Marion Cotillard (born September 30, 1975 in Paris) is a French actress.
The daughter of playwright and stage director Jean-Claude Cotillard, she's been active on French television and in movies since the mid-nineties. She became known due to the popular success of the Taxi film series and reached national recognition with her César award for Best Supporting Actress in A Very Long Engagement, then international stardom with La Vie en Rose (for which she won the best actress Oscar). She's perhaps the favorite French actress of Hollywood since the early 2010s, having appeared in a number of high profile films including two from Christopher Nolan.
She has been in a relationship with actor and director Guillaume Canet since 2007. The pair have a son, Marcel, born in 2011, and a daughter, Louise, born in 2017.
Roles:
- Lori Bellian in Highlander (1993)
- Lili Bertineau in the Taxi series (1998-2003)
- Joséphine Bloom in Big Fish (2003)
- Sophie in Love Me if You Dare (2003)
- Tina Lombardi in A Very Long Engagement (2004)
- Fanny Chenal in A Good Year (2006)
- Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose (2007)
- Luisa Contini in Nine (Musical) (2009)
- Billie Frechette in Public Enemies (2009)
- Mal in Inception (2010)
- Adriana in Midnight in Paris (2011)
- Leonora Orantes in Contagion (2011)
- Miranda Tate in The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
- Stéphanie in Rust and Bone (2012)
- Ewa Cybulska in The Immigrant (2013)
- Canadian Reporter in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
- Sandra in Two Days, One Night (2014)
- The Rose (voice) in The Little Prince (2015)
- Scarlet Overkill (French dub) in Minions (2015)
- Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (2015)
- Marianne Beauséjour in Allied (2016)
- Dr. Sophia Rikkin in Assassin's Creed (2016)
- Herself in Rock'n Roll (2017)
- Ann Defrasnoux in Annette (2021)
- Charlotte Salomon in Charlotte (2021, French version)
- Cleopatra VII in Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023)
- Extrapolations (2023)
Associated Tropes
- Casting Gag:
- In Inception, inadvertently. Édith Piaf's song "Non, je ne regrette rien" was in use before Marion was cast, and Nolan considered removing it, but too much of the score had already been written around it.
- And then later, in Midnight in Paris, Marion played Adrianna, a young woman who chooses to forget her own time and live in an idealized world. Like Mal in Inception.
- Death Glare: You might think that someone as cute as her won't be able to execute one. She can, and she did
◊. - Fake Nationality: Plays a Canadian news anchor in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
- Fake Mixed Race: Plays a part Native American in Public Enemies.
- Femme Fatale: A lot of her roles, most notably in A Very Long Engagement, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises.
- Ms. Fanservice: She's very beautiful, and isn't shy at all about nudity or sex scenes in her films.
- Not-So-Small Role: Miranda Tate in The Dark Knight Rises, an original character with no connection whatsoever to the comics? Nice try. She's actually Talia al Ghul.
- Production Posse:
- Her boyfriend Guillaume Canet often casts her in the movies he directs.
- She appeared in two Christopher Nolan movies.
- She appeared alongside Michael Fassbender in Macbeth and Assassin's Creed. Both were directed by Justin Kurzel.
- Star-Making Role: In France, the Taxi films made her name known and A Very Long Engagement earned her major recognition with a César award for Best Supporting Actress. Internationally, the role of Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose brought her plenty of awards and Hollywood noticed her as a result.
