History Creator / SophieMarceau

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After starring in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Marceau seemed poised to launch an internationally successful career, as Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/MarionCotillard would do a decade later. However, her next English-language film, ''Lost and Found'', was both a critical flop and a box office bomb, and led to her mainly sticking to French cinema, in which she was already a major star.

* FakeNationality: In ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' she plays a woman of mixed British and Azerbaijani origins. Averted for ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', in which she appears as a French princess.

* TwoHitWonder: While she's enormously popular in her native country, most English-language audiences probably only know her as [[Film/{{Braveheart}} Princess Isabella]] or [[Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough Elektra King]].

Marceau has been a household name in her native country since the success of the teen film ''La Boum'' (''The Party'' or ''Ready for Love'') in 1980, after which her career thrived in both [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse]] and entertainment films. She's known internationally for her roles in films such as ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' and ''Film/FemaleAgents''. She also starred in ''Film/{{LOL}}'', which got an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] in 2012. Marceau has written and directed several films. She was in a relationships with director Andrzej Żuławski from 1985 to 2001, producer Jim Lemley from 2001 to 2007 and actor Creator/ChristopherLambert from 2012 to 2014. She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau (in fact, "Marceau" is a StageName for both of them).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After starring in ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'', Marceau seemed poised to launch an internationally successful career, as Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/MarionCotillard would do a decade later. However, her next English-language film, ''Lost and Found'', was both a critical flop and a box office bomb, and led to her mainly sticking to French cinema, in which she was already a major star.

* ContractualPurity: Got her big break as the lead in a teen comedy, but quickly tried to break out of this image by taking on significantly DarkerAndEdgier roles, mainly in romantic and historical dramas. Starting with 2008's ''Film/{{LOL}}'' she began to appear in family-oriented comedies again, though now as the concerned mother figure rather than the carefree teen.

* MsFanservice: Is well-known in France for appearing naked in many of her movies, and has continued this trend into TheNewTens.

* TwoHitWonder: While she's enormously popular in her native country, most English-language audiences probably only know her from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.

* ContractualPurity: Got her big break as the lead in a teen comedy, but upon reaching adulthood quickly began taking more adult roles in DarkerAndEdgier films. Starting with 2008's ''Film/{{LOL}}'' she began to appear in family-oriented comedies again, though now as the concerned mother figure rather than the carefree teen.

* 100PercentAdorationRating: Consistently polls as one of France's favorite celebrities.

* TomHanksSyndrome: Got her big break as the lead in a teen comedy, but quickly turned towards films that were DarkerAndEdgier.
* TwoHitWonder: While she's enormously popular in her native France, most English-language audiences probably only know her from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.

* NeverLiveItDown: Her infamous speech at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, which contained lots of spaced-out rambling about the nature of film and its connection to war and child poverty, and ended up in her being unceremoniously booed off the stage.

Marceau has been a household name in her native country since the success of the teen film ''La Boum'' (''The Party'' or ''Ready for Love'') in 1980, after which her career thrived in both [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse]] and entertainment films. She's known internationally for her roles in films such as ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' and ''Film/FemaleAgents''. She also starred in ''Film/{{LOL}}'', which got an [[ForeignRemake American remake]] in 2012. Marceau has written and directed several films.

She was in a relationships with director Andrzej Żuławski from 1985 to 2001, producer Jim Lemley from 2001 to 2007 and actor Creator/ChristopherLambert from 2012 to 2014. She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau (in fact, "Marceau" is a StageName for both of them).

* TwoHitWonder: While she's enormously popular in her native France, most English-language audiences probably only know her from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.

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She's a household name in her native country since the success of the teen film ''La Boum'' (''The Party'' or ''Ready for Love'') in 1980, her career thrived in both [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse]] and entertainment films. She's known internationally for appearing in films such as ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' and ''Film/FemaleAgents''. She also played in ''Film/{{LOL}}'', which got a ForeignRemake in 2012. She also wrote and directed two films, ''Parlez-moi d'amour'' (''Speak to Me of Love'') and ''La disparue de Deauville'' (''Trivial'').

She was married to director Andrzej Żuławski from 1985 to 2001, to producer Jim Lemley from 2001 to 2007 and to actor Creator/ChristopherLambert from 2012 to 2014. She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau ("Marceau" is a StageName for both of them, actually).

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Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, better known as Sophie Marceau (born November 17, 1966) is a French actress and filmmaker.

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* ''Film/{{Police}} (1985)

She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau ("Marceau" is a StageName for both of them, actually).

Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, [[StageName better known as]] Sophie Marceau (born November 17, 1966) is a French actress and filmmaker.

She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau (it's a StageName for both of them, actually).

Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu, better known as Sophie Marceau (born November 17, 1966) is a French actress and filmmaker.

She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau (it's a StageName for both of them).

She has no family ties to the famous mime Marcel Marceau, "Marceau" is a StageName for her.

She's a household name in her native country since the success of the teen film ''La Boum'' (''The Party'' or ''Ready for Love'') in 1980, her career thrived in both [[LeFilmArtistique arthouse]] and entertainment films. She's known internationally for appearing in films such as ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough'' and ''Film/FemaleAgents''. She also appeared in ''Film/{{LOL}}'', which got a ForeignRemake in 2012. She also wrote and directed two films, ''Parlez-moi d'amour'' (''Speak to Me of Love'') and ''La disparue de Deauville'' (''Trivial'').