Cotillard was born on 30 September 1975 in Paris,[1] and grew up inAlfortville, in the southern suburbs of Paris, where she lived with her family in a flat on the 18th floor of a tower block[2] until she was 11 years old,[3] when her family moved to the small commune ofAulnay-la-Rivière in theLoiret department in north-central France.[3] She grew up in an artistically inclined household.[4] Her mother,Niseema Theillaud [fr], is an actress and drama teacher.[2][5] Her father,Jean-Claude Cotillard [fr], is an actor, teacher, formermime (appearing inFrench in Action), and theatre director, ofBreton descent.[2] She has two younger twin brothers, Quentin and Guillaume, a writer and a sculptor.[2][6] The family later moved to La Beauce, a town nearOrléans, where her father set up his own theatre company.[2]
Cotillard's father introduced her to cinema, and as a child she would mimicLouise Brooks andGreta Garbo in her own bedroom.[2] She began acting during her childhood, appearing in one of her father's plays.[7] At the age of 3, she appeared on stage for the first time opposite her mother.[8] At the age of 15, Cotillard entered theConservatoire d'art dramatique [fr] in Orléans.[9] She graduated in 1994 and then moved to Paris to pursue an acting career.[4] In order to pay her bills in her teens, she started making key-chains at home, and sold them at candy stores.[10][11]
Cotillard speaks French and English fluently.[12] She learned English at the age of 11.[13] She started learning Spanish at school but then abandoned it.[14] Years later, she began studying the language again after watchingLovers of the Arctic Circle (1998) byJulio Medem, which is one of her favorite films.[14] She also started learning Danish because she wanted to work with directorThomas Vinterberg after watching his 1998 filmThe Celebration, but that did not work out.[15]
In 1982, at the age of 6, Cotillard made her on-screen debut in the short filmLe monde des tout-petits,[16][17] directed by Claude Cailloux and broadcast by the French TV channelTF1.[18] The following year, she appeared in another short film for TF1,Lucie, also directed by Cailloux.[18] In 1991, she appeared in a TV spot against alcoholism titled "Tu t'es vu quand t'as bu?" ("You've seen yourself when you're drunk?"),[18] launched by the French Committee for Health Education.[19]
In 1998, she appeared inGérard Pirès' action comedyTaxi, playing Lilly Bertineau, the girlfriend of delivery boy Daniel, played bySamy Naceri.[1] The film was a box office hit in France with over 6 millions tickets sold,[25] and Cotillard was nominated for aCésar Award for Most Promising Actress.[26] She reprised the role inTaxi 2 (2000) andTaxi 3 (2003).[1][27] In 1999, Cotillard ventured into science fiction withAlexandre Aja's post-apocalyptic romantic dramaFuria.[1] That same year, she also starred inFrancis Reusser's Swiss war drama filmWar in the Highlands (La Guerre dans le Haut Pays),[1] for which she won the Best Actress Award at the 1999 Autrans Mountain Film Festival.[28]
In 2001, she appeared in Pierre Grimblat's romantic war drama filmLisa, playing the title role and younger version ofJeanne Moreau's character, alongsideBenoît Magimel andSagamore Stévenin.[29] She also starred inGilles Paquet-Brenner's drama filmPretty Things (Les Jolies Choses), adapted from the work of feminist writerVirginie Despentes, portraying twins of completely opposite characters, Lucie and Marie,[1] for which she earned a second César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress.[30] In 2002, Cotillard starred inGuillaume Nicloux's thrillerA Private Affair (Une Affaire Privée), in which she portrayed the mysterious Clarisse.[1]
Cotillard started the transition into Hollywood when she obtained a supporting role inTim Burton's 2003 fantasy comedy-drama filmBig Fish, in which she played Joséphine, the French wife ofBilly Crudup's character, William Bloom.[1] The production, her first English-language film,[13] allowed her to work with well-established actors such asHelena Bonham Carter,Albert Finney,Ewan McGregor,Jessica Lange andAllison Lohman.[1]Big Fish was a critical and commercial success,[31] and marked a turn for Cotillard,[9][12] who was unhappy with her career in France at the time for not getting good roles,[9] and considered taking some time off until she got the role inBig Fish.[9] She next starred inYann Samuell's 2003 French romantic comedy filmLove Me If You Dare (Jeux d'enfants), as Sophie Kowalsky, the daughter ofPolish immigrants who lives in France and begins playing agame of dares with her childhood friend, portrayed byGuillaume Canet.[32] The film was a box office hit in France with over 1 million tickets sold.[33]
