Sophie Marceau

1966-

Biography: life and films

Sophie Marceau is a French actress, film director and screenwriter whose birth name is Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu. She was born in Paris, France on 17th November 1966.

Her best films as an actor include Alain Corneau's Fort Saganne (1984), Maurice Pialat's crime-thriller Police (1985), Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina (1997), Alain Monne's L'Homme de chevet (2009) and James Huth's comedy Un bonheur n'arrive jamais seul (2012), and whose best work as a film director include L'Aube à l'envers (1995).

Sophie Marceau has so far appeared in 40 films, scripted 3 films and directed 3 films (including 1 short).

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: Andrzej Zulawski (4 films), Claude Pinoteau (3), Lisa Azuelos (2) and Jean-Paul Salomé (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (19 films), romance (11), comedy (11), comedy-romance (10), Thriller (7), comedy-drama (5), history (4), crime-thriller (4), War (3), Fantasy (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Sophie Marceau over all films is: 2.6



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