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Top 10 French actresses
10. Mélanie Laurent
Mélanie
Laurent is the daughter of Annick, a ballet teacher, and Pierre, a voice actor,
who is most recognized for the french version of "The
Simpsons" (1989). Mélanie Laurent was born in Paris , France .
She also has a younger brother, Mathieu. In 1998, she was visiting the set
of Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999) with a friend when she caught
the attention of Gerard Depardieu. He offered her a role in his next
film The Bridge(1999). She only played a small role, but it was enough to
further Mélanie's interest in acting.
9. Roxane
Mesquida
Roxane
Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town in the South of France. At the age
of 11, while walking with her mother, writer Francoise Mesquida, she was
spotted by director Manuel Pradal who cast her in Mary from the Bay of Angels
(Marie Baie de Anges). In 1998, she played opposite Isabelle Huppert in Benoit
Jacquot's The School of Flesh (L'ecole de la Chair) which was presented at that
year's Cannes Film Festival. A few years later, she crossed paths with the
renowned and provocative director Catherine Breillat. Not only did the director
bring Roxane to international attention, she taught the actress her craft. In
2001, their first film Fat Girl (A ma soeur!) was presented at festivals around
the world including Berlin and Toronto . The following
year, the director and her actress collaborated on Sex is a Comedy which was
presented at the Cannes Film Festival, 2002. They worked together again on The
Last Mistress (Une vieille maitresse) with Asia Argento. The film was presented
in competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, after making Sheitan
with Vincent Cassel directed by Kim Chapiron, Mesquida moved to the United States .
She spent several months in New York attending
The Barrow Group, a prestigious non-profit Off-Broadway Theatre Company
and acting School before settling in Los
Angeles . In 2010, two of her films were presented at Cannes : Kaboom by
independent filmmaker Gregg Araki and Rubber by Quentin Dupieux a.k.a Mr. Ozio.
She also starred three music videos: Buck 65's "Paper Airplane",
Grudd Rhys's "Shark Ridden Waters" and Marilyn Manson's "No
Reflection" in 2012. 2011 was a very busy year for Mesquida who played
Beatrice, the sister of Louis Grimaldi in TV series Gossip Girl and appeared in
the features The Most Fun You Can Have Dying by Kirstin Marcon, Kiss of the
Damned by Alexandra Cassavetes (daughter of John Cassavetes) and Homesick by
young independent filmmaker Frederic Da. She also appeared in the art video for
Opening Ceremony.
When
she was 14, Mesquida was spotted by Elite Model Management and she has been
working as a model ever since. She is signed by worldwide modeling agency IMG
Modelssince 2008.
8. Emmanuelle
Béart
Emmanuelle
Béart was born August 14, 1963, in Saint-Tropez ,
France . She
lived with her mother, brothers, and sister on a farm in Gassin, not far from Saint-Tropez in Provence
(southern France ) because
her father, French singer and poet Guy Béart, didn't want the children to
be affected by the glamour world of Paris .
When Emmanuelle was 13, she saw Romy Schneider in the
movie Mado (1976). From that time on, she wanted to be an actress. In
Emmanuelle's teens, her parents sent her to Montreal , Quebec , Canada , for four years, so she
could learn English. There, she was engaged for a Robert Altman movie
that was never made. After returning to France , she took drama classes and
got her first TV role, in Raison perdue (1984) (TV). David
Hamilton, the photographer/director, was impressed by her beauty and gave her a
role in Premiers désirs (1984). She met her spouse-to-be, Daniel
Auteuil, while making L'amour en douce (1985). The film that made her
famous in France
wasManon of the Spring (1986), in which she played the role of a blonde
shepherd dancing nude in the fields. Director Tom McLoughlin chose
her out of 5,000 candidates for her first Hollywood
picture, Date with an Angel (1987). Emmanuelle is a very sensitive
and a perfectionist. For the part of Camille in the film Un Coeur en
Hiver (1992), she took violin lessons for a whole year. Her biggest
success was as a nude model in the art film La belle noiseuse (1991),
which starred Michel Piccoli and was directed by Jacques
Rivette.