In 2006, the actress took on significant roles in four feature films, includingRidley Scott's romantic dramedyA Good Year, in which she had her major English-language role up to that point, Fanny Chenal, a French café owner in a smallProvençal town, oppositeRussell Crowe as a Londoner who inherits a local property.[1][32] She played Nadine in the Belgian comedyDikkenek, alongsideMélanie Laurent, and the role of Nicole inFair Play. She also played Léna in the satiricalcoming-of-age filmToi et moi, directed byJulie Lopes-Curval,[44] for which she learned how to play the cello for her role.[5][45]
Cotillard was chosen by directorOlivier Dahan to star as French singerÉdith Piaf in his biographical filmLa Vie en Rose before he had even met the actress, after he noticed a similarity between Piaf's and Cotillard's eyes.[46] It was dubbed "the most awaited film of 2007" in France, where some critics said Cotillard hadreincarnated Édith Piaf to sing one last time on stage.[47] During the film's premiere at the2007 Berlin International Film Festival, Cotillard was in attendance and received a 15-minute standing ovation.[48] Hollywood talent agentHylda Queally signed Cotillard shortly after the premiere at the festival.[49]La Vie en Rose was a box office hit in France, with more than 5 million admissions,[50] and made US$86 million worldwide on a US$25 million budget.[51] Cotillard became the first actress to win aGolden Globe for a non-English language performance since 1972 (whenLiv Ullmann won forThe Emigrants), and also the first person to win a Golden Globe for a (Comedy or Musical) non-English language performance.[52] On 10 February 2008, Cotillard became the first French actress sinceStéphane Audran in 1973 to be awarded theBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.[53] At theAcademy Awards, she wonBest Actress, becoming the first woman and second person (afterAdrien Brody inThe Pianist six years earlier) to win both a César and an Oscar for the same performance.[54] Cotillard is the second French actress to win this award,[55] and the third overall to win an Oscar, afterSimone Signoret in 1960 andJuliette Binoche in 1997.[56] She is the first Best Actress Oscar winner for a non-English language performance sinceSophia Loren in 1961.[57] She is also the first and (as of 2024) only winner of an Academy Award for a French-language performance.[58] On 23 June 2008, Cotillard was one of 105 individuals invited to join theAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[59]
Cotillard was the Honorary President of the35th César Awards ceremony, held on 27 February 2010.[67] She played Mal Cobb, a projection of Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio)'s deceased wife, inChristopher Nolan's filmInception, released on 16 July 2010. Nolan described Mal as "the essence of thefemme fatale", and DiCaprio praised Cotillard, saying "she can be strong and vulnerable and hopeful and heartbreaking all in the same moment, which was perfect for all the contradictions of her character."[68] The film made US$825 million in worldwide box-office receipts, and Cotillard and DiCaprio's pairing inInception ranked eighth on theForbes list of "Hollywood's Top Earning On-Screen Couples".[69] That same year, she also starred as Marie, an environmentalist, in Guillaume Canet's dramaLittle White Lies (Les petits mouchoirs).[21]
In 2011, Cotillard co-starred inWoody Allen'sMidnight in Paris asPablo Picasso's fictionalised mistress, Adriana, with whomOwen Wilson's character, Gil, falls in love. The film grossed $151 million worldwide on a $17 million budget.[70] That same year, she also appeared alongsideKate Winslet,Jude Law,Gwyneth Paltrow andMatt Damon inSteven Soderbergh's thrillerContagion;[71] and had the top rank onLe Figaro's 2011 list of the highest-paid French actors of 2010, the first time in nine years that a female had topped the list.[72] She also tied with Kate Winslet as the highest-paid foreign actress in Hollywood.[73]
In 2016, Cotillard played Gabrielle, a free-spirited woman in a convenience marriage inNicole Garcia's romantic dramaFrom the Land of the Moon (Mal de Pierres), an adaptation of the bestselling Italian novelMal di Pietre byMilena Agus, which marked her return to French cinema after 2012'sRust and Bone,[128] and earned her a seventhCésar Award nomination.[129] She also played the role of Catherine, the sister-in-law of a gay playwright (portrayed byGaspard Ulliel), who returns home to tell his family that he is dying inXavier Dolan's Canadian-French co-productionIt's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du Monde).[130] Both films premiered in main competition at the2016 Cannes Film Festival,[131] to polarized reactions from critics.[132][133]It's Only the End of the World was a box office hit in France with over 1 million tickets sold.[134] Also in 2016, Cotillard starred oppositeBrad Pitt inRobert Zemeckis'sAllied, a spy film set inWorld War II in which she played Marianne Beausejour, aFrench Resistance fighter.[130][135][136] While critical reviews were mixed, Stephanie Zacharek ofTime magazine wrote that "Pitt and Cotillard give sturdy, coded performances that feel naturalistic, not phony: They understand clearly that their chief mission is to tap the tradition of melodrama, and they take it seriously. Somehow, almost incomprehensibly, it all works.Allied looks old but smells new, and the scent is heady."[137] The film grossed US$120 million worldwide.[138] That same year, Cotillard reteamed withMacbeth director Justin Kurzel and co-star Michael Fassbender in the film adaptation of the video gameAssassin's Creed.[139]
