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SOPHIE MARCEAU
Name: Sophie Marceau. Birth Name: Sophie Maupu. Height: 5''.6''. Nationality: French. Birth Date: November 17, 1966. Birth Place: Paris, France. Occupation: Actress, director, writer. Husband: Andrzej Zulawski (Polish director). Son: Vincent. Claim to fame: as Princess Isabelle in Braveheart (1995). Facts: In spring 1995, she directed her first film, L'AUBE A L'ENVERS, an eight-minute short based on a screenplay she wrote while filming BRAVEHEART. In addition to her work for animal welfare, Sophie is a patron of Arc-en-Ciel (Rainbow), an organization which helps sick children realize their dreams. Awards: She won Cesar Award for Most Promising Young Actress (Meilleur espoir fйminin) in 1983 for LA BOURN 2. Agent: Chez Artmedia, 10 Avenue George-V, 75008 Paris, France.
BIOGRAPHY
SYNOPSIS: Sophie
Marceau’s career defies definition. Born Sophie Maupu, she started out as a
true overnight success -- after being cast for the first part for which she
auditioned, at 14, she became an instantly famous and valuable commodity in
her native France. The rocket-to-the-top role was in the teen movie, La Boum
(1981), which led to La Boum 2 (1982) and a Cesar award from the French
Academy of Cinema. As a hot studio property, she was then cast in Gaumont
Pictures’ Joyeuses Paques! (1984), Fort Saganne (1984) and Police (1985). That
last year she met director and future husband, Andrzej Zulawski, and was
required to buy back, for one million francs, her contract with Gaumont.
Zulawski cast her in L’Amour Braque (1985), and his subsequent Mes Nuits Sont
Plus Belles Que Vos Jours (1989) and La Note Bleue (1991). In between, she
starred in Descente Aux Enfers (1986), Chouans! (1988 - for an International
Film Festival award),
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