7. Anne Parillaud
Anne
Parillaud was born in Paris , France on May 6, 1960 and even though all her
travels took her to many lands, is still a Paris resident. Anne studied ballet in
school, and her first appearance was in the film Un amour de
sable (1977) where she played "La jeune fille avec un petit chat"
("The girl with a kitten"). However, her first real role was as
"Estelle" in Holiday Hotel (1978) and, even though she had
only appeared in this film during summer vacation, by then she had caught the
show business bug. Anne was in eight other films, and then she gave her
breakout performance in her signature role as "Nikita" in the wildly
popular La Femme Nikita (1990), which spun off the American
remake Point of No Return (1993) starring Bridget Fonda, and the
USA Network television series "La Femme Nikita" (1997)
starring Peta Wilson. Anne had taken judo lessons for three months to
prepare for this part. Anne said that when acting, she can abandon herself;
indeed the character Nikita is nothing like her. Anne hates guns and even said
of Nikita: "For a while, she was in me like a demon".
When it comes to which films and directors to work with, Anne has her one rule: it must touch her heart. Obviously director Luc Bessontouched her heart, they had a daughter together, but the couple separated shortly after La Femme Nikita (1990); (in 1997, Besson was briefly married to Milla Jovovich, but they divorced). Anne traveled to
6. Audrey
Tautou
Audrey
Justine Tautou (; born 1976 or 1978) is a French film actress, best known
for playing the title character in the award-winning 2001 film Le Fabuleux
Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Sophie Neveu in the 2006 thriller The Da Vinci
Code, Irène in Priceless (2006) and Coco Chanel in Coco avant Chanel. She won the César Award for Most
Promising Actress in Venus Beauty Institute (1999).
In
1998, Tautou participated in a Star Search-like competition sponsored by Canal+
called "Jeunes Premiers" (The Young Debut) and won Best Young Actress
at the 9th Béziers Festival of Young Actors. Tonie Marshall gave her a role in
the César-winning Venus Beauty Institute (1999, aka Vénus beauté
(institut)). In 2000, she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as her country's most
promising young film actress.
In
2001, Tautou rose to international fame for her performance as the eccentric
lead in the romantic comedy Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie
Poulain (Amélie). In June 2004, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
(AMPAS).
In
2005, Tautou worked in her first full Hollywood
production, opposite Tom Hanks, in the film version of Dan Brown's best-selling
novel The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard and released in May 2006.
She acted alongside Gad Elmaleh in Pierre Salvadori's Hors de
prix (Priceless), released 13 December 2006. The film has been compared
to Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Tautou starred with Guillaume
Canet in Claude Berri's Ensemble, c'est tout in 2007, an adaptation
of the eponymous novel by Anna Gavalda.
Tautou
played the lead role in the biopic of fashion designer Coco Chanel, titled Coco avant Chanel, and directed by Anne Fontaine. Filming
began in Paris in September 2008, and released
in France
on 22 April 2009. The script is partially based on Edmonde Charles-Roux’s book
“L’Irrégulière” (”The Non-Conformist”). As part of promoting the film, Tautou
was named as the next spokesmodel for Chanel No. 5, replacing Nicole Kidman.
She was directed in the advertisement by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, with whom she
worked on Amélie and A Very Long Engagement. The advertisement
was released in 2009 to coincide with the film's release.
She
appeared in the video of "I Love Your Smile", a song by British
singer-songwriter Charlie Winston.
5. Marion Cotillard
Academy Award-winning
French actress Marion Cotillard was born on September 30, 1975 in Paris
to Jean-Claude Cotillard, an actor, playwright and director,
and Niseema Theillaud, an actress and drama teacher. While still a
teenager, Cotillard made her cinema debut in the film L'histoire
du garçon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse (1994). Her first prominent screen
role was as "Lilly Bertineau" in Taxi (1998/I), a role
which she reprised in two sequels.
In
2007, Cotillard received international recognition for her iconic portrayal of
legendary French singer Édith Piaf in La Vie en
Rose (2007). The role won Cotillard the Academy Award for Best
Actress along with a César (France 's
equivalent to the Oscar), a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe. That made her
only the second actress to win an acting Oscar performing in a language other
than English next to Sophia Loren (Two Women (1960)). Only two
male performers (Roberto Benigni for Life Is Beautiful (1997)
and Robert De Niro for The Godfather: Part II (1974)) have
won an Oscar for solely non-English parts.