Cotillard voiced German artistCharlotte Salomon in the French version of the animated biographical filmCharlotte, directed by Eric Warin and Tahir Rana, which follows the last 10 years of Salomon's life, a Jewish woman who struggled with depression amid World War II and the Holocaust while exiled in the South of France.[154] Cotillard was also an executive producer on the film that made its world premiere at theToronto International Film Festival in September 2021.[154] In October 2021, Cotillard played the stylist Kim Randall inLa Vengeance au Triple Galop, a comedy TV film for France'sCanal+, directed byAlex Lutz and Arthur Sanigou.[155]
Cotillard made her third collaboration with director Arnaud Desplechin in the filmBrother and Sister (Frère et Sœur), which follows two siblings, Alice and Louis, played by Cotillard andMelvil Poupaud, who are forced to reunite after the death of their parents following two decades of shared silence.[156] The film premiered in the main competition at the2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.[157] During the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Cotillard launched alongside filmmakerCyril Dion and producer Magali Payen her new production company, Newtopia.[158] The company's central aim is to create content around issues such as environmentalism, science, society, health, geopolitics, feminism and gender "that imagine a better future for the world based on ecologically sustainable and socially fair practices".[159] In June 2022, Cotillard played Joan of Arc in the oratorioJoan of Arc at the Stake directed byJuanjo Mena at theTeatro Real in Madrid, Spain.[160][161] She also voicedCoco Chanel inRencontre(s), a 15-minute immersive virtual reality project directed by Mathias Chelebourg, which premiered at the79th Venice Film Festival in September 2022.[162]
As of 2024, 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.[186][187][188]
In March 2010, Cotillard was made a Chevalier (Knight) of theOrdre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of the Arts and Letters) by the French government for her "contribution to the enrichment of French culture".[189] She was promoted to Officier (Officer) on 10 February 2016.[190]
On 14 July 2016, Cotillard received France's highest honour – she was named a Knight of theLegion of Honour. She was among 650 names from the worlds of politics, culture, sport and public life published in the government's official journal forBastille Day.[191][192]
On 2 July 2025, it was announced that Cotillard will receive a star on theHollywood Walk of Fame in 2026 for her contributions to motion pictures.[193][194]
Cotillard sings[195] and plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboard and tambourine.[196] She co-wrote and performed the song "La Fille De Joie" for her 2001 filmPretty Things (Les Jolies Choses),[197] in which she played a singer and also performed the song "La Conne" for the film. Canadian singerHawksley Workman said in interviews about his albumBetween the Beautifuls that he worked and wrote songs with Cotillard while they both were in Los Angeles during the 2007–2008 movie awards season.[198] In 2008, she co-wrote and performed the song "The Strong Ones" withHawksley Workman forOlivier Dahan's short film forCartier's Love range.[199] In 2010, Cotillard recorded the songs "Five Thousand Nights" and "Happy Crowd" with the French Rock band Yodelice for their album "Cardioid". She also went on tour with the band in different cities in France and Belgium, under the pseudonym "Simone", which is her maternal grandmother's name.[200] In the same year, she appeared in the music video "More Than Meets the Eyes" by Yodelice.[201]
Cotillard recorded the song "The Eyes of Mars" with the bandFranz Ferdinand especially forDior. In 2012, she wrote and performed the song "Lily's Body" for the fourth episode of theLady Dior Web Documentary with the same title,[202] and in 2014, Cotillard wrote and performed the song "Snapshot in LA" alongsideJohn Cameron Mitchell, Metronomy'sJoseph Mount and Villaine. She also wrote and co-directed the video for the song, made for Lady Dior's advertising campaign "Enter the Game – Dior Cruise 2015".[203]
