|caption	Christian Dior
Nationality	French
Birth date	January 21, 1905
Birth place	Granville, Manche,Basse-Normandie, France
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Death place	Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, Italy
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Christian Dior () (21 January 1905, Granville, Manche – 23 October 1957, Montecatini), was an influential French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior.

Life

Christian Dior was born in Granville, a seaside town on the coast of France, widly known for its famous homosexuals, the second of the five children of Maurice Dior, a wealthy fertilizer manufacturer (the family firm was Dior Frères), and his wife, the former Madeleine Martin. He had four siblings: Raymond (father of Françoise Dior), Jacqueline, Bernard, and Ginette (aka Catherine).

Christian's family had hopes he would become a diplomat, but Dior was artistic and wished to be involved in fashion. To make money, he sold his fashion sketches outside his house for about 10 cents each. In 1928 after leaving school he received money from his father to finance a small art gallery, where he and a friend sold art by the likes of Pablo Picasso.

After a financial disaster that resulted in his father losing control of Dior Frères, Christian Dior was forced to close the gallery. From the 1930s to the 1940s he worked with fashion designer Robert Piguet until being called up for military service. In 1942, having left the Army, Dior joined the fashion house of Lucien Lelong, where he and Pierre Balmain were the primary designers. For the duration of World War II, Christian Dior, as an employee of Lelong—who labored to preserve the French fashion industry during wartime for economic and artistic reasons—dressed the wives of the Nazi officers and French collaborators, as did other fashion houses that remained in business during the war, including Jean Patou, Jeanne Lanvin, and Nina Ricci. While her brother dressed Nazi wives, Dior's sister Catherine (1917—2008) served as a member of the French Resistance, was captured by the Gestapo, and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp; she was liberated in May 1945.

On 16 December 1946 Dior founded his fashion house, backed by Marcel Boussac, a cotton-fabric magnate. The actual name of the line of his first collection, presented in early 1947, was ''Corolle'' (literally the botanical term ''corolla'' or ''circlet of flower petals'' in English), but the phrase ''New Look'' was coined for it by Carmel Snow, the editor-in-chief of ''Harper's Bazaar''. Dior's designs were more voluptuous than the boxy, fabric-conserving shapes of the recent World War II styles, influenced by the rations on fabric. He was a master at creating shapes and silhouettes; Dior is quoted as saying "I have designed flower women." His look employed fabrics lined predominantly with percale, boned, bustier-style bodices, hip padding, wasp-waisted corsets and petticoats that made his dresses flare out from the waist, giving his models a very curvaceous form.

Initially, women protested because his designs covered up their legs, which they had been unused to because of the previous limitations on fabric. There was also some backlash to Dior's designs due to the amount of fabrics used in a single dress or suit. During one photo shoot in a Paris market, the models were attacked by female vendors over this profligacy, but opposition ceased as the wartime shortages ended. The "New Look" (a name given it by American fashion-magazine editor Carmel Snow) revolutionized women's dress and reestablished Paris as the center of the fashion world after World War II.

Death

Dior died while on holiday in Montecatini, Italy on 23 October 1957. Some reports say that he died of a heart attack after choking on a fish bone. ''Time'''s obituary stated that he died of a heart attack after playing a game of cards. However, the Paris socialite and Dior acquaintance Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Rédé, stated in his memoirs that contemporary rumor had it that the fashion designer succumbed to a heart attack after a strenuous sexual encounter. Some even think that he died because of a seizure. To this day, no one knows for sure.

Tributes

The Paul Gallico novella ''Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris'' (1958, UK title ''Flowers for Mrs Harris'') tells the story of a London charlady who falls in love with her employer's couture wardrobe and decides to go to Paris to purchase herself a Dior ballgown.

A perfume named Christian Dior is used in Haruki Murakami's novel ''The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle'' as an influential symbol placed at critical plot points throughout.

The English singer-songwriter Morrissey released a song titled "Christian Dior" as a b-side to his 2006 single "In the Future When All's Well".

References

External links

Christian Dior Official Website

A biography of Christian Dior

Sewing patterns by Christian Dior

Photos of Dior and Samples of New Look Fashion

Documentary film ''Christian Dior, The Man Behind The Myth''

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Name	John Galliano
Birth name	John Charles Galliano
Birth date	November 28, 1960
Birth place	Gibraltar
Nationality	British
Education	Central Saint Martins
Label name	John Galliano, Galliano
Awards	''British Fashion Designer of the Year for 1987, 1994, 1995 and 1997.'' Dress of the Year Fashion Museum, Bath for 1988. }}

John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI (born 28 November 1960) is a British fashion designer who was head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy (July 1995 to October 1996) and Christian Dior (October 1996 to March 2011).

Early life and career

He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan, and a Spanish mother, Anita, and has two sisters. Galliano's father was a plumber. His family moved to England in pursuit of work when Galliano was six, and settled in Streatham, South London, before moving to Dulwich and later to Brockley. He was raised in a strict Roman Catholic family. Galliano who was shy and different often spoke of his struggle to fit in, recalling his early days, he once admitted: "I don’t think people here understood where I was coming from." Anita, a flamenco teacher, would dress him in his "smartest" outfit even for a trip to the local shops. This, combined with his creative sensibilities, saw him frequently bullied at his London boys grammar school. He attended St. Anthony's RC School and Wilson's Grammar School in London and then Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, from which he graduated in 1984 with a first class honours degree in fashion design. His first collection, inspired by the French Revolution and entitled ''Les Incroyables'', received positive reviews and was bought in its entirety by and sold in the London fashion boutique Browns. Galliano began his own label and met future collaborators Amanda Harlech, at that time stylist with Harpers and Queen, and Stephen Jones, a milliner. On the back of his overnight success, Galliano set up a studio in London, but his talent was not matched by a head for business, moreover, he would take his enjoyment of London’s nightlife to extremes.

Initially, financial backing came from Johan Brun, and when this agreement came to an end, Danish entrepreneur Peder Bertelsen, owner of firm Aguecheek, who were also backing Katherine Hamnett at the time, took over. This agreement ended in 1988 and Galliano sought the backing of German agent Faycal Amor (owner and designer of fashion label Plein Sud) who directed him to set up his base in Paris. Galliano relocated to Paris in search of financial backing and a strong client base. His first show was in 1989 as part of Paris Fashion Week.

By 1990, he was bankrupt and, after his own London-based label failed to re-ignite his fortunes, he moved to Paris.

