Marion Cotillard (born September 30, 1975) is a French actress. She won her second César Award, the BAFTA, the Golden Globe, Czech Lion, and the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as French chanteuse Édith Piaf in La Vie En Rose.

Cotillard began acting during her childhood, appearing on stage in one of her father's plays.

Cotillard was born in Paris and grew up around Orléans, Loiret in an artistically-inclined, "bustling, creative household". Her father, Jean-Claude Cotillard, is an actor, teacher, former mime, and 2006 Molière Award-winning director of Breton descent (his mother Léontine Cotillard still Read more...

After a few roles on television, her career as a film actress began in the mid-1990s with small but noticeable roles in such films as Pierre Grimblat's Lisa alongside the iconic Jeanne Moreau, Swiss novel-adaptation drama War In The Highlands, Coline Serreau's comedy La Belle Verte, or Alexandre Aja's anticipation fantasy Furia among other participations in established directors' productions. She Read more...