On 3 February 2024, Cotillard performed at the benefit concert "Jane Birkin by Friends" in tribute to actressJane Birkin at theOlympia in Paris, whose profits were donated to French charityRestaurants du Cœur.[204]
In addition to her film work, Cotillard is active in philanthropy, environmental and social activism, and has participated in campaigns for environmental protection, in particularGreenpeace, for whom she nearly quit acting to join[36] and has been a member of and acted as a spokesperson since 2001.[206][207][208] In 2003, she volunteered to have her home tested for toxic chemicals as part of the Greenpeace'sVacuum Clean the Chemical Industry campaign.[32][209] She is also Greenpeace's Ocean Ambassador;[210] the patron ofMaud Fontenoy Foundation, a non-governmental organization which is dedicated to teaching children about preserving the oceans;[211] and the ambassador ofAssociation Wayanga [fr], a French association that supports indigenous peoples for their rights and the preservation of their cultures and theAmazon Forest they inhabit.[212] She supports The Heart Fund, an international public charity that is a pioneer in technological innovation to combat cardiovascular diseases in children,[213] and is also a member ofWorld Wide Fund for Nature,[214] and the Nicolas Hulot Foundation, which supports environmental initiatives in France and abroad to engage the ecological transition of our societies.[215]
In 2005, she contributed toDessins pour le climat ("Drawings for the Climate"), a book of drawings published by Greenpeace to raise funds for the group,[216] and in 2010, she travelled toCongo with Greenpeace to visit tropical rainforests threatened by logging companies, it was shown in the documentaryThe Congolese Rainforests: Living on Borrowed Time.[217] In 2009, Cotillard was one of many celebrities to record a cover version of the songBeds are Burning byMidnight Oil, in support of TckTckTck and climate justice.[218] In the same year, Cotillard designed her own doll forUNICEF France campaign "Les Frimousses Font Leur Cinéma", that was sold to help vaccinate thousands of children inDarfur.[219] In 2011, she publicly supportedChief Raoni in his fight against theBelo Monte Dam in Brazil and signed his petition.[220]
In 2012, Cotillard was featured onKate Winslet's book"The Golden Hat: Talking Back To Autism",[221] with celebrity self-portraits[222] to raise awareness and support forautism launched by Winslet'sGolden Hat Foundation.[223] In 2013, she caged herself near Paris'sLouvre museum to demand the freeing of 30Greenpeace activists jailed in Russia over an Arctic protest. She entered the cage and held a banner proclaiming "I am a climate defender".[224]
In February 2014, she signedThe Tiger Manifesto, a campaign calling for an end to everyday products being manufactured through forest destruction. Launched by Greenpeace, the campaign is encouraging consumers to demand products are forest and tiger-friendly, particularly inIndonesia, where theSumatran tiger is on brink of extinction.[225][226] In May 2014, Greenpeace released the animated videoThe Amazon's Silent Crisis, narrated by Cotillard. The video highlights the troubling illegal logging that threatens theBrazilian Amazon.[227]
Cotillard was the ambassador of"1 Heart 1 Tree", an art project that fights climate change through itsPlant for the Planet reforestation program. On 29 November 2015, TheEiffel Tower became a virtual forest with trees and words encouraging environmental activism projected onto it every evening. Cotillard and UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon inaugurated the light installation on the eve of the official opening of theCOP21 conference.[231] She also donated her shoes to be displayed among an installation of over 10,000 shoes at thePlace de la Republique in Paris. The installation replaced a giant march for climate change which was forbidden by French authorities following the deadly attacks in the capital on13 November, which cost 130 lives. It was a way of showing the determination of protesters in their fight against climate change, and allowed them to still send a strong message on the eve of the U.N. climate conference (COP21).[232]
On 10 December 2015, Cotillard voiced the French version of the short filmHome, made by Conservation International (CI). The short film debuted at the United Nations Momentum for Change Awards ceremony at the climate negotiations (COP21) in Paris. It was the latest addition to CI's award-winningNature Is Speaking short film series. "Home" was produced to remind negotiators and world leaders at the climate talks of our common duty – how to care for the Earth that cares for us all. "This Earth is our shared home, our only home. The time to safeguard its future – and with it our own future – is right now," said Cotillard.[233]
