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Chiara Mastroianni More at IMDbPro »

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Daughter of actors Marcello Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve.

Half Italian on her father's side and French on her mother's side.

Half sister of Barbara Mastroianni.

Her older half-brother is her mother's son, the actor Christian Vadim.

Niece of Ruggero Mastroianni.

Cousin of Federica Mastroianni and Francesca Mastroianni.

31 December 1996 - Gave birth to her son Milo, whose father is French sculptor Pierre Torreton.

Has been close friend to Melvil Poupaud since their college years.

Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998.

Had a long-term relationship with Benicio Del Toro.

11 May 2002 - Married author, composer and singer Benjamin Biolay in Paris, whom she had met only several months before.

22 April 2003 - Gave birth to her daughter Anna, with Benjamin Biolay.

Has supported Lionel Jospin's 2002 presidential campaign.

Released the album "Home" together with her then-husband Benjamin Biolay, in 2004.

Sister-in-law of Caroline Buffatini.

Granddaughter of French actor Maurice Dorléac and French actress Renée Deneuve.

Niece of Françoise Dorléac, Sylvie Dorléac and Danielle Dorléac.

Is in a relationship with actor Vincent Lindon, 13 years her senior. Lindon played the love interest of Mastroianni's mother, Catherine Deneuve, in the film Belle maman (1999). [2009]

Personal Quotes

My father was a sun, always positive. He was simple, unpretentious - more peasant than actor.

My son was born 10 days after my father died. I wish he'd known my son. But my mother, she gives me a lot. I didn't question myself about how my father would think today, because in a way she talks for him.

I think people related to my father because there was nothing fake about him. The tenderness - him being so nice onscreen? He was like this in life, it's true. On the opposite side my mother is completely different from the image people have of her. My father you get what you see. My mother is the shyest person, you would not imagine. And she's funny. She's much more funny than people think. It's like an animal, the moment a dog is scared, it's going to bite you. And I think some people we think they're terrifying, but themselves, they are terrified. Her beauty didn't help - also, that terrifying beauty - but she's the opposite. My mother is someone who likes to garden, she likes to cook, she likes to play cards, she's fun. She's not the scary thing. But I understand because I've always met people who were so scared of her. It's unfair for her, because she's so much more than cold. What she shows onscreen is so different from what she is in life.

Acting - the first years for me were like a bellyache - I still have bellyache, but I do have pleasure on top of it now, thank God, after all these years.

I remember a conversation with my mother when I approached the age when I started working - she was so worried - it pissed me off at the time, but I understand now. Despite the incredible career, she was so aware of all the things that can happen in an actor's life. And she was saying, "My life is not a regular actor's life. It's very rare to have actors who work so much, who've known such filmmakers." So she always told me, "If you become an actor, it doesn't mean you're going to have an incredible life like your father and I have had."

There are a lot of movie stars, but among the movie stars, the ones that have had really unique destinies, like Brando - there have not been that many.