Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born 11 May 1978 in Pont-Audemer) is a French actress and model.
She is of Corsican descent on her father's side. She became a "GUESS? Girl" in 1993 and gained further recognition as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1998 to 2000 and as a spokesperson for cosmetics company L'Oréal. She has appeared on over 100 covers of such popular magazines as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle, and Glamour, and has modeled for designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Lolita Lempicka, and Vivienne Westwood.
She became an actress in 1999, starting with the blockbuster Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar and the World War II miniseries The Blue Bicycle. That year her face was also used to sculpt busts of Marianne (the personnification of the French Republic) to adorn many city halls in France.
She's married to actor and director Louis Garrel since 2017. She's appeared in several of his directing projects.
Selected roles:
Film & Television:
- Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999) as Panacea
- The Blue Bicycle (2000) as Léa Delmas
- Born in '68 (2008) as Catherine
- Gainsbourg (2010) as Brigitte Bardot
- A Faithful Man (2018) as Marianne
- The Crusade (2021) as Marianne
Others:
