Sophie Marceau
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Sophie Marceau 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).
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. In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on record "Dream in Blue", written by Delanoë.
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.
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).
and later gave birth to her second child, Juliette, born in London in 2002. Since 2007, she has been in a relation with Christopher Lambert
, with whom she appeared in La disparue de Deauville.
La boum
La boum is a 1980 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau, and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau appearing in her film début. The movie was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing...
(1980) and La boum 2
La boum 2
La boum 2 is a 1982 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, and Lambert Wilson. La boum 2 is the sequel to La boum...
(1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress
César Award for Most Promising Actress
The following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'étudiante
L'étudiante
L'étudiante is a 1988 French film directed by Claude Pinoteau.- Cast :* Sophie Marceau as Valentine Ezquerra* Vincent Lindon as Ned* Élisabeth Vitali as Celine* Jean-Claude Leguay as Charly* Elena Pompei as Patricia...
(1988), Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades (film)
Pacific Palisades is a 1990 French-American comedy film directed by Bernard Schmitt, and starring Sophie Marceau in her American film debut, Adam Coleman Howard, and Anne E. Curry. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California.- Plot :...
(1990), and Fanfan
Fanfan
Fanfan is a 1993 French romantic comedy written and directed by Alexandre Jardin, and starring Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez...
(1993). In the 1990s, Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart
Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace...
(1995), Firelight
Firelight
Firelight is a 1997 period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson, and starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. This was Nicholson's first and only film as a director.- Plot :...
(1997), and the James Bond thriller The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...
(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
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'sClaude Pinoteau
Claude Pinoteau is a French film director and scriptwriter. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts de Seine, Île-de-France, France.- Filmography :* 1971 : It Only Happens to Others...
La boum
La boum
La boum is a 1980 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau, and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau appearing in her film début. The movie was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing...
(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
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont Film Company is a French film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont . Gaumont is the oldest continously operating film company in the world....
, 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. In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with French singer François Valéry on record "Dream in Blue", written by Delanoë.
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
La boum 2
La boum 2 is a 1982 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, and Lambert Wilson. La boum 2 is the sequel to La boum...
(1982), Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including Fort Saganne
Fort Saganne
Fort Saganne is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Louis Gardel. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival...
in 1984 with Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu is a French actor and filmmaker. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite and has twice won the César Award for Best Actor...
and Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve
Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...
, Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) in 1984, L'amour braque and Police
Police (1985 film)
Police is a 1985 French film, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau and Sandrine Bonnaire. It was directed by Maurice Pialat and written by Catherine Breillat.-Plot:...
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
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Żuławski is a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland . Żuławski has often gone against mainstream commercialism in his films,and has enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences....
. In 1990, she starred in Pacific Palisades
Pacific Palisades (film)
Pacific Palisades is a 1990 French-American comedy film directed by Bernard Schmitt, and starring Sophie Marceau in her American film debut, Adam Coleman Howard, and Anne E. Curry. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California.- Plot :...
and La note bleue, her third film directed by her companion. In 1991, she ventured into the theater in Eurydice
Eurydice (Anouilh play)
Eurydice is a play by French writer Jean Anouilh, written in 1941. The story is set in the 1930s, among a troupe of travelling performers. It combines skepticism about romance in general and the intensity of the relationship between Orpheus and Eurydice with an other-worldly mysticism...
, which earned Marceau the Moliere Award
Molière Award
The Molière Award is the national theatre award of France decided by the Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre and given out every April or May since 1987, during a ceremony called La Nuit des Molières . The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the...
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
Isabella of France
Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre...
in Mel Gibson's
Mel Gibson
Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson, AO is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art.After appearing in...
Braveheart
Braveheart
Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace...
. That year, she was part of an ensemble of international actors in the French film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer.- Personal life :...
and Wim Wenders
Wim Wenders
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders is a German film director, playwright, author, photographer and producer.-Early life:Wenders was born in Düsseldorf. He graduated from high school in Oberhausen in the Ruhr area. He then studied medicine and philosophy in Freiburg and Düsseldorf...