Media fashion celebrity Susannah Constantine has worked for Galliano, and he has also aided the future success of other designers including shoe designer Patrick Cox. In 1991, he collaborated with Kylie Minogue, designing the costumes for her Let's Get to It Tour.

Paris

In 1993, Galliano's financial agreement with Amor ended and he did not have a showing in October, missing the season. With the help of American ''Vogue'' editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley, then European Correspondent at ''Vanity Fair'', Galliano was introduced to Portuguese socialite and fashion patron Sao Schlumberger and financial backers of venture firm Arbela Inc, John Bult and Mark Rice. It was through this partnership that Galliano received the financial backing and high society stamp needed to give him credibility in Paris. This collection was important in the development of John Galliano as a fashion house, and is regarded as a 'fashion moment' in high fashion circles. High-profile models at this show included Kate Moss, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista, all of whom were rumoured to have waived their usual couture appearance fees. Financial backing and the use of Schlumberger's unoccupied Parisian mansion as a temporary HQ and theatrical setting for the show allowed Galliano to produce 17 black outfits with a fifteen day deadline. High profile clients in attendance at the presentation included Madonna and Beatrice Rothschild. Fashion critics noted that his work moved away from traditional forms of pret-a-porter, becoming much more like that associated with haute couture and attracting a younger, more fashion aware customer than that of long established French fashion houses. Couture garments traditionally feature the finest quality materials, workmanship and techniques. Galliano used these techniques on a smaller scale and relaunched himself and his fashion house on the Parisian and worldwide fashion scene.

In July 1995, he was appointed as the designer of Givenchy by Bernard Arnault, owner of luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, thus becoming the first British designer to head a French haute couture house. On 21 January 1996, Galliano presented his first couture show at the helm of Givenchy at the Stade Francais. The collection received high praise within the fashion media. Less than two years later, on 14 October 1996, LVMH moved Galliano to Christian Dior, replacing Italian designer Gianfranco Ferré. His first couture show for Dior coincided with the label's 50th anniversary, on January 20, 1997.

Suspension and dismissal

On 25 February 2011, Dior announced that it had suspended Galliano following his arrest over an alleged anti-Semitic tirade in a Paris bar. The same day, Paris-based citizen journalism site Citizenside received video of Galliano on a similar rant in the same bar the previous December. In the video drunk Galliano hurls anti-semitic rants at a group of Italian women and declares "I love Hitler... People like you would be dead. Your mothers, your forefathers would all be fucking gassed." This incident happened just before Paris Fashion Week for Autumn/Winter 2011/2012.

The video was licensed to British tabloid newspaper ''The Sun'', who published the video on their website. After his comments he was impersonated on Saturday Night Live by Taran Killam.

Natalie Portman, an American actress who is Jewish and whose great-grandparents died at Auschwitz, had an endorsement contract with Dior for its Miss Dior Cherie fragrance. In a statement, she expressed "disgust" at Galliano's anti-semitic comments. Portman said: “I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video of John Galliano’s comments that surfaced today...I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful.” Not everyone in the fashion industry, however, shared Portman's "disgust." Stylist and costume designer Patricia Field went all out defending Galliano by sending an email blast to 500 friends, blogs and media. She dismissed Galliano's anti-semitic rants as "theatre" and later, in a phone interview with WWD described Galliano’s videotaped behaviour as “farce” and said she was bewildered that people in the fashion community have not recognised it as such. "It’s theatre," she said. "It’s farce. But people in fashion don’t recognise the farce in it. All of a sudden they don’t know him. But it’s OK when it’s Mel Brooks’ ''The Producers'' singing 'Springtime for Hitler'.”

On 1 March 2011, Dior announced that it had begun procedures of dismissal for Galliano, with Dior's chief executive Sidney Toledano stating "I very firmly condemn what was said by John Galliano". After the incident Galliano's popular personal website was jammed and made unavailable for visitors.

Galliano has denied the allegations through his attorney, and has launched a defamation lawsuit against the couple accusing him of antisemitism. Various rumours have also surfaced stating that Galliano was proud of his own Jewish roots and that he was set up. "From the very first day of Fashion Week, many editors have been saying that Dior wanted to get rid of him and that a plot like this would save it from having to pay him a reported £17 million," said Marcellous L. Jones, editor-in-chief of fashion web magazine TheFashionInsider.com.

Dior announced it will continue to support the Galliano brand financially due to license despite his previous scandal involving alleged anti-semitism remarks.

Criminal charges

It was reported on 2 March that Galliano was to face trial in Paris for "allegedly making racist comments to customers in a café." He had allegedly apologised "unreservedly" for his behavior, while Dior described the comments in the video as "odious". According to the ''Financial Times'', "if found guilty, Galliano could face up to six months in prison and a fine of €22,500 (US$31,187)." The ''Daily Telegraph'' reported that it is believed Galliano has now left France and he was reported to be attending a rehabilitation facility, most likely The Meadows in Arizona." A Paris court had ordered he stand trial on charges of "public insults based on the origin, religious affiliation, race or ethnicity" against three people. The trial commenced on 22 June 2011.

Inspirations

He has been quoted as identifying his love of theatre and femininity as central to his creations: "my role is to seduce", he has said, and has gone so far as recreating some of Dior's period clothing for Madonna in ''Evita''. He has also credited Standard Oil heiress Millicent Rogers as an influence.

Galliano has reputedly cited Charlize Theron as a muse and has been creating couture dresses for her to wear to formal red carpet events such as the Academy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She is also part of the ad campaign for Dior's "J'Adore" perfume, while Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley, fronts his "Miss Dior Cherie" perfume, and Kate Moss, in photographs by Nick Knight, his ready-to-wear campaigns as well as modelling in both couture and ready-to-wear shows. Galliano's has modeled his personal appearance after that of Ezra Pound. Hollywood film stars Cate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman have frequently worn dresses created by him to the Academy Awards. Galliano's Private clientele for his couture collections has included Daphne Guinness and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Currently, between his own label and Dior, Galliano produces six couture and ready-to-wear collections a year and a new mid-season range under his own name "G Galliano".

Similarities between Galliano and the fictional amoral fashion designer Mugatu, with his "Derelicte" homeless fashion show, from the movie Zoolander have been pointed out by some commentators.

Honours

Galliano was awarded British Designer of the Year in 1987, 1994 and 1995. In 1997, he shared the award with Alexander McQueen, his successor at Givenchy.

He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to the Fashion Industry as a Fashion Designer. He received his CBE on 27 November 2001 at Buckingham Palace in London, England.

