Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau
Sophie Marceau (2007)
Born	Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu (1966-11-17) 17 November 1966 Paris, France
Occupation	Actress, author, director, screenwriter
Years active	1980–present
Partner	Andrzej Żuławski (1985–2001) Jim Lemley Christopher Lambert (2007–present)

Sophie Marceau (French pronunciation: [sÉ”fi maÊ�so]; born 17 November 1966) is a French actress, director, screenwriter, and author. She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum (1980) and La boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), and Fanfan (1993). In the 1990s, Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), and the James Bond thriller The World Is Not Enough (1999).

Early life

Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu was born 17 November 1966 in Paris, France, the second child of Simone (née Morisset), a shop assistant, and Benoît Maupu, a truck driver. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old.

Film career

César Awards (1996)

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 movie, not only in France, where 4.5 million tickets were sold, but several other European countries and Japan.^{citation needed} In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on record "Dream in Blue", written by Delanoë.^{citation needed}

In 1982, at the age of 15, Marceau bought back her contract with Gaumont for one million French francs. She borrowed most of the money. After starring in the sequel film La boum 2 (1982), Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne in 1984 with Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve, Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) in 1984, L'amour braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) in 1986. In 1988, she starred in L'étudiante (The Student) and Chouans!. That year, Marceau was named Best Romantic Actress at the International Festival of Romantic Movies for her role in Chouans!

In 1989, Marceau starred in Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (My Nights Are More Beautiful than your Days), which was directed by her long-time boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski. In 1990, she starred in Pacific Palisades and La note bleue, her third film directed by her companion. In 1991, she ventured into the theater in Eurydice, which earned Marceau the Moliere Award for Best Female Newcomer. Throughout the 1990s, Marceau began making less-dramatic films, such as the comedy Fanfan in 1993 and La fille de D'artagnan in 1994—both popular in Europe and abroad. That year, she returned to the theatre as Eliza Dolittle in Pygmalion.

Marceau achieved international recognition in 1995 as Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's Braveheart. That year, she was part of an ensemble of international actors in the French film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders, Beyond the Clouds. In 1997, she continued her string of successful films with William Nicholson's Firelight, filmed in England, Véra Belmont's Marquise, filmed in France, and Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina. In 1999, she played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and became a villainess Bond girl in her role as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough. In 2000, Marceau teamed up again with her then-boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski to film La fidélité.

Author and director

Cannes Film Festival (2005)

In 1995, Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse (engl. translation Telling Lies published in 2001). Marceau's work was described as "an exploration of female identity". Marceau describes what the narrator is going through:

In 2002, Marceau made her directorial debut in the feature film Parlez-moi d'amour , for which she was named Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film starred Judith Godrèche. It was her second effort at directing (she made the nine-minute short film L'aube à l'envers in 1995, which also starred Godrèche).

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 Żuławski and became involved with producer Jim Lemley and later gave birth to her second child, Juliette, born in London in 2002. Since 2007, she has been in a relationship with Christopher Lambert, with whom she appeared in La disparue de Deauville.

Filmography

Actress

Year	Title	English Title	Role
1980	La boum	The Party	Vic Beretton
1982	La boum 2	The Party 2	Vic Beretton
1984	Fort Saganne		Madeleine de Saint-Ilette
1984	Joyeuses Pâques	Happy Easter	Julie
1985	L'amour braque	Mad Love	Mary
1985	Police	Police	Noria
1986	Descente aux enfers	Descent Into Hell	Lola Kolber
1988	L'étudiante	The Student	Valentine Ezquerra
1988	Chouans!		Céline
1989	Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours	My Nights Are More Beautiful than your Days	Blanche
1990	Pacific Palisades		Bernadette
1991	Pour Sacha	For Sacha	Laura
1991	La note bleue	The Blue Note	Solange Sand
1993	Fanfan	Fanfan & Alexandre	Fanfan
1994	La fille de d'Artagnan	Revenge of the Musketeers D'Artagnan's Daughter	Eloïse d'Artagnan
1995	Braveheart		Princess Isabelle
1995	Al di là delle nuvole	Beyond the Clouds	The Girl in Portofino
1997	Anna Karenina		Anna Karenina
1997	Marquise		Marquise du Parc
1997	Firelight		Élisabeth Laurier
1999	Lost & Found		Lila Dubois
1999	A Midsummer Night's Dream		Hippolyta
1999	The World Is Not Enough		Elektra King
2000	La fidélité	Fidelity	Clélia
2001	Belphégor – Le fantôme du Louvre	Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre	Lisa
2003	Alex & Emma		Polina Delacroix
2003	Je reste!	I'm Staying!	Marie-Dominique Delpire
2003	Les clefs de bagnole	The Car Keys	La clapman
2004	À ce soir	Nelly	Nelly
2005	Anthony Zimmer		Chiara Manzoni
2007	La disparue de Deauville	Trivial	Lucie/Victoria
2008	Les femmes de l'ombre	Female Agents	Louise Desfontaines
2008	LOL (Laughing Out Loud)		Anne
2008	De l'autre côté du lit	Changing Sides	Ariane Marciac
2009	Ne te retourne pas	Don't Look Back	Jeanne #1
2009	L'homme de chevet	Cartagena	Muriel
2010	L'âge de raison	With Love... from the Age of Reason	Marguerite alias Margaret Flore
2012	Un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul

Writer and director

Year	Title	English Title
1995	L'aube à l'envers
2002	Parlez-moi d'amour	Speak to Me of Love
2007	La disparue de Deauville	Trivial

Honors and awards

• 1983 César Award for Most Promising Actress for La boum 2
• 1988 Cabourg Award for Best Actress for Chouans!
• 2000 Cabourg Award for Best Actress for La fidélité
• 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress for The World Is Not Enough
• 2000 Cannes Film Festival Caméra d'Or Award
• 2002 Montréal World Film Festival Award for Best Director for Speak to Me of Love
• 2002 Montréal World Film Festival Grand Prix Special des Amériques Nomination
• 2007 Montréal World Film Festival Grand Prix Special des Amériques
• 2008 Monte-Carlo Comedy Film Festival Jury Prize for LOL (Laughing Out Loud)

External links

• Sophie Marceau at the Internet Movie Database
• Sophie Marceau at AllRovi
• Sophie Marceau at Yahoo! Movies