1. Sophie Marceau became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'Etudiante, Pacific Palisades, Fanfan and Revenge of the Musketeers.
26 Facts About Sophie Marceau
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Sophie Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart, Firelight, Anna Karenina and as Elektra King in the 19th James Bond film The World Is Not Enough.
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Sophie Marceau has appeared on more than 300 magazine covers worldwide and been the face of numerous luxury brands.
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Sophie Marceau was made Officer in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Minister of Culture of France in 2003 and in 2015, it was revealed that she had refused the Legion of Honour.
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Sophie Marceau was born 17 November 1966 in Paris, the second child of Simone, who was a shop assistant, and Benoit Maupu, a truck driver.
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Sophie Marceau's parents divorced when she was nine years old.
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Sophie Marceau had photos taken at the agency, but did not think anything would come of it.
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In 1981, Sophie Marceau made her singing debut with French singer Francois Valery on record "Dream in Blue", written by Pierre Delanoe.
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In 1982, at age 16, Sophie Marceau bought back her contract with Gaumont for one million French francs.
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In 1989, Sophie Marceau starred in My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days, which was directed by her long-time partner Andrzej Zulawski.
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Sophie Marceau achieved international recognition in 1995 playing the role of Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
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In 2000, Sophie Marceau teamed up again with her then-partner Andrzej Zulawski to film Fidelity, playing the role of a talented photographer who takes a job at a scandal-mongering tabloid and becomes romantically involved with an eccentric children's book publisher.
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Since the early 2000s, Sophie Marceau has has appeared in a wide variety of roles, mainly in French films, playing a widowed nurse in Nelly in 2004, an undercover police agent in Anthony Zimmer in 2005, and the troubled daughter of a murdered film star in Trivial in 2007.
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In 2008, Sophie Marceau played a member of the French Resistance movement in Female Agents, and a struggling single mother in LOL.
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In 2010, Sophie Marceau played a successful business executive forced to confront her unhappy childhood in With Love.
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In 2012, Sophie Marceau played a 40-something career woman who falls in love with a young jazz musician in Happiness Never Comes Alone.
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Sophie Marceau was selected to be on the jury for the main competition section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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In 1996, Sophie Marceau published the semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse.
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Sophie Marceau's work was described as "an exploration of female identity".
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In 2002, Sophie Marceau made her directorial debut in the feature film Speak to Me of Love, for which she was named Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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Since 2008, Sophie Marceau is an international ambassador for high-end jeweller Chaumet based in Paris.
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Sophie Marceau had a relationship with actor Christopher Lambert beginning in 2007, with whom she appeared in the films Trivial and Cartagena.
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In 2016, for about 10 months, Sophie Marceau was in a relationship with the chef and restaurant owner Cyril Lignac.
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Sophie Marceau is a classically trained cellist, as seen in the 1999 film Lost and Found.
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Sophie Marceau is one of the most well-known Western actors in Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea and most importantly China, owing to her films, her countless local advertising campaigns and her role as a cultural ambassador of France in these countries since the 1980s.
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Sophie Marceau was invited to sing "La Vie en rose" in China in a duet with Liu Huan for the 2014 CCTV's New Year gala which was watched by over 700 million people ushering in the nation's week-long holiday.