In 2018 she signed a letter calling for strong action to stopclimate change andbiodiversity loss.[234] In 2019, she signed the petitionRésister et créer ("Resist and Create"), created by the movementOn Est Prêt along withCyril Dion to challenge the world of cinema at a time of mobilizations for the climate.[235]
She is a supporter of the French gender equality group Collectif 50/50.[236] On 12 May 2018, Cotillard was one of the 82 women who marched up the stairs to theCannes Film Festival to protest gender inequality in the film industry.[237][238]
In October 2022, Cotillard and other French actresses publicly cut locks from their hair in a video shared on social media with the hashtag #HairForFreedom in support of Iranian protesters following the death ofMahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic of Iran's dress code by not wearing thehijab.[240] In December 2022, Cotillard signed an open letter demanding the release of Iranian actressTaraneh Alidoosti, who had been arrested for standing in solidarity with imprisoned Iranian filmmakers who protested against the Iranian regime. Alidoosti was released on bail in January 2023.[241]
In 2008, Cotillard was chosen by British fashion designerJohn Galliano to be the face of French fashion houseDior's handbag, "Lady Dior",[242][243] and starred in a series of short films situated in different cities to promote the handbags, portraying the fictional character created by Galliano:Lady Noire Affair (in Paris) directed byOlivier Dahan;Lady Blue Shanghai, directed byDavid Lynch;Lady Rouge (in New York City), directed byJonas Akerlund;Lady Grey London, directed byJohn Cameron Mitchell and co-starringIan McKellen andRussell Tovey,[244] andL.A.dy Dior (in Los Angeles), also directed by Mitchell.[244] This campaign also resulted in a musical collaboration with Scottish rock bandFranz Ferdinand, where Cotillard provided the vocals for a composition performed by the group, entitled "The Eyes of Mars", for theLady Rouge campaign.[245]
In 2012, Cotillard starred in the web-seriesLady Dior Web Documentary and wrote and performed the song "Lily's body" for one episode.[202] That same year, she also designed her own handbag for Dior, the "360° bag".[246] Cotillard also appeared on the cover of the first issue ofDior Magazine in September 2012.[247][248][249] In 2014, she wrote and co-directed alongside Eliott Bliss,[250] a music video for her song "Snapshot in LA", especially for Lady Dior's campaign "Enter The Game – Dior Cuise 2015".[251][252] Cotillard's contract with Dior ended in 2017.[253]
In May 2013, Cotillard became the first actress to walk the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival wearing the initial models from theChopard Green Carpet Collection.[254] In 2015, she designed a bracelet for Chopard's Green Carpet Collection made of ethical Fairmined-certified gold.[254] In 2020, Cotillard designed her own sustainable jewelry collection for Chopard entitled "Ice Cube Capsule". She designed seven items curated from Fairmined-certified ethical gold and diamonds. The collection was unveiled on 29 September 2020 during Paris fashion week.[255]
On 17 February 2020, Cotillard was announced as House ambassador and the new face of theChanel No. 5 fragrance, a position she held until 2024.[256][257] Her first commercial for Chanel No. 5 was released on 29 October 2020.[258] It was directed byJohan Renck and featured Cotillard dancing in the moon with French ballet dancerJérémie Bélingard while singing a cover ofLorde's "Team".[259]
Cotillard was avegetarian for twelve years during her youth. However, she said she had to give up after falling ill because back then she had no idea about nutrition and just quit eating meat overnight and did not know she had to get protein from other sources to avoid a deficiency, which hurt her a lot physically.[260]
In the late 1990s, Cotillard was in a relationship with French actorJulien Rassam.[261] She had a long-term relationship with French actorStéphan Guérin-Tillié from 2000 to 2005, with whom she co-starred in the short filmsQuelques jours de trop (2000) andHeureuse (2001), in the 2001 TV seriesLes redoutables, and in the 2005 feature filmsCavalcade andEdy.[262] She dated French singerSinclair from 2005 to 2007.[263][264]
