Marion Cotillard is a French actress. She is known for her roles on stage and screen. She has received numerous awards and nominations and as of 2025, Cotillard's films have grossed more than $3.7 billion at the worldwide box-office and have sold more than 75 million admissions in France. [1] [2] [3]
Cotillard began her career acting in short films at the age of 7. She had her first English-language role in the television series Highlander (1993). She made her feature film debut in the French romantic comedy The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed (1994). She had her breakthrough role in the action comedy Taxi (1998), earning a nomination for the César Award for Best Promising Actress, and reprised her role in the sequels Taxi 2 (2000) and Taxi 3 (2003). She made her Hollywood debut with a small role in Big Fish (2003), won her first César Award for Best Supporting Actress for A Very Long Engagement (2004), and had her first major English-language role in A Good Year (2006).
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of French singer Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose (2007). She was Oscar-nominated for her role in Two Days, One Night (2014). She has also starred in international films such as Pretty Things (2001), Love Me If You Dare (2003), Rust and Bone (2012), and Annette (2021), as well as in major English-language films such as Public Enemies (2009), Nine (2009), Inception (2010), Contagion (2011), Midnight in Paris (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), The Immigrant (2013), Macbeth (2015), Allied (2016), and Lee (2023).
On stage, Cotillard has portrayed Joan of Arc in numerous productions of Joan of Arc at the Stake in several countries since 2005.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes or original title |
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1994 | The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed | Mathilde | L'Histoire du garçon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse |
1996 | My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument | Student | Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) |
La Belle Verte | Macha | ||
1998 | Taxi | Lilly Bertineau | |
1999 | War in the Highlands | Julie Bonzon | La Guerre dans le Haut Pays |
Furia | Élia | ||
Blue Away to America | Solange | Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique | |
2000 | Taxi 2 | Lilly Bertineau | |
2001 | Lisa | Young Lisa | |
Pretty Things | Marie / Lucie | Les Jolies Choses | |
2002 | A Private Affair | Clarisse Entoven | Une affaire privée |
2003 | Taxi 3 | Lilly Bertineau | |
Love Me If You Dare | Sophie Kowalsky | Jeux d'enfants | |
Big Fish | Joséphine Bloom | First English-language film | |
2004 | Innocence | Mademoiselle Éva | |
A Very Long Engagement | Tina Lombardi | Un long dimanche de fiançailles | |
2005 | Cavalcade | Alizée | |
Love Is in the Air | Alice | Ma vie en l'air | |
Mary | Gretchen Mol | ||
Burnt Out | Lisa | Sauf le respect que je vous dois | |
The Black Box | Isabelle Kruger / Alice | La Boîte Noire | |
Edy | Céline / La chanteuse du rêve | ||
2006 | Toi et moi | Léna | |
Dikkenek | Nadine | ||
Fair Play | Nicole | ||
A Good Year | Fanny Chenal | ||
2007 | La Vie en rose | Édith Piaf | La môme |
2009 | Public Enemies | Billie Frechette | |
The Last Flight | Marie Vallières de Beaumont | Le dernier vol | |
Nine | Luisa Contini | ||
2010 | Inception | Mal | |
Little White Lies | Marie | Les petits mouchoirs | |
2011 | Midnight in Paris | Adriana | |
Contagion | Dr. Leonora Orantes | ||
2012 | Rust and Bone | Stéphanie | De Rouille et D'os |
The Dark Knight Rises | Miranda Tate / Talia al Ghul | ||
2013 | The Immigrant | Ewa Cybulska | |
Blood Ties | Monica | ||
