Sophie Marceau Biography

Sophie Marceau is a French actress, screenwriter, director, and author. She starting acting as a teenager and became popular with her initial movies ‘La Boum’ and ‘La Boum 2’. She quickly rose to fame in Europe with a string of hit movies, including ‘L'Étudiante,’ ‘Pacific Palisades’ and ‘Revenge of the Musketeers.’ She achieved further international success with her performances in the films ‘Firelight’ and ‘Braveheart’. Born to a truck driver and a shop assistant, Marceau grew up far from the glimmer of the show business. She never thought of entering the entertainment industry until February 1980 when she first came across an advertisement by a modeling agency. She applied and was selected. Since then, the French beauty has been active in the modeling and the acting industry and has undoubtedly achieved considerable success in both fields. As a director, she has contributed to the making of the feature films ‘Speak to Me of Love’ and ‘Trivial’. On a personal note, Marceau is a doting mother of two. She is an animal lover.