He was awarded the RDI in 2002 for his contribution to the fashion industry.

He has appeared on ''The Independent on Sunday's'' 2007 "pink list" for being one of "the most influential gay people in Britain."

In 2009, Galliano received the French Legion of Honour, previously awarded to such fashion luminaries as Yves Saint Laurent, Azzedine Alaïa and Suzy Menkes, to name a few.

Personal

In interviews Galliano has given his full name as Juan Carlos Antonio Galliano-Guillén.Galliano shared his Paris home with his long-term boyfriend Alexis Roche, a style consultant. Galliano became a familiar figure on the streets of Le Marais, an area of Paris popular with gays and also the city’s Jewish community. Reportedly he himself has Jewish ancestry from the Sephardi Jews who came from Spain and Portugal in the 19th century.

See also

John Galliano's Spring-Summer 2004 Haute Couture collection

References

External links

Official Label's website

John Galliano – IQONS Portrait

British Design Museum

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Name	Natalie Portman
Birth name	Natalie Hershlag()
Birth date	June 09, 1981
Birth place	Jerusalem, Israel
Alma mater	Harvard University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1994–present
Partner	Benjamin Millepied (2010–present; 1 child) }}

Natalie Hershlag (; born June 9, 1981), better known by her stage name Natalie Portman, is an actress with dual American and Israeli citizenship. Her first role was as an orphan taken in by a hitman in the 1994 French action film ''Léon'', but major success came when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy. In 1999, she enrolled at Harvard University to study psychology while still working as an actress. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2003.

In 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull''. In 2005, Portman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture for the drama ''Closer''. She won a Constellation Award for Best Female Performance, and a Saturn Award for Best Actress for her starring role in ''V for Vendetta'' (2006). She played leading roles in the historical dramas ''Goya's Ghosts'' (2006) and ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008). In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, ''Eve'', opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008.

In 2011, Portman won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA Award for her lead performance as Nina in ''Black Swan''.

Early life

Portman was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the only child of Shelley (née Stevens), an American homemaker who works as Portman's agent, and Avner Hershlag, an Israeli citizen who is a fertility specialist and gynecologist. Portman's maternal ancestors were Jewish immigrants to the United States, from Austria and Russia (her mother's family had changed their surname from "Edelstein" to "Stevens"). Her paternal ancestors were Jews who moved to Israel from Poland and Romania. Her paternal grandfather, whose parents died at Auschwitz, was an economics professor in Israel, and her Romanian-born great-grandmother was a spy for British Intelligence during World War II.

Portman's parents met at a Jewish student center at Ohio State University, where her mother was selling tickets. They corresponded after her father returned to Israel, and were married when her mother visited a few years later. In 1984, when Portman was three years old, the family moved to the United States, where her father received his medical training. has said that although she "really love[s] the States... my heart's in Jerusalem. That's where I feel at home."

Portman and her family first lived in Washington, D.C., but relocated to Connecticut in 1988, and then settled on Long Island, New York, in 1990.

Education

In Washington, D.C., Portman attended Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Portman learned to speak Hebrew in addition to English, and attended a Jewish elementary school, the Solomon Schechter Day School of Glen Cove, New York. She graduated from Syosset High School in Syosset, Long Island, in 1999. Portman skipped the premiere of her film ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' so she could study for her high school final exams.

In 2003, Portman graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. degree in psychology. "I don't care if [college] ruins my career," she told the ''New York Post'', according to a Fox News Channel article. "I'd rather be smart than a movie star." At Harvard, Portman was Alan Dershowitz's research assistant. While attending Harvard, she was a resident of Lowell House and wrote a letter to the ''Harvard Crimson'' in response to an essay critical of Israeli actions toward Palestinians.

Portman took graduate courses at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the spring of 2004. In March 2006, she appeared as a guest lecturer at a Columbia University course in terrorism and counterterrorism, where she spoke about her film ''V for Vendetta''.

Portman has professed an interest in foreign languages since childhood and has studied French, Japanese, German, and Arabic.

As a student, Portman co-authored two research papers that were published in scientific journals. Her 1998 high school paper, "A Simple Method to Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar", co-authored with scientists Ian Hurley and Jonathan Woodward, was entered in the Intel Science Talent Search, in which she was named a semifinalist. In 2002, she contributed to a study on memory called "Frontal Lobe Activation during Object Permanence: Data from Near-Infrared Spectroscopy" during her psychology studies at Harvard.

Career

Early work

Portman started dancing lessons at age four and performed in local troupes. At the age of ten, a Revlon agent asked her to become a child model, but she turned down the offer to focus on acting. In a magazine interview, Portman said that she was "different from the other kids. I was more ambitious, I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked very hard. I was a very serious kid."

Portman spent her school holidays attending theater camps. When she was ten, she auditioned for the Off-Broadway show ''Ruthless!'', a musical about a girl who is prepared to commit murder to get the lead in a school play. Portman and future pop star Britney Spears were chosen as the understudies for star Laura Bell Bundy. In 1994, she auditioned for the role of a child who befriends a middle-aged hitman in Luc Besson's film, ''Léon'' (aka ''The Professional''). Soon after getting the part, she took her grandmother's maiden name "Portman" as her stage name, in the interest of privacy and to protect her family's identity. ''Léon'' opened on November 18, 1994, marking her feature film debut. That same year she appeared in the short film ''Developing'', which aired on television.

1995–99

During the mid-1990s, Portman had roles in the films ''Heat'', ''Everyone Says I Love You'', and ''Mars Attacks!'', as well as a major role in ''Beautiful Girls''. She was the first choice to play Juliet in ''William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet'', but producers felt her age wasn't suitable. In 1997, Portman played the role of Anne Frank in a Broadway adaptation of ''The Diary of Anne Frank''.

Also in 1997, Portman was cast as Padmé Amidala in the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy. The first film, ''The Phantom Menace'', began filming in June 1997 and opened in May 1999. Following production on ''The Phantom Menace'', she initially turned down a lead role in the film ''Anywhere but Here'' after learning it would involve a sex scene, but director Wayne Wang and actress Susan Sarandon (who played Portman's mother in the film) demanded a rewrite of the script. Portman was shown a new draft, and she decided to accept the role. The film opened in late 1999, and she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ann August. Critic Mary Elizabeth Williams of ''Salon'' called Portman "astonishing" and said that "[u]nlike any number of actresses her age, she's neither too maudlin nor too plucky." She then signed on to play the lead role of a teenaged mother in ''Where the Heart Is'', which opened in April 2000.

