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. Her television work includes a production of Gypsy and her sitcom Bette. 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. Other films include Scenes From a Mall, For the Boys (for which she was again nominated for an Academy Award), Hocus Pocus, The First Wives Club, and The Stepford Wives. Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Telling Lies (2001), and tried directing, as well. Her rendition of 1990's "From a Distance" also earned her a Grammy and is another of her most popular songs. 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). Midler sang several of the film's songs including "Wind Beneath My Wings," which became one of Midler's most popular hits, receiving multiple Grammy Awards.

Marceau rose to international stardom playing the part of Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's epic Braveheart (1995). In 1988 she starred in the film Beaches. 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). She appeared in such other popular comedies as Ruthless People, Outrageous Fortune and Big Business. 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). In 1986, director Paul Mazursky cast her in Down and Out in Beverly Hills, beginning a successful comedic acting career. Two years later the less funny but more sentimental sequel La Boum 2 (1982) increased her popularity further. In her first film role, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

In 1983, she was honored with a Cesar Award, France's equivalent of an Oscar, for "Most Promising Actress". She was tapped for the pseudobiographical role of the drug-addled rock music star in The Rose, modeled after Janis Joplin. 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. Midler appeared in Fiddler on the Roof on Broadway, but it was her singing that made her a star. Sophie Marceau (November 17, 1966) is a French actress born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France. He produced her first major album, The Divine Miss M (also the name by which she is known to her fans.). La Boum (aka The Party) (1980). Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, she majored in drama at the University of Hawaii, but got her start singing in gay bathhouses in New York City where, among others, she became friends with Barry Manilow, who was her piano accompanist.

La Boum 2 (1982). Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is a singer, actress and comedienne. Fort Saganne (1984). Joyeuses Pâques (aka Happy Easter) (1984). L'Amour braque (1985).

Police (1985). Descente aux enfers (Descent Into Hell) (1986). L'Étudiante (aka The Student) (1988). Chouans! (1988).

Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (aka My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days) (1989). Pacific Palisades (1990). Pour Sacha (aka For Sasha) (1991). La Note bleue (aka Blue Note) (1991).

Fanfan (aka Fanfan & Alexandre) (1993). La Fille de d'Artagnan (The Daughter of D'Artagnan) (1994). Braveheart (1995). 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).