Sophie Marceau

Prior to this, in 1995, she had made a 9-minute short film, L'Aube à l'envers, which also starred her friend Godrèche. At the Edinburgh Television Festival in August 2004, director Stephen Frears revealed that he had cast Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in a forthcoming project entitled The Queen, set during the week between the death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. Making her directorial debut in a feature film, Sophie Marceau was awarded Best Director by the jury of the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival for her film Parlez-moi d'amour (Speak to Me of Love), starring Judith Godrèche. She was invested as a DBE on December 5, 2003. Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Telling Lies (2001), and tried directing, as well. She married director Taylor Hackford, her domestic partner since 1986, on 31 December 1997 in Los Angeles. Following this success, she appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and as a Bond girl in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). The "sexy" image she acquired in her youth has been little affected by encroaching age.

Marceau rose to international stardom playing the part of Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's epic Braveheart (1995). In 1972 she joined Peter Brook's International Centre for Theatre Research, and joined the group's tour across North Africa which created The Conference of the Birds. She showed her dramatic skills in films directed by her long-time companion, director Andrzej Zulawski: L'Amour braque (1985), Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (1989), La Note bleue (1991) and La Fidélité (2000). This led to her joining the Royal Shakespeare Company, playing Cressida in Troilus and Cressida, and Lady Macbeth in the production by Trevor Nunn. At age 16 she played a more demanding role in Fort Saganne (1984), where her partners were Gerard Depardieu and Catherine Deneuve. The same year she played with Jean-Paul Belmondo in Joyeuses Pâques (1984). She first appeared on stage in 1965 as Cleopatra for the National Youth Theatre. Two years later the less funny but more sentimental sequel La Boum 2 (1982) increased her popularity further. Mirren was born in the UK to a Russian-noble father who emigrated there in response to the Russian Revolution.

In 1983, she was honored with a Cesar Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for "Most Promising Actress". She is particularly well-known for her role as female detective Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect series of television dramas. At the age of 14 she played in the teenager movie La Boum (1980), which overnight elevated her to teenage idol status in France and many other European countries. Dame Helen Mirren (born Ilynea Lydia Mironoff July 26, 1945) is a British stage, television and movie actress. Sophie Marceau (November 17, 1966) is a French actress born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France. The Queen (2005). La Boum (aka The Party) (1980). Shadowboxer (2005).

La Boum 2 (1982). Prime Suspect 6 (2004). Fort Saganne (1984). The Clearing (2004). Joyeuses Pâques (aka Happy Easter) (1984). Calendar Girls (2003). L'Amour braque (1985). Gosford Park (2001).

Police (1985). Prime Suspect 4-5 (1995-1996). Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) (1986). The Madness of King George (1994). L'Étudiante (aka The Student) (1988). Prime Suspect 1-3 (1991-1993). Chouans! (1988). Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991).

Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (aka My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days) (1989). The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989). Pacific Palisades (1990). The Mosquito Coast (1986). Pour Sacha (aka For Sasha) (1991). 2010: Odyssey Two (1984). La Note bleue (aka Blue Note) (1991). Excalibur (1981).

Fanfan (aka Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993). Caligula (1979). La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of D'Artagnan) (1994). O Lucky Man! (1973). Braveheart (1995). Age of Consent (1969). Al di là delle nuvole (aka Beyond the Clouds) (1995).

Anna Karenina (1997). Marquise (1997). Firelight (1997). Lost & Found (1999).

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). The World Is Not Enough (aka Pressure Point) (1999). La Fidélité (Fidelity) (2000). Belphégor - Le fantôme du Louvre (aka Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre) (2001).

Alex and Emma (2003). Je reste! (2003). Les Clefs de bagnole (aka The Car Keys) (2003). A ce soir (2004).