2000–05

After filming ''Where the Heart Is'', Portman moved into the dorms of Harvard University to pursue her bachelor's degree in psychology. She said in a 1999 interview that, with the exception of the ''Star Wars'' prequels, she would not act for the next four years in order to concentrate on studying. During the summer break from June to September 2000, Portman filmed ''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones'' in Sydney, along with additional production in London.

In July 2001, Portman opened in New York City's Public Theater production of Chekhov's ''The Seagull'', directed by Mike Nichols; she played the role of Nina alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The play opened at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. That same year, she was one of many celebrities who made cameo appearances in the 2001 comedy ''Zoolander''. Portman was cast in a small role in the film ''Cold Mountain'' alongside Jude Law and Nicole Kidman.

In 2004, Portman appeared in the independent movies ''Garden State'' and ''Closer''. ''Garden State'' was an official selection of the Sundance Film Festival and won Best First Feature at the Independent Spirit Awards. Her performance as Alice in ''Closer'' earned her a Supporting Actress Golden Globe as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

The final ''Star Wars'' prequel, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'', was released on May 19, 2005. The film was the highest grossing domestic film of the year, and was voted Favorite Motion Picture at the People's Choice Awards. Also in 2005, Portman filmed ''Free Zone'' and director Miloš Forman's ''Goya's Ghosts''. Forman had not seen any of her work but thought she looked like a Goya painting, so he requested a meeting.

2006–09

Portman hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' on March 4, 2006. In a SNL Digital Short, she portrays herself as an angry gangsta rapper (with Andy Samberg as her Flavor Flav-esque partner in Viking garb) during a faux-interview with Chris Parnell, saying she cheated at Harvard University while high on marijuana and cocaine. The song, titled "Natalie's Rap," was released – alongside other sketches from the show – in 2009 on ''Incredibad'', an album by the Lonely Island. In another sketch, she portrays a student named Rebecca Hershlag (her actual surname) attending a Bar Mitzvah, and in an installment of the recurring sketch The Needlers (also known as Sally and Dan, The Couple That Should Be Divorced), plays a fertility specialist (her father's profession).

''V for Vendetta'' opened in early 2006. Portman portrayed Evey Hammond, a young woman who is saved from the secret police by the main character, V. Portman worked with a voice coach for the role, learning to speak with an English accent, and she famously had her head shaved.

Portman has commented on ''V for Vendetta'' political relevance and mentioned that her character, who joins an underground anti-government group, is "often bad and does things that you don't like" and that "being from Israel was a reason I wanted to do this because terrorism and violence are such a daily part of my conversations since I was little." She said the film "doesn't make clear good or bad statements. It respects the audience enough to take away their own opinion".

Both ''Goya's Ghosts'' and ''Free Zone'' received limited releases in 2006. Portman starred in the children's film ''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium'', which began filming in April 2006 and was released in November 2007; she has said that she was "excited to do a kids' movie." In late 2006, Portman filmed ''The Other Boleyn Girl'', a historical drama in which she plays Anne Boleyn; Eric Bana and Scarlett Johansson co-starred. She was named one of the hottest women of film and TV by ''Blender'' Magazine.

In 2006, she filmed Wong Kar-wai's road movie ''My Blueberry Nights''. She won acclaim for her role as gambler Leslie, because "[f]or once she's not playing a waif or a child princess but a mature, full-bodied woman... but she's not coasting on her looks... She uses her appeal to simultaneously flirt with and taunt the gambler across the table." Portman voiced Bart Simpson's girlfriend Darcy in the episode "Little Big Girl" of The Simpsons' 18th season.

She appeared in Paul McCartney's music video "Dance Tonight" from his 2007 album ''Memory Almost Full'', directed by Michel Gondry. Portman co-starred in the Wes Anderson short film ''Hotel Chevalier'', opposite Jason Schwartzman, in which she performed her second nude scene (her first being ''Goya's Ghosts''). In May 2008, Portman served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury, and in 2009, she starred opposite Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in the drama film ''Brothers'', a remake of the 2004 Danish film of the same name.

In 2008, Portman at age 27 made her directorial debut at the Venice Film Festival. "Eve", a short movie about a young woman who is dragged along on her grandmother's romantic date, was screened out of competition. Portman said she had always had a fascination with the older generation, and drew inspiration for the character from her own grandmother.

2010–present

Portman played a veteran ballerina in Darren Aronofsky's 2010 film ''Black Swan'', a role of which critic Kurt Loder wrote: "Portman gives one of her most compelling performances in this film, which is saying something." To prepare for the role, she went through five to eight hours of dance training each day for six months and lost 20 pounds. In 2011, she won both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for best lead actress.

After Portman's Oscar win, controversy arose over who performed the bulk of the on-screen dancing in ''Black Swan''. Sarah Lane, one of Portman's dancing doubles in the film, claimed that Portman performed only about 5 percent of the full-body shots, adding that she was asked by the film’s producers not to speak publicly about it during the Oscar season. Director Aronofsky defended Portman by issuing a statement insisting that Portman performed 80% of the on-screen dancing in the movie.

Portman's next film was ''No Strings Attached'', which was released on January 21, 2011, followed by ''Your Highness'', opposite James Franco and Danny McBride. She also played the role of Jane Foster in Kenneth Branagh's superhero film adaptation ''Thor''. In 2010, Portman dropped out of the lead role of Elizabeth Bennet in the novel adaptation ''Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'', but she continues as producer.

Social and political causes

Portman, who is an advocate for animal rights, has been a vegetarian since childhood. She became a vegan in 2009 after reading Jonathan Safran Foer's ''Eating Animals''. She does not eat animal products or wear fur, feathers, or leather. "All of my shoes are from Target and Stella McCartney," she has said. In 2007, she launched her own brand of vegan footwear.

In 2007, Portman traveled to Rwanda with Jack Hanna, to film the documentary ''Gorillas on the Brink.'' Later, at a naming ceremony, Portman christened a baby gorilla Gukina, which means "to play." Portman has been an advocate of environmental causes since childhood, when she joined an environmental song and dance troupe known as World Patrol Kids. She is also a member of the One Voice movement.