, Beyond the Clouds
Beyond the Clouds (1995 film)
Beyond the Clouds is a 1995 Italian-French-German film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders.- Plot :Four stories of love and illusion are told from the perspective of a wandering film director. In the first story, two beautiful young lovers are unable to consummate their passion...
. 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
Anna Karenina (1997 film)
Anna Karenina is a 1997 film by director Bernard Rose, and starring Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean. The film is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. It was the first international version to be filmed entirely in Russia, at locations in St...
. In 1999, she played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel,...
, and became a villainess Bond girl
Bond girl
A Bond girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest, of James Bond in a film, novel, or video game. They occasionally have names that are double entendres or puns, such as "Pussy Galore", "Plenty O'Toole", "Xenia Onatopp", or "Holly Goodhead"...
in her role as Elektra King
Elektra King
Elektra Vavra King is a fictional character, and primary antagonist in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. She is played by Sophie Marceau.- Fictional character history :...
in The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough
The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...
. In 2000, Marceau teamed up again with her then-boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Zulawski
Andrzej Żuławski is a Polish film director. He was born in Lwów, Poland . Żuławski has often gone against mainstream commercialism in his films,and has enjoyed success mostly with European art-house audiences....
to film La fidélité.
Author and director
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
Speak to Me of Love
Speak to Me of Love is a 2002 French motion picture. It is the first feature-length motion picture that actress Sophie Marceau directed. A story of the breakup of a long-term relationship, it is said to mirror her own life.-Primary cast:...
, for which she was named Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival
Montreal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
. 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 LemleyJim Lemley
Jim Lemley is an American film and television producer based in Paris and Los Angeles. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with leading directors, actors, and producers to create both feature films and television across various genres.-Early life:Born March 9, 1965, Lemley is the son of...
and later gave birth to her second child, Juliette, born in London in 2002. Since 2007, she has been in a relation with Christopher Lambert
Christopher Lambert
Christophe Guy Denis "Christopher" Lambert is an American-born French actor who has appeared in French, European and American productions. He is best known for his role as Connor MacLeod, or simply "The Highlander", from the movie and subsequent movie franchise series of the same name...
, with whom she appeared in La disparue de Deauville.
Actress
| Year | Title | English Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | La boum La boum La boum is a 1980 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau, and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, and Sophie Marceau appearing in her film début. The movie was an international box-office hit. The music was written by Vladimir Cosma, with Richard Sanderson singing... |
The Party | Vic Beretton |
| 1982 | La boum 2 La boum 2 La boum 2 is a 1982 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, and Lambert Wilson. La boum 2 is the sequel to La boum... |
The Party 2 | Vic Beretton |
| 1984 | Fort Saganne Fort Saganne Fort Saganne is a 1984 French war film directed by Alain Corneau, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Louis Gardel. It was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival... |
Madeleine de Saint-Ilette | |
| 1984 | Joyeuses Pâques | Happy Easter | Julie |
| 1985 | L'amour braque L'amour braque L'amour braque is a 1985 French language motion picture comedy directed by Andrzej Zulawski. According to the film credits, L'amour braque was inspired by Dostoyevsky's The Idiot and was intended as a homage to the great writer.- Plot :... |
Mad Love | Mary |
| 1985 | Police Police (1985 film) Police is a 1985 French film, starring Gérard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau and Sandrine Bonnaire. It was directed by Maurice Pialat and written by Catherine Breillat.-Plot:... |
Police | Noria |
| 1986 | Descente aux enfers | Descent Into Hell | Lola Kolber |
| 1988 | L'étudiante L'étudiante L'étudiante is a 1988 French film directed by Claude Pinoteau.- Cast :* Sophie Marceau as Valentine Ezquerra* Vincent Lindon as Ned* Élisabeth Vitali as Celine* Jean-Claude Leguay as Charly* Elena Pompei as Patricia... |
The Student | Valentine Ezquerra |
