Sophie Marceau (née le 17 novembre 1966) est une actrice de cinéma française apparue dans 35 films.

Au cours de son adolescence, elle est devenue populaire avec ses premiers films La Boum (1980) et La
Boum 2 (1982), pour lesquels elle a reçu le Prix César de l'actrice la plus prometteuse. En plus des films
français, elle a également joué dans Braveheart (1995) en tant que Bond Girl dans The World Is Not
Enough (1999).

In February 1980, Marceau and her mother came across a model agency looking for teenagers.
Marceau had photos taken at the agency, but did not think anything would come of it. At the
same time, Françoise Menidrey, the casting director for Claude Pinoteau's La Boum (1980),
asked modeling agencies to recommend a new teenager for the project. After viewing the
rushes, Alain Poiré, the director of the Gaumont Film Company, signed Marceau to a long-term
contract. La Boum was a hit movie, not only in France, where 4,378,500 tickets were sold, but
also in several other European countries.[6] In 1981, Marceau made her singing debut with
French singer François Valéry on record "Dream in Blue", written by Pierre Delanoë.[7]
In 1982, at age 15, Marceau bought back her contract with Gaumont for one million French
francs.[8] She borrowed most of the money. After starring in the sequel film La Boum 2(1982),
Marceau focused on more dramatic roles, including the historical drama Fort Saganne in 1984
with Gérard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve, Joyeuses Pâques (Happy Easter) in
1984, L'amour braque and Police in 1985, and Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) in 1986.
In 1988, she starred in L'Étudiante (The Student) and the historical adventure film Chouans!.
That year, Marceau was named Best Romantic Actress at the International Festival of Romantic
Movies for her role in Chouans!
In 1989, Marceau starred in My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days, which was directed
by her long-time boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski. In 1990, she starred in Pacific Palisades and La
note bleue, her third film directed by her companion. In 1991, she ventured into the theater
in Eurydice, which earned Marceau the Moliere Award for Best Female
Newcomer.[9] Throughout the 1990s, Marceau began making less-dramatic films, such as the
comedy Fanfan in 1993 and Revenge of the Musketeers (La fille de d'Artagnan) in 1994—both
popular in Europe and abroad. That year, she returned to the theatre as Eliza Doolittle
in Pygmalion.[9]
Marceau achieved international recognition in 1995 playing the role of Princess Isabelle in Mel
Gibson's Braveheart. That year, she was part of an ensemble of international actors in the
French film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders, Beyond the Clouds. In 1997,
she continued her string of successful films with William Nicholson's Firelight, filmed in England,
Véra Belmont's Marquise, filmed in France, and Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina, filmed in
Russia. In 1999, she played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the villainess Bond
girl Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough. In 2000, Marceau teamed up again with her then-
boyfriend Andrzej Zulawski to film Fidelity, playing the role of a talented photographer who takes
a job at a scandal-mongering tabloid and becomes romantically involved with an eccentric
children's book publisher.
In 2002, Marceau made her directorial debut in the feature film Speak to Me of Love, for which
she was named Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film starred Judith
Godrèche. It was her second directorial effort, following her nine-minute short film L'aube à
l'envers in 1995, which also starred Godrèche.[13] In 2007, she directed Trivial, her second
feature film.