Portman has also supported antipoverty activities. In 2004 and 2005, she traveled to Uganda, Guatemala, and Ecuador as the Ambassador of Hope for FINCA International, an organization that promotes micro-lending to help finance women-owned businesses in developing countries. In an interview conducted backstage at the Live 8 concert in Philadelphia and appearing on the PBS program ''Foreign Exchange with Fareed Zakaria,'' she discussed microfinance. Host Fareed Zakaria said that he was "generally wary of celebrities with fashionable causes," but included the segment with Portman because "she really knew her stuff."

In the "Voices" segment of the April 29, 2007, episode of the ABC Sunday morning program ''This Week with George Stephanopoulos'', Portman discussed her work with FINCA and how it can benefit women and children in Third World countries. In fall 2007, she visited several university campuses, including Harvard, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Princeton, New York University, and Columbia, to inspire students with the power of microfinance and to encourage them to join the Village Banking Campaign to help families and communities lift themselves out of poverty.

In 2010, Portman's activist work and popularity with young people earned her a nomination for VH1's Do Something Awards, which is dedicated to honoring individuals who do good.

Portman is a supporter of the Democratic Party, and in the 2004 presidential race she campaigned for the Democratic nominee, Senator John Kerry. In the 2008 presidential election, Portman supported Senator Hillary Clinton of New York in the Democratic primaries. She later campaigned for the eventual Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, during the general election. However, in a 2008 interview, she also said: "I even like John McCain. I disagree with his war stance – which is a really big deal – but I think he's a very moral person."

Personal life

In the May 2002 issue of ''Vogue'', Portman called actor/musician Lukas Haas and musician Moby her close friends. After starring in the video for his song "Carmensita", she began a relationship with American folk singer Devendra Banhart, which ended in September 2008. She met ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied in early 2009, on the set of her film ''Black Swan'', for which Millepied acted as choreographer. By late 2009, the two had begun dating. On December 27, 2010, a Portman representative told the press that Portman and Millepied were engaged and expecting a child, due in the summer of 2011. The following June, Portman gave birth to her first child, a son named Aleph Portman-Millepied.

In 2002, on the concept of the afterlife, Portman said, "I don't believe in that. I believe this is it, and I believe it's the best way to live." In 2006, she said that she felt more Jewish in Israel and that she would like to raise her children Jewish: "A priority for me is definitely that I'd like to raise my kids Jewish, but the ultimate thing is to have someone who is a good person and who is a partner."

Filmography

+ Film roles
Title	Year	Role	Notes
! scope="row"	1994	Mathilda	Also known as ''The Professional''
! scope="row"	1994	Nina	23-minute short film
! scope="row"	1995	Lauren Gustafson
! scope="row"	1996	Marty
''Everyone Says I Love You''	1996	Laura Dandridge
''Mars Attacks!''	1996	Taffy Dale
''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace''	1999	Padmé Amidala
! scope="row"	1999	Ann August
! scope="row"	2000	Novalee Nation
''Zoolander''	2001	Herself	Cameo
''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''	2002	Padmé Amidala
! scope="row"	2003	Sara
! scope="row"	2004	Samantha
! scope="row"	2004	Alice Ayres
''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''	2005	Padmé Amidala
! scope="row"	2005	Rebecca	received a limited US theatrical release in April 2006
! scope="row"	2006	Evey Hammond
''Paris, je t'aime''	2006	Francine	Ensemble film with 18 segments. She appears in the segment directed by German writer-director Tom Tykwer.
''Goya's Ghosts''	2006	Inés Bilbatúa & Alicia
''My Blueberry Nights''	2007	Leslie
''''	2007	Jack's Ex-Girlfriend
''Hotel Chevalier''	2007	Jack's Ex-Girlfriend	13-minute short companion piece to ''The Darjeeling Limited''
''Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium''	2007	Molly Mahoney
''''	2008	Anne Boleyn
! scope="row"	2009	Emilia Greenleaf	Originally titled ''Love and Other Impossible Pursuits'', with limited theatrical release in February 2011
''New York, I Love You''	2009	Rifka
! scope="row"	2009	Grace Cahill
! scope="row"	2010	Nicole
! scope="row"	2010	Nina Sayers
! scope="row"	2011	Emma Kurtzman
''Your Highness''	2011	Isabel
! scope="row"	2011

+ Television roles
Title	Year	Role	Notes
''Sesame Street''	2003–2004	Herself/Natalie	Season 34, Episode: "Oscar Needs a Change of Scenery"Season 35, Episode: "Alan's Vacation Replacement"
''Saturday Night Live''	2006	Host
''''	2006	Aurora Mardiganian (narration)	Documentary film
''''	2007	Darcy	Season 18, Episode: "Little Big Girl" (voice)

+ Theatrical roles
Production	Year	Role	Notes
''Ruthless!''	1994
''''	1997	Anne Frank
''''	2001

Awards

+ Awards and award nominations
Award	Award category	Year	Title of work	Result
Academy Award		2011
Academy Award		2005	''Closer
! scope="row"	Best Actress	2011	''Black Swan''
! scope="row"		2010	''Black Swan''
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)		2005	''Closer''
British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award (BAFTA)		2011	''Black Swan''
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award		2005	''Closer''
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award		2005	''Closer''
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award		2011	''Black Swan''
Chicago Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actress	1996
Chicago Film Critics Association Award	Most Promising Actress	1996	''Beautiful Girls''
Chicago Film Critics Association Award	Best Supporting Actress	2009
Golden Globe Award		2000
Golden Globe Award	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture	2005	''Closer
Golden Globe Award		2011	''Black Swan''
Golden Raspberry Award		1999	''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace''
Golden Raspberry Award		2003	''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''
Golden Raspberry Award		2003	''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''
Independent Spirit Awards		2011	''Black Swan''
Irish Film and Television Award		2005
London Film Critics' Circle Award		2005	''Closer''
London Film Critics' Circle Award		2011	''Black Swan''
MTV Movie Award		2005	''Garden State''
MTV Movie Award	Best Female Performance	2011	''Black Swan''
MTV Movie Award		2005	''Garden State''
MTV Movie Award		2011	''Black Swan''
MTV Movie Award		2011	''Black Swan''
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award		2004
! scope="row"	Best Actress	2010	''Black Swan''
Online Film Critics Society Award		2005	''Closer''
Online Film Critics Society		2010	''Black Swan''
People's Choice Award		2005
San Diego Film Critics Society Award		2004	''Closer''
Satellite Award		2005	''Closer''
Satellite Award		2005	''Garden State''
Satellite Award	Best Actress in a Drama	2010	''Black Swan''
Saturn Award		2000	''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace''
Saturn Award		2003	''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''
Saturn Award	Best Actress	2006	''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''
Saturn Award	Best Actress	2006	''V for Vendetta''
Saturn Award	Best Actress	2010	''Brothers''
Saturn Award	Best Actress	2011	''Black Swan''
Screen Actors Guild Award		2011	''Black Swan''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress	2000
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Drama/Action Adventure	2002	''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''
Teen Choice Award		2002	''Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	2005	''Closer''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	2005	''Garden State''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Action/Adventure	2005	''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Liar	2005	''Garden State''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Liplock	2005	''Garden State''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Love Scene	2005	''Garden State''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Drama/Action Adventure	2006
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	2011	''Black Swan''
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Actress: Romantic Comedy	2011
Teen Choice Award	Choice Movie Liplock	2011	''Black Swan''
! scope="row"		2011	''Black Swan''
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award		2005	''Closer''
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award	Best Supporting Actress	2005	''Garden State''
Vancouver Film Critics Circle		2011	''Black Swan''
! scope="row"		2010	''Black Swan''
Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress	2000	''Anywhere but Here''
Young Artist Award	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress	2001	''Where the Heart Is''