From October 2007 to 2025, Cotillard was in a relationship with French actor and directorGuillaume Canet.[265][266] They had been friends since 1997,[267] and co-starred together for the first time years later in the filmLove Me If You Dare (2003), and later inThe Last Flight (2009),Rock'n Roll (2017), andAsterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023); and Canet directed Cotillard inLittle White Lies (2010),Blood Ties (2013),Little White Lies 2 (2019),Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom (2023), andKarma (2026).[268] They never got married. Though in 2010 Cotillard started wearing a diamond solitaire on her left hand — a present from Canet — they were not engaged either.[269] In 2014, Cotillard denied being married to Canet,[270] referring to him as "my boyfriend" in interviews.[271][272][273][274] In 2011, they had their first child, a son, Marcel,[275] and in 2017, their second child, a daughter, Louise was born.[276][277] On 27 June 2025, Cotillard and Canet announced their separation in a joint statement to French news agencyAgence France-Presse, saying that they made the separation public "to avoid all speculation, rumors and risky interpretations," and that they decided to separate after 18 years together by "mutual agreement" and with "mutual goodwill".[278]
Cotillard lives in Paris with her children.[279][280] In January 2018, Cotillard toldThe Hollywood Reporter that with her then 6-year-old son entering school and a newborn daughter, she would be slowing down her filming schedule for the time being.[281] In a May 2023 interview with British magazineA Rabbit's Foot, she explained that she slowed down in order to protect her children, as she rarely chooses "lighthearted stories" and her roles were preventing her from living her life fully, citingLa Vie en Rose (2007) andMacbeth (2015) as examples of that.[36] "There are two kinds of actresses: those who burn themselves out, and those who manage to put the character aside and come home in the evening. Today, I'm halfway there. Since becoming a mother, I have put boundaries to protect my children", she said.[36] Canet revealed in an interview withLibération in September 2023 that he and Cotillard had a deal to never shoot for long periods or at the same time, so their children would not be left in the care of a nanny.[280]
Cotillard was named "The Most Beautiful Face of 2013" by The Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World,[287] and ranked as one of the most "Beautiful Famous Faces" for 16 consecutive years.
In 2012, Cotillard was named "The World's Sexiest Woman" by the Hungarian magazinePeriodika.[288] In 2013, she was ranked No. 13 onEmpire Online's list of the "100 Sexiest Movie Stars",[289] was No. 12 on French magazineSlate's list of the "100 Most Influential Women of France",[290] No. 68 onTotal Film's list of "Top 200 Performances of All Time" for her performance inLa Vie en Rose,[291] and named "Best Dressed Star of 2013" by the BritishGrazia magazine.[292]
In 2014, she was described as "the great silent film actress of our time" by British film criticRobbie Collin fromThe Daily Telegraph, for her ability to show emotions only with her eyes and facial expressions, although she has never appeared in a silent film,[293] and was named "The Most Bankable French Actress of the 21st Century" for her films having accumulated more than 37 million ticket sales in France from 2001 to 2014.[294] She ranked No. 18 onBritishGQ magazine's list of "The World's 20 Coolest Women" in 2014,[295] and was chosen as one of the 'Best Film Femme Fatales' byHarper's Bazaar in 2014, for her performance as Mal inInception.[296]
In April 2016,Vox.com[297] analysed the actresses who have starred in the best reviewed films ranked by averageMetacritic rating, and Cotillard was No. 3 with an average score of 68.[298] Cotillard ranked second onGoogle's "Most Searched Actresses of 2016".[299]
In 2017, she was featured on the official poster of the42nd César Awards in a still from the 2013 filmBlood Ties.[300]
In 2020,Vogue ranked Cotillard number fourteen of "The most beautiful French actresses of all time".[303]
In October 2021, a book entitledLe traître et le néant (English:The traitor and the nether) by two journalists fromLe Monde,Gérard Davet andFabrice Lhomme, was published in France. The book claimed that French presidentEmmanuel Macron had declared:"She pisses me off, Cotillard" (French:Elle me fait chier, Cotillard).[304] Jean-Marc Dumontet is cited as eye-witness.[304] This statement was in response to Cotillard's 2018 criticism of Macron's politics, especiallyenvironmental ones, when she stated inLe Parisien:"My faith in politics has been really undermined. He's making promises to have a good image and then behind [our backs]not keeping them at all. I find that unbearable."[305]
In 2023, she was featured on the official poster of the48th César Awards in a still from the 2021 filmAnnette,[306] and also in an animated poster featuring Cotillard singing in the film.[307]
In theTV Land sitcomHot in Cleveland (2014; season 5, episode 12: "I Just Met the Man I'm Going to Marry"),Wendie Malick's character is presenting the Oscars nominees forBest Actress in a Supporting Role and declares "Marion Cotill..., you know the French chick who gets nominated for everything."[309]
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