Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Cotillard at Cannes 2012 Born (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 (age 39) Paris, France Citizenship French Occupation Actress, singer Years active 1993–present Partner(s) Guillaume Canet (2007–present) Children 1 Academy Awards Best Actress 2007 La Vie en Rose Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Musical or Comedy 2007 La Vie en Rose BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role 2007 La Vie en Rose César Awards Best Actress 2007 La Vie en Rose Best Supporting Actress 2004 A Very Long Engagement Marion Cotillard (French pronunciation:  [ma.ʁjɔ kɔ.ti.jaʁ]; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, singer, songwriter, environmentalist and spokesperson for Greenpeace. She has garnered worldwide acclaim and awards for her performances in films such as A Very Long Engagement (2004), La Vie en Rose (2007), Nine (2009), Inception (2010), Rust and Bone (2012), The Immigrant (2013), and Two Days, One Night (2014). In 2007, Cotillard starred as French singer Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, for which she received critical acclaim and won several awards, including the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, César Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She is the first and (as of 2014) only actor to win an Academy Award for a performance in the French language. In 2010, she received a Golden Globe for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical and Critics' Choice Award nomination for her performance in the musical film Nine. In 2012, she received wide acclaim for her performance as an amputee orca trainer in Rust and Bone; she was awarded the Globes de Cristal Award, Irish Film & Television Award and the Hawaii International Film Festival Award for Best Actress and received nominations for the Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, AACTA Award, Lumières Award and the César Award. In 2014, she received rave reviews for her lead performances in The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night, scoring her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for the latter. Cotillard's other notable films include Chloé (1996), Furia (1999), Lisa (2001), Les Jolies Choses (2001), Big Fish (2003), Mary (2005), Toi et Moi (2006), Dikkenek (2006), A Good Year (2006), Public Enemies (2009), Little White Lies (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Contagion (2011) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Her films have grossed more than 3 billion dollars at the worldwide box-office. In 2014, Cotillard was named "The Most Bankable French Actress of the 21st Century", her films accumulating more than 37 million in ticket sales in France from 2001 to 2014. She has been the face of Lady Dior handbags since 2008 and has appeared on more than 200 magazine covers around the world, among them Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Variety, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Madame Figaro, Glamour, W, The Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal Magazine. She appeared on the cover of the first issue of Dior Magazine in September 2012.