| 1988 | Chouans! Chouans! Chouans! is a 1988 French war adventure directed by Philippe de Broca, and starring Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, and Sophie Marceau, who received the Best Actress Award at the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival for her performance.... |
Céline | |
| 1989 | Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours | My Nights Are More Beautiful than your Days | Blanche |
| 1990 | Pacific Palisades Pacific Palisades (film) Pacific Palisades is a 1990 French-American comedy film directed by Bernard Schmitt, and starring Sophie Marceau in her American film debut, Adam Coleman Howard, and Anne E. Curry. The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California.- Plot :... |
Bernadette | |
| 1991 | Pour Sacha Pour Sacha Pour Sacha is a 1991 French romantic drama directed by Alexandre Arcady, and starring Sophie Marceau, Gérard Darmon, and Ayelet Zurer... |
For Sacha | Laura |
| 1991 | La note bleue | The Blue Note | Solange Sand |
| 1993 | Fanfan Fanfan Fanfan is a 1993 French romantic comedy written and directed by Alexandre Jardin, and starring Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez... |
Fanfan & Alexandre | Fanfan |
| 1994 | La fille de d'Artagnan Revenge of the Musketeers Revenge of the Musketeers is a 1994 French action adventure film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, and Nils Tavernier. The film was released in the United States as Revenge of the Musketeers... |
Revenge of the Musketeers Revenge of the Musketeers Revenge of the Musketeers is a 1994 French action adventure film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, and Nils Tavernier. The film was released in the United States as Revenge of the Musketeers... D'Artagnan's Daughter Revenge of the Musketeers Revenge of the Musketeers is a 1994 French action adventure film directed by Bertrand Tavernier, and starring Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, and Nils Tavernier. The film was released in the United States as Revenge of the Musketeers... |
Eloïse d'Artagnan |
| 1995 | Braveheart Braveheart Braveheart is a 1995 epic historical drama war film directed by and starring Mel Gibson. The film was written for the screen and then novelized by Randall Wallace... |
Princess Isabelle Isabella of France Isabella of France , sometimes described as the She-wolf of France, was Queen consort of England as the wife of Edward II of England. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of Philip IV of France and Joan I of Navarre... |
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| 1995 | Al di là delle nuvole Beyond the Clouds (1995 film) Beyond the Clouds is a 1995 Italian-French-German film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders.- Plot :Four stories of love and illusion are told from the perspective of a wandering film director. In the first story, two beautiful young lovers are unable to consummate their passion... |
Beyond the Clouds Beyond the Clouds (1995 film) Beyond the Clouds is a 1995 Italian-French-German film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders.- Plot :Four stories of love and illusion are told from the perspective of a wandering film director. In the first story, two beautiful young lovers are unable to consummate their passion... |
The Girl in Portofino |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina Anna Karenina (1997 film) Anna Karenina is a 1997 film by director Bernard Rose, and starring Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean. The film is an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Leo Tolstoy. It was the first international version to be filmed entirely in Russia, at locations in St... |
Anna Karenina | |
| 1997 | Marquise Marquise (film) Marquise is a 1997 French dramatic film directed by Véra Belmont, and starring Sophie Marceau, Bernard Giraudeau, and Lambert Wilson. The film is set in seventeenth century France and includes several historical figures, such as Moliere, Racine, and King Louis XIV.- Plot :While four actresses from... |
Marquise du Parc | |
| 1997 | Firelight Firelight Firelight is a 1997 period romance/drama film written and directed by William Nicholson, and starring Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane. This was Nicholson's first and only film as a director.- Plot :... |
Élisabeth Laurier | |
| 1999 | Lost & Found | Lila Dubois | |
| 1999 | A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 American film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel,... |
Hippolyta Hippolyta In Greek mythology, Hippolyta or Hippolyte is the Amazonian queen who possessed a magical girdle she was given by her father Ares, the god of war. The girdle was a waist belt that signified her authority as queen of the Amazons.... |
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| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough The World Is Not Enough The World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It... |
