On the Path: Marion Cotillard Trivia Quiz

Answer: Paris

She was born on September 30, 1975 to Jean-Claude Cotillard and Niseema Theillaud, both of whom were actors. Her brothers are Quentin and Guillaume. She was raised in Orléans. As a young girl, Marion used to act in plays alongside her father.

Answer: Greenpeace

Cotillard has been actively involved in campaigns for environmentalism, in particular with Greenpeace. Her work with them has taken her to the Congo. She signed The Tiger Manifesto in 2014, which was a campaign by Greenpeace that revolved around the conservation of the tiger species.

Greenpeace is an organisation that works towards the conservation of the environment dealing with issues like deforestation, climate change, etc.

Answer: Guillaume Canet

Marcel was born on 20 May 2011. Canet and Cotillard starred together in movies such as 'Love Me If You Dare' and 'The Last Flight'.

Canet is French and has acted in other movies such as 'Mon Idole', 'The Beach' and 'Vidocq'. He is also the director of movies such as 'Blood Ties' which stars Marion herself, Clive Owen and Mila Kunis.

Answer: Taxi

The French movie was directed by Gérard Pirès and was released at 1998. This action-comedy movie starred Cotillard along with Samy Naceri and Emma Sjoberg. Sequels to the movie were made and released as 'Taxi 2' and 'Taxi 3'. The movie was about a taxi driver who makes a deal with a police offcer Emilien. Marion played a character named Lilly, who was the girlfriend of the protagonist Daniel, played by Samy.

Answer: Big Fish

The movie also starred Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup and Jessica Lange. It was released in 2003 and was about a dying father who tells his son fantastical tales of his past. Cotillard plays a character named Josephine Bloom in the movie. This movie marked her mainstream move to Hollywood.

She went on to become one of the most sought after actresses, landing roles in movies such as 'Inception' and 'Contagion'.

Answer: True

The movie was directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. It was released in 2004 and starred Audrey Tautou and Gaspard Ulliel. It was about a woman, during World War I, who goes looking for her husband, whom she thinks is dead. The movie was nominated for many Oscars. The movie received rave reviews internationally and so did Marion for her performance as Tina Lombardi.

At the 30th César Awards, the movie won in the Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Costume Design categories. Marion won for Best Supporting Actress and Gaspard won for Best Promising Actor. Tautou was nominated for Best Actress as was Jean-Pierre Jeunet for Best Director. The movie itself was nominated for Best Film but lost to 'Games of Love and Chance'.

Answer: True

She won those awards for the movie 'La Vie en Rose'. It was released in 2007. She played French singer Edith Piaf in the movie. She was widely acclaimed for the performance and swept the awards season that year. She joined the elite list of people who had won an Oscar for a foreign language performance and the first person to win for an entirely French performance. Even the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy congratulated her for the Oscar!

Answer: She was made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres is an Order of Merit that is given to people who the French government recognize as having contributed to the enrichment of French culture. There are 3 degrees of this honor, namely Chevalier, Officier and Commandeur. It was established in 1957. Other notable members of this Order include Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bruce Willis.

Answer: Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique in Orléans

It was from this school that she received her diploma in drama. She moved to Paris after this and began auditioning. She then subsequently started her journey as an actress by landing small roles in projects such as 'L'Histoire D'Un Garcon Qui Voulait Qu'On L'Embrasse' and in a few episodes of the show 'Extreme Limite'.

She graduated among the top of her class. I guess people knew she would grow into a talented actress back then itself!

Answer: The Immigrant

It was released in 2014. It also starred Jeremy Renner and was directed by James Gray. It was about a Polish woman, Ewa, who tries to enter the US with her sister Magda. Magda gets quarantined and Ewa tries to save her sister with the help of Joaquin Phoenix's character.

She received amazing reviews for her performance in this movie at Cannes 2013. She was not nominated for an Oscar in 2015 for this performance but instead for 'Two Days, One Night', in which her performance was top notch, needless to say.