References

External links

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name	Marion Cotillard
birth date	September 30, 1975
birth place	Paris, France
occupation	Actress, singer
years active	1993–present
domesticpartner	Guillaume Canet (2007–present; 1 child) }}

Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress and singer. She garnered critical acclaim for her roles in films such as ''La Vie en Rose'', ''My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument'', ''Taxi'', ''Furia'' and ''Jeux d'enfants''. She has also appeared in such films as ''Big Fish'', ''A Very Long Engagement'' (for which she received a César Award for Best Supporting Actress), ''A Good Year'', ''Public Enemies'', ''Nine'', and ''Inception''.

She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress, César for Best Actress and the Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or a Comedy for her portrayal of French singer Édith Piaf in ''La Vie en Rose''. She made film history by becoming the first person to win an Academy Award for a French language performance. In 2010, she received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance in the musical ''Nine''.

Family and early life

Cotillard was born in Paris and grew up around Orléans, Loiret in an artistically inclined, "bustling, creative household". Her father, Jean-Claude Cotillard, is an actor, teacher, former mime, and 2006 Molière Award-winning director. Cotillard's mother, Monique (now known as Niseema) Theillaud, is also an actress and drama teacher. She has two younger twin brothers, Quentin and Guillaume. She began acting during her childhood, appearing on stage in one of her father's plays.

Career

Early work (1993–2002)

After small appearances and performances in theater, Cotillard had occasional and minor roles in television series such as ''Highlander'', but her career as a film actress began in the mid-1990s with small but noticeable roles in such films as Arnaud Desplechin's ''My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument''. Cotillard appeared in the comedy ''La belle verte'', directed by Coline Serreau. In 1998, she starred in Gérard Pirès' action comedy ''Taxi''. In the film, she plays Lili Bertineau, who becomes Daniel's girlfriend. Cotillard reprised the role in two sequels. She then ventured into anticipation science fiction with Alexandre Aja's ''Furia'' (1999).

Cotillard appeared in Pierre Grimblat's film ''Lisa'' as Young Lisa, alongside Jeanne Moreau, Benoît Magimel and Sagamore Stévenin in the Swiss war drama ''In The Highlands''. She starred in Gilles Paquet-Brenner's film ''Les jolies choses'', adapted from the work of feminist writer Virginie Despentes. In the drama, Cotillard portrayed the characters of two twins of completely opposite characters, Lucie and Marie. She was nominated for a César Award for her performance. In Guillaume Nicloux's thriller ''Une affaire privée'' she portrayed Clarisse, friend of the disappeared.

Breakthrough (2003–2006)

Cotillard starred with Guillaume Canet in the romantic comedy film ''Love Me If You Dare'' as Sophie Kowalsky, the daughter of Polish immigrants. The film was directed by Yann Samuel. Cotillard had a notable supporting role in Tim Burton's film ''Big Fish'', where she appeared alongside Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange and Allison Lohman. In the film she plays Joséphine, the French wife of William Bloom. She appeared in two critically successful films, Jean-Pierre Jeunet's ''A Very Long Engagement'' as Tina Lombardi, for which she won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress, and appeared in the mystery thriller ''Innocence'' as Mademoiselle Éva.

In 2005, Cotillard starred in Steve Suissa's romantic drama ''Cavalcade'' as Alizée. She also appeared in Abel Ferrara's religious drama ''Mary'' alongside Forest Whitaker and Juliette Binoche. Marion played Isabelle Kruger and Alice in the thriller film ''La Boîte noire'', directed by Richard Berry. She appeared in the film ''Fair Play'' as Nicole. Cotillard starred in Ridley Scott's romantic comedy ''A Good Year'', in which she portrayed Fanny Chenal, a French café owner in a small Provençal town, opposite Russell Crowe as a Londoner who inherits a local property. She appeared in the Belgian comedy ''Dikkenek'', and learned to play the cello for her role as a soloist in the satirical coming-of-age film ''You and Me''.

2007–present

She was chosen by director Olivier Dahan to portray the French singer Édith Piaf in the biopic ''La Vie en Rose'' before he had even met her, saying that he noticed a similarity between Piaf's and Cotillard's eyes. Producer Ilan Goldman accepted and defended the choice even though distributors TFM reduced the money they gave to finance the film thinking Cotillard wasn't "bankable" enough an actress. Her portrayal was widely praised, including by the eminent theatre director Sir Trevor Nunn, who described it as "one of the greatest performances on film ever." It was dubbed "the most awaited film of 2007" in France, where some critics said that she had reincarnated Édith Piaf to sing one last time on stage.

On 10 February 2008, Cotillard became the first French actress to be awarded the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role since Stéphane Audran in 1973. She is the first actress to win a Golden Globe for a foreign language performance since 1972, when Liv Ullmann won for ''The Emigrants''. She is also the first person to win a (Comedy or Musical) Golden Globe for a foreign language performance.

