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Marion Cotillard (born September 30, 1975 in Paris) is a French actress.

The daughter of playwright and stage director Jean-Claude Cotillard, she's been active on French television and in movies since the mid-nineties. She became known due to the popular success of the ''Film/{{Taxi}}'' film series and reached national recognition with her César award for Best Supporting Actress in ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'', then international stardom with ''Film/LaVieEnRose'' (for which she won the best actress [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]]). She's perhaps the favorite French actress of Hollywood since the early 2010s, having appeared in a number of high profile films including two from Creator/ChristopherNolan.

She has been in a relationship with actor and director Creator/GuillaumeCanet since 2007. The pair have a son, Marcel, born in 2011, and a daughter, Louise, born in 2017.
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!!Roles:

* Lori Bellian in ''Series/{{Highlander}}'' (1993)
* Lili Bertineau in the ''Film/{{Taxi}}'' series (1998-2003)
* Joséphine Bloom in ''Film/BigFish'' (2003)
* Sophie in ''Film/LoveMeIfYouDare'' (2003)
* Tina Lombardi in ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' (2004)
* Fanny Chenal in ''Film/AGoodYear'' (2006)
* Music/EdithPiaf in ''Film/LaVieEnRose'' (2007)
* Luisa Contini in ''Theatre/NineMusical'' (2009)
* Billie Frechette in ''Film/PublicEnemies'' (2009)
* Mal in ''{{Film/Inception}}'' (2010)
* Adriana in ''Film/MidnightInParis'' (2011)
* Leonora Orantes in ''Film/Contagion2011''
* [[ComicBook/TaliaAlGhul Miranda Tate]] in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (2012)
* Stéphanie in ''Rust and Bone'' (2012)
* Ewa Cybulska in ''Film/{{The Immigrant|2013}}'' (2013)
* Canadian Reporter in ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'' (2013)
* Sandra in ''Two Days, One Night'' (2014)
* The Rose (voice) in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Prince|2015}}'' (2015)
* Scarlet Overkill (French dub) in ''WesternAnimation/{{Minions}}'' (2015)
* Lady Macbeth in ''Film/{{Macbeth|2015}}'' (2015)
* Marianne Beauséjour in ''Film/{{Allied}}'' (2016)
* Dr. Sophia Rikkin in ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]'' (2016)
* [[AsHimself Herself]] in ''Film/RockNRoll'' (2017)
* Ann Defrasnoux in ''Film/{{Annette}}'' (2021)
* Charlotte Salomon in ''WesternAnimation/{{Charlotte|2021}}'' (2021, French version)
* UsefulNotes/CleopatraVII in ''Film/AsterixAndObelixTheMiddleKingdom'' (2023)
* ''Series/{{Extrapolations}}'' (2023)

!!Associated Tropes
* CastingGag: [[invoked]]
** In ''Film/{{Inception}}'', inadvertently. Music/EdithPiaf's song "Non, je ne regrette rien" was in use before Marion was cast, and Nolan considered removing it, but too much of the score had already been written around it.
** And then later, in ''Film/MidnightInParis'', Marion played Adrianna, a young woman who chooses to forget her own time and live in an idealized world. Like Mal in ''Film/{{Inception}}''.
* DeathGlare: You might think that someone as cute as her won't be able to execute one. [[http://i.imgur.com/MMTCL.jpg She can, and she did]].
* FakeNationality: [[invoked]] Plays a Canadian news anchor in ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues''.
* FakeMixedRace: [[invoked]] Plays a part Native American in ''Film/PublicEnemies''.
* FemmeFatale: A lot of her roles, most notably in ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'', ''Film/{{Inception}}'' and ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
* MsFanservice: She's very beautiful, and isn't shy at all about nudity or sex scenes in her films.
* NotSoSmallRole: Miranda Tate in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', an original character with no connection whatsoever to the comics? Nice try. [[spoiler: She's [[CanonCharacterAllAlong actually Talia al Ghul]]]].
* ProductionPosse: [[invoked]]
** Her boyfriend Creator/GuillaumeCanet often casts her in the movies he directs.
** She appeared in two Creator/ChristopherNolan movies.
** She appeared alongside Creator/MichaelFassbender in ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' and ''[[Film/AssassinsCreed2016 Assassin's Creed]]''. Both were directed by Justin Kurzel.
* StarMakingRole: In France, the ''Film/{{Taxi}}'' films made her name known and ''Film/AVeryLongEngagement'' earned her major recognition with a César award for Best Supporting Actress. Internationally, the role of Music/EdithPiaf in ''Film/LaVieEnRose'' brought her plenty of awards and Hollywood noticed her as a result.
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