Sophie Marceau
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Sophie Marceau was born Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu in Paris, France,
to Simone (Morisset), a shop assistant, and Benoît Maupu, a truck
driver. She grew up far from the studio spotlights. When she was 14 she
was living in the Paris suburb of Gentilly with her father. She learned
from friends that director
Claude Pinoteau was looking for new
faces for a movie about teenagers called
The Party (1980). She auditioned for the
role, got it, and the film was a success. She played in
The Party 2 (1982), then bought back her
contract with Gaumont when she was 16 years old for one million French
francs. She is a critically acclaimed actress, having received the
Cesar for Best Feminine Hope for "La Boum 2" in 1983. She was elected
Romantic actress for Chouans! (1988) at
the Festival International du Film Romantique (International Festival
of Romantic Movie) of Cabourg in 1988, and was awarded the Moliere of
the Best Theatrical Revelation for "Eurydice et Pygmalion" in 1994.