Elektra King Elektra King Elektra Vavra King is a fictional character, and primary antagonist in the 1999 James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. She is played by Sophie Marceau.- Fictional character history :... |
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| 2000 | La fidélité | Fidelity | Clélia |
| 2001 | Belphégor – Le fantôme du Louvre Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre is a 2001 French feature film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. It is based on a novel by Arthur Bernède... |
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 (film) Nelly is a 2004 French drama film directed by Laure Duthilleul. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sophie Marceau - Nelly* Antoine Chappey - Jose* Fabio Zenoni - Serge* Gérald Laroche - René... |
Nelly | Nelly |
| 2005 | Anthony Zimmer Anthony Zimmer Anthony Zimmer is a 2005 French romantic thriller film directed by Jérôme Salle starring Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal. The film spawned an American-produced remake in 2010 titled The Tourist.-Plot:... |
Chiara Manzoni | |
| 2007 | La disparue de Deauville | Trivial | Lucie/Victoria |
| 2008 | Les femmes de l'ombre Les Femmes de l'ombre Female Agents is a French film about female resistance fighters in the Second World War... |
Female Agents | Louise Desfontaines |
| 2008 | LOL (Laughing Out Loud) LOL (Laughing Out Loud) LOL is a 2008 French comedy movie directed by Lisa Azuelos, who co-wrote its screenplay with Delgado Nans. It stars Sophie Marceau, who plays a mother of a girl named Lola, whose nickname is Lol... |
Anne | |
| 2008 | De l'autre côté du lit De l'autre côté du lit De l'autre côté du lit is a 2008 French comedy film directed by Pascale Pouzadoux, adapted from the novel of the same name by Alix Girod de l'Ain.- Plot :... |
Changing Sides | Ariane Marciac |
| 2009 | Ne te retourne pas Don't Look Back (2009 film) Don't Look Back is a 2009 French thriller film directed by Marina de Van, and starring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci.- Plot :Jeanne, a married woman with two young children, starts to notice small changes taking place in the arrangement of objects in her family's home—furniture, pictures,... |
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 L'aube à l'envers L'aube à l'envers is a 1995 French short film directed by Sophie Marceau. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.... |
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| 2002 | Parlez-moi d'amour Speak to Me of Love Speak to Me of Love is a 2002 French motion picture. It is the first feature-length motion picture that actress Sophie Marceau directed. A story of the breakup of a long-term relationship, it is said to mirror her own life.-Primary cast:... |
Speak to Me of Love Speak to Me of Love Speak to Me of Love is a 2002 French motion picture. It is the first feature-length motion picture that actress Sophie Marceau directed. A story of the breakup of a long-term relationship, it is said to mirror her own life.-Primary cast:... |
| 2007 | La disparue de Deauville | Trivial |
Honors and awards
- 1983 César Award for Most Promising ActressCésar Award for Most Promising ActressThe following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
for La boum 2La boum 2La boum 2 is a 1982 French language motion picture comedy directed by Claude Pinoteau and starring Claude Brasseur, Brigitte Fossey, Sophie Marceau, and Lambert Wilson. La boum 2 is the sequel to La boum... - 1988 Cabourg Award for Best Actress for Chouans!Chouans!Chouans! is a 1988 French war adventure directed by Philippe de Broca, and starring Philippe Noiret, Vincent Schmitt, Raoul Billerey, and Sophie Marceau, who received the Best Actress Award at the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival for her performance....
- 2000 Cabourg Award for Best Actress for La fidélité
- 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress for The World Is Not EnoughThe World Is Not EnoughThe World Is Not Enough is the nineteenth spy film in the James Bond film series, and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film was directed by Michael Apted, with the original story and screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Bruce Feirstein. It...
- 2000 Cannes Film Festival Caméra d'Or AwardCaméra d'OrThe Caméra d'Or is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections ....
- 2002 Montréal World Film Festival AwardMontreal World Film FestivalThe Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...
for Best Director for Speak to Me of LoveSpeak to Me of LoveSpeak to Me of Love is a 2002 French motion picture. It is the first feature-length motion picture that actress Sophie Marceau directed. A story of the breakup of a long-term relationship, it is said to mirror her own life.-Primary cast:... - 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)LOL (Laughing Out Loud)LOL is a 2008 French comedy movie directed by Lisa Azuelos, who co-wrote its screenplay with Delgado Nans. It stars Sophie Marceau, who plays a mother of a girl named Lola, whose nickname is Lol...