Cotillard
has worked much more frequently in English-language movies following her
Academy Award recognition. In 2009, she acted oppositeJohnny
Depp in Public Enemies (2009), and later that year had a role in
musical Nine (2009). The following year, she took on the main
antagonist role in Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010), and in
2011 she had memorable parts in Midnight in Paris (2011)
and Contagion (2011). In 2012, Cotillard received wide-spread acclaim
at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Rust and Bone (2012), and
reteamed with Christopher Nolan in The Dark Knight
Rises (2012).
With
long-time boyfriend Guillaume Canet, Cotillard gave birth to her first
child, Marcel, in May 2011.
4. Sophie
Marceau
Sophie
Marceau (born Sophie Maupu) grew up far from the studio spotlights. When she
was 14 she was living in the Paris
suburb of Gentilly with her father, a truck driver. She learned from friends
that director Claude Pinoteau was looking for new faces for a movie
about teenagers called The Party (1980). She auditioned for the role,
got it, and the film was a success. She played in La boum 2 (1982),
then bought back her contract with Gaumont when she was 16 years old for one
million French francs. She is a critically acclaimed actress, having received
the Cesar for Best Feminine Hope for "La Boum 2" in 1983. She was
elected Romantic actress for Chouans! (1988) at the Festival
International du Film Romantique (International Festival of Romantic Movie) of
Cabourg in 1988, and was awarded the Moliere of the Best Theatrical
Revelation for "Eurydice et Pygmalion" in 1994.
3. Laetitia
Casta
Born
in Pont-Audemer , France ,
Laetitia Casta spent her childhood in the lush countryside of Normandy . At age 15, she was approached by an
agent of Paris ' Madison Models while building
sand castles on a beach in Corsica . After her
father agreed to let the agency take some test photographs, Laetitia's wondrous
natural beauty impressed the founder of Madison
models as well as the director of the French magazine Elle. Modeling contracts
ensued and in 1993 Laetitia signed on with Guess? Jeans for a very successful
advertising campaign.
In
1996, Laetitia became one of the lead models of Victoria 's Secret and from there was
featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition for three consecutive
years. She has appeared on over 100 covers of fashion magazines such as
Cosmopolitan and Glamour, as well as doing commercials for the cosmetics
company L'Oreal. Laetitia made her feature film debut in Asterix
and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), the most expensive French film ever made and
a smash hit in Europe . Her acting career
gained momentum when she starred in the TV movie "The Blue
Bicycle" (2000), set in WWII France.
Laetitia
currently owns a flat in London
and enjoys painting, writing, rollerblading, going to the cinema, and dancing
in her spare time.
2. Eva
Green
Eva
Green was born Eva Gaëlle Green on July 5, 1980, in Paris , France .
She has a non-identical twin sister. Her father, named Walter Green, is a
Swedish dentist who once appeared in the 1966 film Au Hasard
Balthazar (1966). Her mother, named Marlène Jobert, is an
Algerian-born (during the time Algeria
was part of France )
French actress who retired from acting and became a writer of children's books.
Young Eva Green left French school at 17. She switched to English in Ramsgate , Kent ,
and went to the American School in France for one year. She studied
acting at Saint Paul Drama School
in Paris for three years, then had a 10-week
polishing course at the Weber Douglas Academy
of dramatic Art in London .
She also studied directing at the Tisch School of Arts at New York University .
She
returned to Paris
as an accomplished young actress, and played on stage in several theater
productions: "La Jalousie en Trois Fax" and "Turcaret".
There she caught the eye of director Bernardo Bertolucci. Green followed a
recommendation to work on her English. She studied for two months with an
English coach before doing The Dreamers (2003) with Bernardo
Bertolucci. During their work Bertolucci described Green as being "so
beautiful it's indecent." Green won critical acclaim for her role
in The Dreamers (2003). She also attracted a great deal of attention
from male audiences for her full frontal nudity in several scenes of the film.