On 22 February 2008, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in ''La Vie en Rose'', becoming the first woman and second person (after Adrien Brody, ''The Pianist'') to win both a Cesar and an Oscar for the same performance. Cotillard is the second French cinema actress to win this award and the third overall to receive an Academy Award. She is the first Best Actress winner in a non-English language performance since Sophia Loren's win in 1961. She is also the first and so far only winner of an Academy Award for a performance in the French language. In her Oscar acceptance speech, Cotillard proclaimed "thank you life, thank you love" and, speaking of Los Angeles, said "it is true, there is some angels ''(sic)'' in this city!" The day following the ceremony, Cotillard was congratulated and praised by the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in a statement saying,

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As ''La Vie En Rose'' was also a Czech production, as she mentioned in her César acceptance speech, on 1 March 2008, Cotillard won a Czech Lion Award for Best Actress. She could not attend the ceremony in Prague due to the filming of ''Public Enemies''. Her friend Pavlína Němcová – who played the journalist in ''La vie en Rose'' – was there to accept the award on her behalf. On 24 June 2008, Cotillard was one of 105 individuals invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Cotillard starred alongside Johnny Depp in ''Public Enemies'', released in the United States on 1 July 2009. Later that year, Cotillard appeared in the film adaptation of the musical ''Nine'', directed by Rob Marshall, and co-starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Kate Hudson. On 15 December 2009, Cotillard was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy for her performance in the film. The film was released on 18 December 2009.

For her role in the musical ''Nine'' as Luisa Contini, ''Time'' magazine ranked her as the fifth best performance by a female in 2009. She was ranked just behind Mo'Nique, Carey Mulligan, Saoirse Ronan and Meryl Streep. She was awarded the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award at the 2010 Palm Springs International Film Festival for the role.

She appeared as the main antagonist "Mal Cobb" in Christopher Nolan's film ''Inception'', alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page, and released on 16 July 2010. She will co-star alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Matt Damon in Steven Soderberg's thriller film ''Contagion''.

She appears in Woody Allen's ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011) alongside Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson, cast as Adriana, a fictionalized mistress of Pablo Picasso. On 15 March 2010 Cotillard was made a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Letters) by the French government for her "contribution to the enrichment of French culture". On 19 April 2011, Cotillard was signed on to star in Christopher Nolan's film ''The Dark Knight Rises'' playing Miranda Tate, a board member at Wayne Enterprises that is also an ally of Bruce Wayne. The film opens on 20 July 2012.

Other projects

In addition to her film work, Cotillard is interested in environmental activism, and has participated in campaigns for environmental protection. Cotillard used her high public profile to bring attention to the aims of Greenpeace, working for the environmental organization as a spokesperson, allowing the organization to use her apartment to test products. In 2005, she also contributed to Dessins pour le climat ("Drawings for the Climate"), a book of drawings published by Greenpeace to raise funds for the group.

In 2009, Cotillard was chosen as the face for Dior's "Lady Dior" advertising campaign and was featured in an online mini-movie directed by John Cameron Mitchell about the fictional character created by John Galliano. This campaign has also resulted in a musical collaboration with British indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, where Cotillard has provided the vocals for a composition performed by the group, entitled "The Eyes of Mars". Cotillard appeared on the cover of the November 2009 issue of ''Vogue'' with ''Nine'' co-stars Sophia Loren, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson and Fergie, and on the July 2010 cover by herself.

Personal life

Cotillard currently lives with French actor and director Guillaume Canet. Many reports say the couple prefer to live a simple lifestyle, and they are often spotted in cafes and shopping together in Paris. Neither star discusses their relationship with the media, although photos of the couple being affectionate regularly surface in the European tabloids. The birth of the couple's first child, called Marcel, was announced on 20 May 2011.

She is a fan of Radiohead and Canadian singer Hawksley Workman; she has appeared in two of the latter's music videos, most notably "No Reason to Cry Out your Eyes (On the Highway Tonight)". Workman even revealed in interviews about his last album ''Between the Beautifuls'' that he worked and wrote songs with Cotillard while they both were in Los Angeles during the movie awards season. She is a supporter of the English football club Leeds United, a passion she developed after her compatriot Eric Cantona's spell at the club in the early 1990s.

In 2008, Cotillard generated controversy due to the re-publishing of a 2007 interview in which she publicly questioned the official explanation of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and implied the destruction of the World Trade Center towers was an intentional demolition.

Filmography

+List of film credits
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1994	''''	Mathilde
1996	''My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument''	Student	''Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) ''
1996	''''	Nurse
1996	''Chloé''	Chloé
1998		Lili Bertineau	Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
1999	''War in the Highlands''	Julie Bonzon	''''
1999		Élia
1999	''Blue Away to America''	Solange	''Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique''
2000	''Taxi 2''	Lili Bertineau	Cabourg Romantic Film Festival – Best Actress
2001	''Lisa''	Young Lisa	Verona Love Screens Film Festival – Best Actress
2001	''Pretty Things''	Marie/Lucie	''''Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress
2002	''''	Clarisse Entoven	''''
2003	''Taxi 3''	Lili Bertineau
2003	''Love Me If You Dare''	Sophie Kowalsky	''Jeux d'enfants''Newport Beach Film Festival – Best Actress
2003	''Big Fish''	Joséphine Bloom
2004		Mademoiselle Éva
2004	''''	Tina Lombardi	''''César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2005	''Cavalcade''	Alizée
2005	''Edy''	Céline/La chanteuse du rêve
2005	''Love Is in the Air''	Alice	''Ma vie en l'air''
2005		Gretchen Mol
2005	''Burnt Out''	Lisa	''Sauf le respect que je vous dois''
2005	''''	Isabelle Kruger/Alice
2006	''You and Me''	Léna	''Toi et Moi''
2006	''Dikkenek''	Nadine
2006	''Fair Play''	Nicole
2006	''''	Fanny Chenal
2007	''''	Édith Piaf	Academy Award for Best ActressAfrican American Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActressCésar Award for Best ActressCzech Lion Award for Best ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyHollywood Film Festival – Actress of the YearKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressLondon Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressPalm Springs International Film Festival – Best ActressSanta Barbara International Film Festival – Virtuosos AwardSatellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaSeattle International Film Festival – Best ActressVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressNominated—Berlin International Film Festival – Best ActressNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2007
2009		[[Billie Frechette
2009	''OceanWorld 3D''	Narrator
2009	''''	Marie Vallières de Beaumont	''''
2009		Luisa Contini	Palm Springs International Film Festival – Desert Palm Achievement Actress AwardSatellite Award for Best Cast – Motion PictureNominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Awards 2009
2010	''[[Inception''	Mallorie "Mal" Cobb	Nominated—Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best EnsembleNominated—IGN Movie Award for Best ActressNominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best EnsembleNominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureNominated—Scream Award for Best EnsembleNominated—Scream Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2010		Marie	''''
2011	''Midnight in Paris''	Adriana
2011		Dr. Leonora Orantes
2012	''''	Miranda Tate	filming

Awards and nominations

Cotillard won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''A Very Long Engagement'' (2004). Cotillard won an Academy Award for Best Actress, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, a Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama and a César Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Édith Piaf in ''La Vie en Rose'' (2007). Cotillard and her co-stars of ''Nine'' won a Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture for the performance in the film.

