Marion Cotillard made her American movie debut as Josephine in Tim Burton's "Big Fish."

Cotillard is well-known in her native France for her performances in Luc Besson's "Taxi" (reprising her role in the equally successful sequels, "Taxi 2" and "Taxi 3"), for which she collected her first Cesar nomination. She is equally recognized for her work in director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's romantic drama "Un long dimanche de fiancailles" ("A Very Long Engagement"), for which she won the Cesar in 2004 for Best Supporting Actress. She earned her second Cesar nomination in 2001 for "Les Jolies choses" ("Pretty Things"), under the direction of Gilles Pacquet-Brenner.

The daughter of working theatre actors (her mother runs acting workshops in Paris, Cotillard started her career at age sixteen, making her film debut in "L'Histoire du garcon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse" ("The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed"). She played the title role in the 2001 production, "Lisa," and more recently starred in "Une Affaire Privee" ("A Private Affair"), "Jeux d'enfants" ("Love Me If You Dare:), "Ma vie en l'air" ("Love Is in the Air"), "Cavalcade" and "Sauf le respect que je vois dois."

The busy actress also stars in the current and forthcoming releases "Edy," "La Boîte noire," "Toi en moi," "Fair Play" and Abel Ferrara's "Mary," which unspooled at the 2005 Venice Film Festival, walking off with the Special Jury Prize. She will next play Edith Piaf in "La Vie en rose," and also has coming out in 2006 the features "Le Concile de Pierre" and "Dikkenek."

Filmography

• Death Instinct (2008)
• Ennemi public n° 1, L' (2007)
• Môme, La (2007)
• A Good Year (2006)
• Fair Play (2006)
• Dikkenek (2006)
• Toi et moi (2006)
• Boîte noire, La (2005)
• Sauf le respect que je vous dois (2005)
• Mary (2005)
• Ma vie en l'air (2005)
• Cavalcade (2005)
• Edy (2005)
• Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
• Innocence (2004)
• Big Fish (2003)
• Jeux d'enfants (2003)
• Taxi 3 (2003)
• Une affaire privée (2002)
• Jolies choses, Les (2001)
• Une femme piégée (2001)
• "Redoutables, Les" (2001)
• Lisa (2001)
• Heureuse (2001)
• Boomer (2001)
• Taxi 2 (2000)
• Marquis, Le (2000)
• Quelques jours de trop (2000)
• Du bleu jusqu'en Amérique (1999)
• Appel de la cave, L' (1999)
• Furia (1999)
• Guerre dans le Haut Pays, La (1999)
• Interdit de vieillir (1998)
• Taxi (1998)
• Mouette, La (1996)
• @mour est à réinventer, dix histoires d'amours au temps du sida, L' (1996)
• Belle verte, La (1996)
• Chloé (1996)
• Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) (1996)
• "Théo la tendresse" (1 episode, 1996)
• Snuff Movie (1995)
• "Extrême limite" (1994)
• Histoire du garçon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse, L' (1994)
• "Highlander" (1 episode, 1993)