Besides her work as an actress Green also composed original music and recorded
several sound tracks for the film score.
After
The Dreamers Green's career ascended to the level where she revealed more of
her multifaceted acting talent. She played the love interest of cult French
gentleman stealer Arsène Lupin (2004) opposite Romain Duris. In
2005 she co-starred opposite Orlando Bloom and Liam
Neesonin Kingdom of Heaven (2005) produced and directed by Ridley
Scott. The film became a blockbuster in the US and worldwide and brought her a
wider international exposure. She turned down the femme fatale role in The
Black Dahlia that went to Hilary Swank because she didn't want to end
up always typecast as a femme fatale after her role in The Dreamers. Instead,
Eva Green accepted the prestigious role of Vesper Lynd, one of three Bond
girls, opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale (2006) and
became the 5th French actress to play a James Bond girl after Claudine
Auger in Thunderball (1965), Corinne Cléry in Moonraker (1979), Carole
Bouquet in For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Sophie
Marceau in The World is not enough (1999).
Since
her school years Green has been a cosmopolitan multilingual and multicultural
person. Yet, since her father always lived in France with them and her mother,
she and her twin sister can't speak Swedish. She developed a wide scope of
interests beyond her acting profession and became an aspiring art connoisseur
and an avid museum visitor. Her other activities outside of acting include playing
and composing music, cooking at home, walking her terrier, and collecting art.
She currently shares time between her two residencies; one is in Paris , France ,
and one in London , England .
1. Isabelle
Adjani
Isabelle
Yasmine Adjani born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris . She born to a
Kabyle father from Constantine and Djelfa, Mohammed Cherif Adjani, and a German
mother, Augusta, called "Gusti". She grew up speaking German
fluently. After winning a school recitation contest, she began acting in
amateur theater by the age of twelve. At the age of 14, she starred in her
first motion picture Le Petit bougnat (1970). Adjani has appeared in 30 films
since 1970. She holds the record for most César Award for Best
Actress (5), which she won for Possession (1981), One Deadly Summer (1983),
Camille Claudel (1988), Queen Margot (1994) and Skirt Day (2009). She was also
given a double Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award in 1981. She
also received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. She
performs in French, English, Italian and German. Adjani was made a Chevalier de
la Légion d'honneur in 2010.
Jun 15, 2013
Top 10 Canadian Actresses
Some of Tinseltown’s most talented starlets got
their start in their Canadian hometowns. Here are the top 10 Canadian actresses
from TV and film.
1. Rachel
McAdams
This London ,
Ontario gal can currently be seen
in “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” and then in next year’s “Sherlock Holmes.”
Sultry Rachel McAdams became the object of men’s desires everywhere after her
steamy role in “The Notebook.”
2. Anna
Paquin
As she’s on the new hit show “True Blood” and has
two highly-anticipated 2009 flicks, including “Margaret” with Matt Damon, Anna
Paquin’s humble beginnings in Winnipeg have surely help to propel her to
stardom today in Hollywood.
3.
Kristin Kreuk
Kristin Kreuk gained popularity when she appeared
on “Smallville,” and after she appears in this year’s flick “Street Fighter:
The Legend of Chun-Li” and 2010’s “Ben Hur” her popularity is surely going to
soar
4.
Evangeline Lilly
Evangeline Lilly’s two 2008 movies like “Hurt
Locker,” Evangeline Lilly continues her role on the intriguing show “Lost.”
5. Elisha
Cuthbert
Bombshell Elisha Cuthbert has found success with a
long-standing role on TV’s “24,” but she’ll also hit the big screen in the
comedy “The Six Wives of Henry Lefay.”
6. Ellen
Page
Who could deny the endearing Ellen Page as the
lead in “Juno,” a role that got her nominated for an Oscar? Look for this Nova
Scotian in two 2009 flicks, including the Drew Barrymore-directed “Whip It.”
7. Laura
Vandervoort
Laura Vandervoort is a Toronto gal, dabbling in a bit of everything
in ’09 – projects in TV, film as well as animation.
8.
