Sophie Marceau

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Updated: 2009-10-30 14:20

Birth Name: Sophie MarceauSophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu

Date of Birth: 17th. November, 1966

Birth Place: Paris, France.

Father: Benoît Maupu, a truck driver.

Mother: Simone (née Morisset), a shop assistant.

Start of Career:

In February 1980, Marceau and her mother came across a model agency looking for teenagers. Marceau had photos taken at the agency but did not think anything would come of it. At the same time, Françoise Menidrey, the casting director for Claude Pinoteau's La Boum (1980), asked modeling agencies to recommend a new teenager for the project. After viewing the rushes, Alain Poiré, the director of the Gaumont Film Company, signed Marceau to a long-term contract. La Boum was a hit not only in France, where 4.5 million tickets were sold, but several other European countries and Japan.

In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on "Dream in Blue," written by Delanoë.

Personal Life: Marceau had a 17 year relationship with director Andrzej Żuławski, who is 26 years her senior. Their son Vincent was born in June 1995. In 2001, Marceau separated from Zulawski and became involved with producer Jim Lemley and later gave birth to her second child, Juliette, born in London in 2002. She is now dating actor Christopher Lambert.

Films:

La Boum (The Party) (1980)

La Boum 2 (1982)

Fort Saganne (1984)

Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) (1984)

L'Amour braque (Mad Love) (1985)

Police (Police) (1985)

Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) (1986)

L'Étudiante (The Student) (1988) – Valentine Ezquerra

Chouans! (1988) – Céline

Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (My Nights are more Beautiful than your Days) (1989) – Blanche

Pacific Palisades (1990) – Bernadette

Pour Sacha (For Sacha) (1991) – Laura

La Note bleue (The Blue Note) (1991) – Solange Sand

Fanfan (Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993) – Fanfan

La Fille de d'Artagnan (D'Artagnan's Daughter) (1994) – Eloïse d'Artagnan

Braveheart (1995) – Princess Isabelle

Beyond the Clouds (Al di là delle nuvole) (1995)

Anna Karenina (1997) – Anna Karenina

Marquise (1997, by Véra Belmont) – Marquise du Parc

Firelight (1997, by William Nicholson) – Élisabeth Laurier

Lost & Found (1999) – Lila Dubois

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) – Hippolyta

The World Is Not Enough (1999) – Elektra King

La Fidélité (Fidelity) (2000) – Clélia

Belphégor – Le fantôme du Louvre (Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre) (2001) – Lisa

Alex and Emma (2003) – Polina Delacroix

Je reste! (2003) – Marie-Dominique Delpire

Les clefs de bagnole (The Car Keys) (2003)

A ce soir (2004) – Nelly

Anthony Zimmer (2005) – Chiara Manzoni

La Disparue de Deauville (2007) – Lucie/Victoria

Les Femmes de l'Ombre (Female Agents) (2008)

LOL (Laughing out loud) (2008)

De l'autre côté du lit (2008)

Don't Look Back (2009)

Writer and director:

L'Aube à l'envers (short film) (1995)

Speak to Me of Love (2002)

La Disparue de Deauville (2007)