Rust and Bone"
- 2013 - BAFTA Award - Best Actress for the film "Rust and Bone"
- 2013 - Screen Actors Guild Award - Best Actress for the film "Rust and Bone"
- 2013 - Cesar Award - Best Actress, for the film "Rust and Bone"[6]
- 2015 - Oscar Award - Best Actress for the film “Two Days, One Night”
- 2015 - Cesar Award - Best Actress, for the film “Two Days, One Night”[6]
The most striking roles
“La Vie En Rose,” presented to the public in 2007, became another creative victory for Marion Cotillard. A review of the best images she created in films cannot fail to include such a character as Edith Piaf. When journalists asked director Daan why he chose this particular actress, he replied that he discovered similarities between the Frenchwoman and the cult singer, whom she played superbly. The role of Piaf gave Marion numerous awards, including an Oscar.
Two years later, fans of the movie star were in for another pleasant surprise - her appearance in the film “Nine.” The role that the actress got was not the main one, but during her presence in the frame she managed to outshine her partners on the set. The character Marion is the wife of a famous director who has experienced disappointment in life. Particularly striking were the scenes where her heroine comes into confrontation with her unfaithful husband.
The romantic film “Midnight in Paris,” released in 2011, also allowed Marion Cotillard’s acting talent to fully reveal itself. A photo of a French woman in the image of Adrianna, who is in a romantic relationship with Picasso himself, can be seen above. She did a great job of portraying a flirtatious intellectual living at the beginning of the last century.
Biography
Born 09/30/1975, Paris, France.
French actress.
Winner of the Cesar Award (2004). Oscar winner (2008). Winner of the Golden Globe Award (2008).
The beginning of the way
Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975 in the capital of France, Paris, into a creative family. Her mother is a theater actress, and her father, Jean-Claude Cotillard, is a theater director who once formed the Cotillard troupe and a teacher at an acting school.
Since childhood, Marion Cotillard's life has been connected with the theater, and it would be surprising if she chose a different profession for herself. From the age of six, she began to appear on stage: she gave lines to the actress-mother, and shone in children’s plays specially staged for her by the director-father. Marion studied at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art and attended singing courses in the city of Orleans, Loiret department.
Film career
Marion Cotillard made her film debut at an “adult” age. In 1994, the young actress starred in an episode of the American television series Highlander, after which she began regularly appearing in films and on television.
Her first role on the big screen was the role of Matilda in the film “The Story of the Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed” directed by Philippe Harel about the life of a young and lonely student Raoul, who dreams of love and his first kiss. And then in 1995 Marion Cotillard was cast for the main role in the youth series “The Extreme Limit”, which told about the life of students at a French sports institute.
Despite attempts to take her rightful place in French cinema, Marion Cotillard's career still revolved around supporting roles, or even episodic ones. In 1996, Cotillard again played supporting roles in Arnaud Desplechin's drama "As I Discussed ... (My Sex Life)" and Colina Serreau's science-fiction comedy "The Green Beauty."
"Taxi"
The breakthrough came after Marion Cotillard was approved in 1997 for the role of the protagonist's fiancée Lily Bertino in the action-comedy film Taxi directed by Girard Pires, written and produced by the famous Luc Besson.
An adventurous film with racing through the busy streets of Marseille, it became one of the most successful films in France in the 1990s. The film received wide international fame, adding to the popularity of the actors. Marion Cotillard was nominated for the main French cinema award, the Cesar, as the most promising actress. In 2000 and 2003, Marion Cotillard continued to star in the same role in two sequels to this film, Taxi 2 and Taxi 3, respectively.
2000s
After the film Taxi, Marion Cotillard took a strong position in French cinema. She regularly began to receive one offer after another, choosing the ones she liked best. The actress made a notable appearance in the historical love drama War in the Mountains by Francis Ressers and the war drama Lise by Pierre Grimblatt.
In 2001, Marion Cotillard was again nominated for a Cesar as the most promising actress and again did not receive the award. This time, the actress was “praised” for her leading role in Gilles Paquet-Brenne’s melodrama “Pretty Little Things,” where she played two roles at once, the twin sisters Marie and Lucy. Both roles required Marion to sing in the film. Having a musical education behind her, and having also completed an additional month-long singing course, Marion Cotillard coped with the task perfectly. Marion Cotillard's acting popularity has crossed the borders of her native France. The actress played in Guillaume Niclos' thriller "Private Investigation" and Yann Samuel's romantic comedy "Love Me If You Dare", in which she demonstrated how to create complex, touching and romantic characters.
"Big Fish"
Hollywood has always not been particularly kind to European actors; it usually left them with minor roles. And only a few made it to the top of the film Olympus. French actress Marion Cotillard was one of them.
The first to notice Marion Cotillard was the eminent American director Tim Burton. In 2003, he invited him to play the main role of Josephine, the pregnant daughter-in-law of the main character, in the fantastic tragicomedy “Big Fish”. In addition to the French celebrity, Burton's film featured a very serious ensemble of actors including Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Danny DeVito and Jessica Lange.
"The Long Engagement"
Collaboration with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet became the pinnacle of Marion Cotillard's career. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2004 World War I drama The Long Engagement told the story of a young girl, Matilda, played by Audrey Tautou. Tautou's heroine was searching for her missing fiancé, who was sentenced to death along with four other soldiers for deliberately injuring himself out of fear of battle.
Marion Cotillard in this film very vitally played the role of Tina Lombardi, a former prostitute who was also looking for her lover. But he died in the war, and Cotillard’s heroine took out her anger on the accused, seeking their death out of revenge. For her excellent performance, the actress was awarded the Cesar Award in the category “Best Supporting Actress.”