Carrie-Anne Moss
Getting her start in “The Matrix”, Carrie-Anne
Moss, who was born and raised on the West Coast in Vancouver , is switching gears this year with
a role in the comedy “Love Hurts.”
9. Neve Campbell
Sexy Guelph ,
Ontario native Neve Campbell
caught our attention in the movie “Wild Things,” and is currently starring on
the new TV show "The
Philanthropist."
10. Sarah
Polley
Sarah Polley is an actress and director renowned in
her native Canada
for her political activism. Her expressive face that enables directors to
minimize dialog due to her uncanny ability to suggest a character's thoughts,
Polley has become a favorite of critics for her sensitive portraits of wounded
and conflicted young women in independent
films.
Jun 14, 2013
Top 10 Actresses of Russia
You
probably think you know all the Russian out there. After all, every
one of them seems be named to name Olga or something else obviously Russian.
Well, you’d be right most of the time, but not all of them have such obvious
names. Here are the ten best Russian actresses, and all of them have Russian
blood in them somehow.
A Nickelodeon child star. Does
Nickelodeon have a thing for the Russians or what? Amanda Bynes tried to be
funny on “The Amanda Show,” but mostly she succeeded at looking stupid. She has
promise though, as long as she gives up comedy.
She’s definitely cute, but
even though she’s in her twenties, she looks about fifteen. Yes, that makes it
a little creepy. Plus, she was in the notoriously hideous movie, “High School
Musical.” That said, when she’s about 35, she’s going to be the sexiest cougar
the world has ever seen. Just wait and see.
I bet you thought she was
Canadian. Well, she is, but her mom is of Russian ancestry. She makes the list
for being able to become rich and famous for having the rare ability to run
down a beach.
Most girls can’t actually be
funny, but Sarah Silverman is. Also, if she decides to give up comedy, and just
go for looking good and getting paid, she could probably pull it off.
Another Russian actress that
got start on the Nickelodeon channel. She’s Alex from “The Secret World of Alex
Mack.” She was also in “10 Things I Hate About You.” She doesn’t get enough
credit, so here’s some recognition for her.
This girl has been famous her
entire life. She wasn’t born in Russia ,
but she can speak the language. You may remember her as Nona Mecklenberg from
“The Adventures of Pete & Pete.” Well, she grew up and got hot. The male
population likes that kind of thing.
She’s straight up Russian.
Mila Kunis can
even speak the language. Plus, she’s totally adorable, and “That 70’s Show” was
just fantastic, even if her character was somewhat annoying.
That’s right. Jake
Gyllenhaal’s sister is Russian too, which of course makes him Russian as well.
Maggie Gyllenhaal was in “Donnie Darko,” which is possibly the best movie ever,
and “The Dark Knight.” She’s an amazing actress, and we’ve only seen the
beginnings of her potential.
She’s gorgeous, she graduated
from Harvard, and she managed to look good in a suit on “The Office.” What
other woman has such unique qualities? If you were thinking, “No other woman.”
Then, you’d be right.
She was born in the Soviet Union, and her
mother is Russian, making her a good candidate alone. Now that the formalities
are out the way, she’s mainly at the top of the list because she always seems
to play that hot girl who could beat you up. There’s just something appealing
about that.
There you have it: the best Russian actresses. It got a little scrappy at the end there. Long-haired Michael Bolton almost fought his way into that number ten spot.
Jun 13, 2013
Top 10 Australian Actresses
Born January 31, 1973 in Horsham , Victoria ,
Australia .
Mostly known for playing lawyer Nell Porter on the FOX network drama Ally
McBeal. She also appeared in shows such as Veronica’s Closet, The Twilight
Zone, Arrested Development and Better Off Ted.
In 2004 De Rossi began dating
comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and for the first time came out as
being openly gay. On August 16, 2008, De Rossi and DeGeneres tied the knot in
their Beverly Hills
home.
Fun Facts:
1. She enjoys riding horses in
her free time
2. Shares a birthday with her
grandmother, who was born in 1907
3. Legally changed her name to
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
4. Published a book called
Unbearable Lightness about her life struggles
5. She struggled with the
eating disorder anorexia nervosa for four years
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