Marion Cotillard (French:
[maʁjɔ̃ kɔtijaʁ] ); born 30 September 1975) is a French actress. Known for her roles in
independent films and
blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions, she has received
various accolades, including an
Academy Award, a
British Academy Film Award, a
Golden Globe Award, a
European Film Award, a
Lumières Award and two
César Awards. She became a
Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2010, and was promoted to Officer in 2016. She has served as a spokeswoman for
Greenpeace since 2001.
Cotillard had her first English-language role in the TV series
Highlander (1993), and made her film debut in
The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed (1994). Her breakthrough came in the successful French film
Taxi (1998), which earned her a César Award nomination for
Most Promising Actress. She made the transition into Hollywood in
Tim Burton's
Big Fish (2003), and won her first César Award for
Best Supporting Actress for her performance in
A Very Long Engagement (2004). She had her major English-language role up to that point in
A Good Year (2006).
For her portrayal of French singer
Édith Piaf in
La Vie en Rose (2007), Cotillard won her second
César Award, a
BAFTA Award, a
Golden Globe Award, a
Lumières Award and the
Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first and (as of 2023) only actor to win an Academy Award for a French-language performance, and also the second actress to have won this award for a non-English language performance. Her performances in
Nine (2009),
Rust and Bone (2012), and
Annette (2021) earned Cotillard three more Golden Globe nominations. For
Two Days, One Night (2014), she received a second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, her second nomination for a French-language film. Cotillard is one of only seven actors to receive
multiple Academy Award nominations for non-English language performances. She has continued to star in major English-language films such as
Public Enemies (2009),
Inception (2010),
Contagion (2011),
Midnight in Paris (2011),
The Dark Knight Rises (2012),
The Immigrant (2013),
Macbeth (2015), and
Allied (2016).
Cotillard has played
Joan of Arc on stage in several countries between 2005 and 2022 in the
oratorio Joan of Arc at the Stake. She provided voice acting for the animated films
The Little Prince (2015),
April and the Extraordinary World (2015), the French version of
Minions (2015), and
Charlotte (2021). Her other notable French, Belgian and Canadian films include
La Belle Verte (1996),
Pretty Things (2001),
Love Me If You Dare (2003),
Dikkenek (2006),
Little White Lies (2010), and
It's Only the End of the World (2016). Cotillard was also the face of the
Lady Dior handbag for nine years. Since 2020, she is the face of
Chanel's fragrance
Chanel No. 5.