Cotillard also has been nominated for numerous awards, including César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''Taxi'' (1998) and ''Les Jolies choses'' (2001), and a European Film Award for Best Actress for ''La Vie en Rose'' (2007). Additionally, Cotillard was nominated for an Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for ''Nine'' (2009).

Academy Award milestones

Cotillard received the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007, becoming only the second French cinema actress, after Simone Signoret in 1959, to win this award and the third overall to receive an Academy Award (Juliette Binoche won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1997 for her critically acclaimed role in the picture ''The English Patient''), although French expatriate Claudette Colbert was given an Oscar in 1934. She is the first Best Actress winner in a non-English language performance since Sophia Loren's win in 1961 and also became the first – and so far only – winner of an Academy Award for a performance in the French language.

Other awards

Cotillard for her portrayal of Lisa Young in the French film ''Lisa'' (2001), was the winner of Verona Love Screens Film Festival for Best Actress, she was the winner of Newport Beach Film Festival for Best Actress – Drama for ''Love Me If You Dare'' (2003).

References

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name	Bernard Arnault
birth date	March 05, 1949
birth place	Roubaix, France
alma mater	École Polytechnique
occupation	Chairman & CEO, LVMHChairman, Christian Dior SA
networth	US$41 billion (2011)
spouse	Hélène Mercier (Pianist)
website	LVMH.com }}

Bernard Arnault () (born 5 March 1949) is a French businessman best known as the chairman and CEO of the French conglomerate LVMH. According to Forbes Magazine, Arnault is the world's 4th and Europe's richest person, with a 2011 net worth of US$41 billion.

Education and business career

Arnault was born in Roubaix. After graduating from the Maxence Van Der Meersch High School, Arnault was admitted to the École Polytechnique (X1969) from which he graduated with an engineering degree in 1971. After graduation, Arnault joined his father's company. In 1976, he convinced his father to liquidate the construction division of the company for 40 million French francs, and to change the focus of the company to real estate. Using the name Férinel, the new company developed a specialty holiday accommodation. In 1979, he succeeded his father as president of the company.

When Socialist François Mitterrand was elected President of France in 1981, Arnault emigrated to the United States and created Ferinel Inc. Through this vehicle, Arnault undertook construction activity in the United States, developing an apartment complex in limited partnership form in West Palm Beach, Florida, which defaulted on its mortgage shortly after its completion. The equity investors lost their entire investment and bondholders who had financed the project lost most of their money as well. He was not particularly successful in the United States. Three years later, when the French Socialists switched to a more conservative economic course, Arnault returned to France and became the CEO of Financière Agache, a luxury goods company. With the help of Antoine Bernheim, a senior partner of Lazard Frères et Cie., the Paris office of Lazard Frères & Co., and government subsidies conferred in exchange for a promise not to downsize, Arnault acquired Boussac, a textile company in turmoil. The Arnault family put up just $15 million of their own money, with Lazard supplying the rest of the reported $80 million purchase price. Arnault sold nearly all the company's assets, keeping only the prestigious Christian Dior brand, and Le Bon Marché department store.

In 1987, shortly after the creation of LVMH, Mr Arnault exploited a growing conflict between Alain Chevalier, Moët Hennessy's CEO, and Henri Racamier, president of Louis Vuitton. The new group held property rights to Dior perfumes, which Arnault craved to incorporate into Dior Couture. He created a holding company of which he owned 60% and Guinness, who had a distribution agreement with Moët-Hennessy, owned 40%. Following the October 1987 stock market crash, he capitalized on the lower quoted price and soon owned 43% of LVMH. He then consolidated his position by purging executives from both companies including appointing his father Jean Leon Arnault Chairman of the Supervisory board before officially taking over as Chairman & CEO in 1989.

In 2007, he acquired 10.69% of France's largest supermarket retailer and the world's second largest food distributor, Carrefour through his Blue Capital, which is jointly owned by California property firm Colony Capital.

He has since then led the company through an ambitious development plan, turning it into one of the largest luxury groups in the world, alongside Swiss luxury giant Richemont and French based PPR Group.

Among other companies, Arnault also owned the art auction house, Phillips de Pury & Company from 1999 to 2003.

Personal life

Arnault has been married twice, and is the father of five children. His daughter Delphine Arnault is actively involved in the management of LVMH. His second wife, Hélène Mercier, is a pianist from Quebec. His nephew Harry Seaman is also involved in LVMH, overseeing sales and he is currently researching in Australia. Mr Arnault is a noted art collector. Following the example of business man François Pinault, he created a Louis Vuitton foundation for contemporary art. Designed by Frank Gehry, the construction of the foundation should open at the Jardin d'acclimatation in 2012.

Arnault was a witness at President Nicolas Sarkozy's wedding to Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz. He was also awarded the French Legion of Honour.

Competitors

Arnault's main business competitors are:

French businessman François-Henri Pinault, whose holding company PPR owns Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, Sergio Rossi, Bottega Veneta, Boucheron, Roger & Gallet, Bédat & Co and Christie's.

Swiss-based Richemont, which owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Baume et Mercier, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, A. Lange & Söhne, Officine Panerai, Vacheron Constantin, Dunhill, Lancel, Montblanc, Old England, Purdey, Chloé, and Shanghai Tang.

Controversies

In January 2007 Kathryn Blair, the daughter of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, completed an intensive French language and culture course at France's Sorbonne University. Tony Blair has been criticised for accepting an invitation on her behalf from Bernard Arnault. During Kathryn Blair's course, which ran from 12 October 2006 to 26 January 2007, she is thought to have been provided with an accommodation, security and transport package worth around £80,000.

See also

French Rich List

References

External links

Being LVMH's Bernard Arnault- Profile story from WSJ Magazine

A Guide to the Principal Holdings of Bernard Arnault also in WSJ Magazine

Category:1949 births Category:Alumni of the École Polytechnique Category:Businesspeople in fashion Category:Cosmetics businesspeople Category:French art collectors Category:French billionaires Category:French chief executives Category:People from Roubaix Category:LVMH people Category:Living people

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