Marion Cotillard

Actress

	Happy Birthday September 30, 1975
	Birthplace France
	Age 45
	Birth Sign Libra

In the Beginning

Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975, in Paris, France. She grew up near Orléans in a household that was artistically inclined. Her mother is Niseema Theillaud, a drama teacher and an actress. Her father is Jean Claude Cotillard who worked as a 2006 Molière Award-winning director, former mime, teacher, and actor. She has two younger brothers who are twins, Guillaume and Quentin. Guillaume went on to become a director and screenwriter. Cotillard started acting even during her childhood. Even appearing on the stage for one of her father's plays. After a few small performances and appearances in the theater. Cotillard began to receive minor roles in television series like Highlander. She acted in her first English-speaking role when she was only 17 years old, and played the role of Lore Bellian in the episode titled “Nowhere to Run”. She even has an uncredited role in another episode titled “Saving Grace” where she appears as giving birth in one scene. Her true career as a film actress did not start until the middle of the 1990s. She managed to get into small roles in films like My Sex Life...Or How I Got Into an Argument and even in a comedy called La Belle Verte.

Career Accomplishments

Marion Cotillard has achieved worldwide fame and even awards for her performances in films like The Immigrant, A Very Long Engagement, Nine, La Vie en Rose, and other films. She received critical acclaim and awards for the role she played in La Vie en Rose. The awards she received included the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, an Academy Award, César Award, and the BAFTA Award. As of 2015, Cotillard is the only actor ever to win an Academy Award for a performance in the French language. In 2010 she also received a Critics' Choice Award and Golden nominations for the amazing performance she did in the musical film Nine.

Most Known For

Marion Cotillard is well known for the roles she has played in past film performances. Many fans will recognize her for the films she starred in like: A Very Long Engagement in 2004, La Vie en Rose in 2007, Nine in 2009, Inception in 2010, The Immigrant in 2013, and Two Days, One Night in 2014. Her films are a worldwide success too. Grossing in over $3 billion for the worldwide box office. In 2014 she has even been named “The Most Bankable French Actress of the 21^st Century.”

Where Is She Now

If her talented film work were not enough already. Cotillard has also been involved in other projects in recent years. In 2011 supported Chief Raoni publicly in his fight against the Belo Monte Dam in Braze and even signed his petition. She was featured in Kate Winslet's book “The Golden Hat: Talking Back To Autism” in 2012 with celebrity self-portraits. In order to help raise support and awareness for autism launched by the Winslet's Golden Hat Foundation Cotillard also signed “The Tiger Manifesto” in February 2014. The campaign's focus is to end the everyday products that are being manufactured that cause forest destruction.