Marion Cotillard

Marion Cotillard, born on 30 September 1975, is a French actress who has worked in both mainstream and independent European and Hollywood productions. She began acting as a child, made her first English-language appearance in the television series Highlander in 1993, and broke through in the French film Taxi in 1998. Her Hollywood debut came in Big Fish, and she won a Cesar Award for A Very Long Engagement before winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, the only Academy Award given for a French-language performance. She later earned another Oscar nomination for Two Days, One Night and appeared in films such as Inception, Midnight in Paris, The Dark Knight Rises, Rust and Bone and Annette. Her honors also include a British Academy Film Award and a Golden Globe Award. Beyond film she has performed Joan of Arc at the Stake on stage and has been a Greenpeace spokeswoman since 2001.