Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard (French pronunciation: ​[ma.ʁjɔ̃ kɔ.ti.jaʁ]; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, singer and songwriter. She is also an environmentalist and spokesperson for Greenpeace. She garnered worldwide acclaim for her roles in films such as La Vie en Rose (2007), Inception (2010), Rust and Bone (2012), The Immigrant (2013), Two Days, One Night (2014), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Love Me If You Dare (2003). Her other notable films are Chloé (1996), Taxi (1998), Furia (1999), War in the Highlands (1999), Lisa (2001), Les Jolies Choses (2001), Big Fish (2003), Toi et Moi (2006), Dikkenek (2006), A Good Year (2006), Public Enemies (2009), Nine (2009), Little White Lies (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Contagion (2011) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).

In 2007, Cotillard starred as the 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 only person so far to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in a French language performance. In 2010, she received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the musical Nine.

In 2012, she received widespread acclaim for her performance as the legless orca trainer Stéphanie in Rust and Bone and was awarded the Globe de Cristal Award, Étoile d'Or Award, Sant Jordi 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, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Award, AACTA Award, Lumiere Award and for the César Award.

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 are Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, Variety, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, Madame Figaro, Glamour, W, The Hollywood Reporter and Wall Street Journal Magazine. She was also on the cover of the first issue of Dior Magazine in September 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 have sold more than 37 million tickets in France from 2001 to 2014.

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