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | CBC News Co-host | Cameo | |
2014 | Two Days, One Night | Sandra Bya | Deux jours, une nuit |
2015 | The Little Prince | The Rose | Voice |
Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | ||
2016 | It's Only the End of the World | Catherine | Juste la fin du monde |
From the Land of the Moon | Gabrielle | Mal de Pierres | |
Allied | Marianne Beauséjour | ||
Assassin's Creed | Dr. Sofia Rikkin | ||
2017 | Rock'n Roll | Marion Cotillard | |
Ismael's Ghosts | Carlotta | Les Fantômes d'Ismaël | |
2018 | Angel Face | Marlène | Gueule d'ange |
2019 | Little White Lies 2 | Marie | Nous finirons ensemble |
2020 | Dolittle | Tutu | Voice |
2021 | Annette | Ann Defrasnoux | |
Bigger Than Us | Documentary; as producer | ||
2022 | Brother and Sister | Alice | Frère et Sœur |
2023 | Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom | Cleopatra / Tipsy | Astérix et Obélix: l'Empire du Milieu |
Little Girl Blue | Carole Achache | ||
The Inventor | Louise de Savoy | Voice | |
Lee | Solange d'Ayen | ||
2025 | The Ice Tower | Cristina / The Snow Queen | |
TBA | Karma † | TBA | Filming [4] |
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1995 | Snuff Movie | Olivier Van Hoofstadt | |
1996 | Insalata Mista | Juliette | Emmanuel Hamon |
1997 | Affaire classée | Nathalie | Luc Gallissaires |
La sentence | Mauro Losa | ||
1998 | La surface de réparation | Stella | Valérie Müller |
1999 | L'appel de la cave | Rachel | Mathieu Mercier |
2000 | Quelques jours de trop | Franck Guérin | |
Le marquis | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | ||
2001 | Heureuse | La virtuelle de 35 kg. | Céline Nieszawer |
Boomer | Mme Boomer | Karim Adda | |
2009 | Lady Noire Affair | Lady Noire | Olivier Dahan |
2010 | Lady Rouge | Lady Rouge | Jonas Åkerlund |
Lady Blue Shanghai | Lady Blue | David Lynch | |
Lady Grey London | Lady Grey | John Cameron Mitchell | |
2011 | L.A.dy Dior | Margaux | |
2022 | Rencontre(s) | Coco Chanel (voice) | Mathias Chelebourg |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Le monde des tout-petits | Short film | |
1983 | Lucie | Short film | |
1993 | Étude sur le Mouvement | Fairy | Segment: "Intériorité" |
Highlander | Lori Bellian | Episodes: "Saving Grace" and "Nowhere to Run" | |
1994 | Extrême Limite | Sophie Colbert | Episodes: "Père et fille" and "La pistonnée" |
1996 | Théo la tendresse | Laura | Episode: "La nouvelle de la semaine" |
Chloé | Chloé | Television film | |
L'@mour est à réinventer | Laurence | Episode: "La mouette" | |
1998 | Interdit de Vieillir | Abigail Dougnac | Television film |
2001 | Les Redoutables | Gabby | Episode: "Doggy dog" |
Une femme piégée (aka Vertigo: A Woman in Danger) | Florence Lacaze | Television film | |
2005 | Une américaine à Paris | Herself | Television film |
2008 | Génération duo | Herself | Television film |
2013 | Le Débarquement | Nathalie the Bear | 1 episode |
2014 | Comedy Central's All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special | Herself | 1 episode |
2015 | Castings | Herself | Rap battle with Nekfeu and Orelsan (1 episode) |
2021 | La Vengeance au Triple Galop | Kim Randall | Television film |
2023 | Extrapolations | Sylvie Bolo | Episode: "2068: The Going Away Party" |
2025 | The Morning Show | Celine Dumont | Post-production [5] |
Cotillard has narrated several documentaries and dubbed several animated films in France and in the U.S., and also dubbed in French all of her roles in English-language films. [6] [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Big Fish | Joséphine Bloom | French version |
2004 | Cinq Contes Musicaux Pour les Petits | Narrator | Children's audio book (in French) |
2005 | Mary | Gretchen Mol | French version |