After the resounding international success of The Long Engagement, Marion Cotillard became one of the most sought-after actresses in French cinema. In 2005, six films with the participation of the actress were released. In November 2006, Ridley Scott's romantic comedy A Good Year premiered. This time Marion Cotillard played one of the main roles in a duet with Russell Crowe.
"La Vie En Rose"
Marion Cotillard became one of those rare actresses who was able to skip the ingénue stage and enter Hollywood immediately as a full-fledged movie star. This is exactly what she confirmed when, in 2007, she appeared out of nowhere in the living, breathing, singing and drunken image of the famous French singer Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose, beating out hundreds of actresses in the audition. For playing this role, the irresistible, patient and, of course, lucky Marion Cotillard, unexpectedly for many, took the Oscar with her to France.
"Johnny D."
In 2009, Marion Cotillard repeated her success in the drama directed by Michael Mann. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Ronan Bonnett and Anne Biderman about the Great Depression, Enemies of the State. The plot of the film was dedicated to American life in the 30s and 40s, when the United States was hit by a crime wave that the state was trying to stop.
At this time, the names of famous bandit leaders were on everyone's lips: John Dillinger, Charles Floyd and Lestor Gillies. The first was played by Johnny Depp, and the famous FBI agent Melvin Purvis was played by Christian Bale. The beautiful Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard appeared in the frame as Dillinger's girlfriend, bar singer Billie Frechette.
Then in 2009, Marion Cotillard brilliantly played roles in the popular films “The Last Flight”, “Nine”, “The Beginning”. Over the next couple of years, the actress made a significant appearance in the films: “Little Secrets,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Contagion” and “The Dark Knight Rises.” In the last film, Marion Cotillard played the role of Miranda Tate.
In the spring of 2012, the film “Rust and Bone” was released. The film was about two disabled people, one of whom was physically disabled and the other emotionally. Marion played the first, a killer whale trainer who lost her legs in an accident. And her heroine was brought back to life by a former patient of a psychiatric hospital, played by the young actor Mathias Skunarts.
2013
In 2013, Marion Cotillard was also not deprived of the attention of film publishers. The actress finished filming Guillaume Canet’s next film, “Blood Ties.” The film, directed and co-written by James Gray, stars Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana and Marion Cotillard's Rust and Bone co-star Matthias Schunaerts. The film took place in the 1970s in Brooklyn, and the plot told about organized crime and the life of two brothers, who, by the will of fate, found themselves on opposite sides of the law.
At the same time, in 2013, the melodrama “The Bottom” with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner was released. Marion Cotillard played the main role of immigrant Monica, who at the beginning of the last century went to Alice Island in search of the American Dream. And in the film “The Immigrant”, all the same year, Marion Cotillard became Eva Cybulski.
Besides
A big fan of Canadian rock singer Hawksley Workman, Marion Cotillard starred in two of his videos.
Personal life
Marion Cotillard's home is in France, but she often has to be torn between Paris and New York, filming several films at the same time. And when she returns to France, she simply enjoys it! Marion Cotillard loves her country very much, but she can also live as a gypsy.
Since 2007, Marion Cotillard has been de facto married to actor Guillaume Canet, to whom she has been engaged since December 2008. The couple has a son, Marcel Canet.
Interesting Facts
In 2000, Marion Cotillard was a member of the jury at the Gérardmer Fantastic Film Festival.
Due to her resemblance, Marion Cotillard is sometimes confused with Flyleaf vocalist Lacey Mosley.
Marion Cotillard is a staunch environmentalist and is a representative of the Greenpeace organization.
Marion Cotillard has two younger twin brothers, Quentin and Guillaume. The first is a sculptor and artist, the second is a writer.
For the role of Edith Piaf in the film La Vie En Rose, Marion Cotillard was chosen from hundreds of actresses who dreamed of playing the brilliant “sparrow.” For authenticity and greater resemblance to Edith Piaf, Cotillard had to cut off some of the hair and shave off the eyebrows, which were later drawn on with a black pencil. When Marion Cotillard played the already aged singer, she had to sit in the makeup artist’s chair for several hours a day.
In 2008, Marion Cotillard was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress for the film La Vie En Rose, in which she played the role of Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard became the second actress in the history of the award to win an Oscar for her role in a foreign language film. Previously, only the Italian Sophia Loren, who received an Oscar in 1962, managed to achieve such success.
Marion Cotillard is the godmother of the Italian cruise ship Costa Serena. In 2010, the actress was knighted in the Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution to the development of French culture.
Marion Cotillard surprised Toronto with an unusual outfit. The actress arrived at the premiere of the film “Rust and Bone” (as part of the film festival that opened on September 6, 2012) in a luxurious dress with metallic trim. Smokey eyes, yellow nail polish, a massive gold bracelet and blue shoes completed the original outfit.
Harvard University students named Marion Cotillard "Woman of the Year" in 2013 and presented her with the Pudding Pot Award. The prize is a joke, but, nevertheless, Marion Cotillard came in person to get her pot.
Marion Cotillard is the face of the Dior fashion house
Author: Alexey Generalov.
Sources of information: “Marion Cotillard”, article, Wikipedia website. “Marion Cotillard”, article, KinoTeatr website. Based on network materials.
Personal life
The love of my life met a star from France on the set. This happened while working on the film “Love Me If You Dare,” when Cotillard met Guillaume Canet. The beautiful couple's on-screen relationship has grown into a real one. The French actor and director broke up with his wife and since then remains the only man in Marion’s life. In 2011, the couple had a child, which became the first for both of them.
To the delight of fans, the actress does not stop filming. One of her latest achievements is participation in the military drama “Macbeth”, in which she played the main female role. The plot of the new film echoes Shakespeare's play of the same name. In 2020, other interesting new products with her participation will appear.
