- Born
- Birth nameLaetitia Marie Laure Casta
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Born in Pont-Audemer, France, Laetitia Casta spent her childhood in the lush countryside of Normandy. At age 15, she was approached by an agent of Paris' Madison Models while building sand castles on a beach in Corsica. After her father agreed to let the agency take some test photographs, Laetitia's wondrous natural beauty impressed the founder of Madison models as well as the director of the French magazine Elle. Modeling contracts ensued and in 1993 Laetitia signed on with Guess? Jeans for a very successful advertising campaign.
In 1996, Laetitia became one of the lead models of Victoria's Secret and from there was featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition for three consecutive years. She has appeared on over 100 covers of fashion magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Glamour, as well as doing commercials for the cosmetics company L'Oreal. Laetitia made her feature film debut in Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), the most expensive French film ever made and a smash hit in Europe. Her acting career gained momentum when she starred in the TV movie The Blue Bicycle (2000), set in WWII France.
Laetitia currently owns a flat in London and enjoys painting, writing, rollerblading, going to the cinema, and dancing in her spare time.- IMDb mini biography by: Paul Agius <paul299@hotmail.com>
- SpouseLouis Garrel(June 10, 2017 - present) (1 child)
- Blue eyes
- Full, curvaceous figure
- Dazzling smile
- Charm
- Lovely french accent
- Once invited a homeless man for dinner in her hotel while in London.
- Is the current 'Marianne'. In France there is a tradition that in every town hall is the bust of the most beautiful woman in a decade. Marianne is the symbol of liberty and republic in France and since January 2000 that role is on Laetitia for the next ten years.
- Discovered at age 15 while lying on the beach with her family
- Has a brown belt in judo.
- Has appeared in over 80 covers of different magazines around the world.
- I started smoking for Errance (2003), it was hard to quit afterward.
- This [quitting modeling and going into acting] was my liberty. I needed to be honest with myself. I never asked to be a model; I never wanted to be one. I would say, 'Who are you actually dressing on the street? If you think women look like that you don't know what's going on'. So that was my first fight. I had to make them accept me.
- The key to modeling success is having a point of view and a personality.
- I didn't know she [Brigitte Bardot] was so shy. Things weren't easy for her. She was treated like meat, just a sex symbol; she was not treated like a woman anymore and I related to her. She told me she still liked humans, but I understand why she turned to animals instead.
- They [Victoria's Secret] asked me to do interviews and I tried to say what I believed in and they kicked me out in a way. They said, 'You can't do that.' I remember being asked what my dream was for Christmas and I'm sorry, I didn't want Victoria's Secret underwear. So they kicked me out. I was too much of rebel.
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