2006 | Happy Feet | Gloria | French version only |
2009 | Public Enemies | Billie Frechette | French version |
Nine | Luisa Contini | French version | |
OceanWorld 3D | Sea Turtle | Documentary (French version) | |
2010 | Inception | Mal | French version |
2011 | Midnight in Paris | Adriana | French version |
Contagion | Dr. Leonora Orantes | French version | |
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Miranda Tate | French version |
2013 | The Immigrant | Ewa Cybulska | French version |
Blood Ties | Monica | French version | |
2014 | Terre des Ours | Narrator | Documentary (French version) |
The Amazon's Silent Crisis | Narrator | Short Film for Greenpeace (English version) | |
2015 | Minions | Scarlet Overkill | French version only |
April and the Extraordinary World | Avril | a.k.a. Avril et le Monde truqué, original French version | |
Unity | Narrator | Documentary (in English) | |
Home | Narrator | Short Film (French version) | |
2016 | Allied | Marianne Beausejour | French version |
Assassin's Creed | Dr. Sofia Rikkin | French version | |
2017 | Assassin's Creed: Origins | Cameo appearance | |
2018 | Dans les yeux de Thomas Pesquet | Narrator | Documentary (Original French version) [8] |
Vestige | Narrator | Documentary (French version) [9] | |
2021 | Charlotte | Charlotte Salomon | French version; also executive producer |
2024 | Olympics! The French Games | Narrator | Documentary |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Director(s) | Ref. |
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1990 | Petite fille | Les Wampas | Unknown | [10] |
2003 | No Reason to Cry Out Your Eyes | Hawksley Workman | Unknown | [11] |
2004 | Givin'Up | Richard Archer and Tommy Hools | Unknown | |
2009 | Beds Are Burning | TckTckTck – Time for Climate Justice | Chic & Artistic | [12] |
2010 | More Than Meets the Eye | Yodelice | Unknown | [13] |
Breathe In | Yodelice | Unknown | ||
Take It All (from the film Nine ) | Marion Cotillard | Rob Marshall | [14] | |
The Eyes of Mars | Marion Cotillard and Franz Ferdinand | Jonas Åkerlund | [15] | |
2012 | Lily's Body | Marion Cotillard | Eliott Bliss | [16] |
2013 | The Next Day | David Bowie | Floria Sigismondi | [17] |
2014 | Snapshot in LA / Lady Dior – Enter the Game | Marion Cotillard | Eliott Bliss and Marion Cotillard | [18] |
Since 2005, Cotillard has acted in several production of Joan of Arc with Oratorio by Arthur Honegger and libretto by Paul Claudel.
Year | Production | Role | Location | Date | Director | Ref. |
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1997 | Y'a des Nounours Dans les Placards | Unknown | Théâtre Contemporain de la Danse, France | Laurent Cotillard | [19] | |
2005 | Joan of Arc at the Stake | Joan of Arc | Palais des Sports d'Orléans, Orléans, France | 5–6 May 2005 | Jean-Marc Cochereau | |
2012 | L'Auditori de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain | 17 November 2012 | Marc Soustrot | [20] [21] | ||
2015 | Rainier III Auditorium, Monaco | 8 February 2015 | Kazuki Yamada | [22] | ||
Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, France | 14 February 2015 | [23] | ||||
Philharmonie, Grande Salle, Paris, France | 3–4 March 2015 | [23] | ||||
Avery Fisher Hall, New York City, NY | 10–13 June 2015 | Côme de Bellescize | [24] | |||
2018 | Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Piazza del Duomo, Spoleto, Italy | 18 July 2018 | Benoît Jacquot | [25] [26] | ||
2019 | Romanian Athenaeum, Bucharest, Romania | 19 September 2019 | Alexandre Bloch | [27] [28] | ||
2022 | Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain | 7–17 June 2022 | Juanjo Mena | |||
2024 | Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany | 6–8 June 2024 | Côme de Bellescize |