The Most Beautiful French Ladies of All Time
Actress Marion Cotillard isn't just beautiful, she's also the first person to win an Academy Award for a French language film when she took home Best Actress honors in 2007 for La Vie en Rose. You've probably also seen her in movies like Inception, Midnight in Paris, Contagion, and The Dark Knight Rises.
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Actress Eva Green is just one of a few beauties who have portrayed a "Bond girl" and is regarded as one of the best with her role in the 2006 movie Casino Royale. She's also known for her work in the TV series Camelot and the 2005 Ridley Scott movie Kingdom of Heaven.
Green also has a penchant for taking off her clothes in movies like "The Dreamers".
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- Model Aurelie Claudel has been in the industry for nearly 20 years gracing the pages of Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Elle as well as in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and in Victoria's Secret catalogs.
- Photo: Wikimedia Commons / CC-BYOf all the French beauties, few have appeared in as many films as Catherine Deneuve. After earning an Academy Award nomination for her work in the 1993 movie Indochine, Deneuve appeared in her 100th movie, Un conte de Noël, in 2008.MoreĀ Catherine Deneuve
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French model and actress Laetitia Casta has been a GUESS? girl and Victoria's Secret Angel as well as appeared in the pages of Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and Glamour during her long career. AskMen.com ranked her as the #1 most beautiful woman in 2001.
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- After getting her start walking the runway for renowned designers like Armani, Chanel and Hermès, French model Morgane Dubled went on to appear in Vogue and participate in the Victoria's Secret fashion shows.MoreĀ Morgane Dubled
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- Beauty pageant stunner Laura Tanguy was the second runner-up for Miss France in 2008. Additionally, she competed in Miss Universe and Miss World in 2008, among other pageants.
- Photo: flickr / CC0Sophie Marceau isn't just a beautiful actress, but also a director, screenwriter and author whose work includes work in 1980s French films all the way through the 1995 favorite Braveheart and the 1999 Bond movie The World is Not Enough.MoreĀ Sophie Marceau
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- While technically not born in France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy makes the cut as she's the First Lady of France having married French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008. Prior to her marriage, the beauty was a popular singer and model in Europe.MoreĀ Carla Bruni
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- Actress and model Clémence Poésy has appeared in the Harry Potter franchise in The Goblet of Fire in 2005, as well as in European films, including the Academy Award-nominated In Bruges.MoreĀ ClĆ©mence PoĆ©sy
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- Photo: Mireille Ampilhac / FlickrPrimarily known in France, model and actress Ludivine Sagnier has an impressive resume of European films including Swimming Pool and Un secret, two films for which she won Cesar Awards.
- Award-winning actress Emmanuelle Béart has appeared in several successful French films plus also appeared nude in the best-selling issue of the French fashion magazine Elle in 2003.MoreĀ Emmanuelle BĆ©art
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- In addition to modeling for L'Oreal, actress Virginie Ledoyen is no stranger to French film and television but can also be seen starring alongside Leonardo DiCarpro in the 2000 movie The Beach.
- Photo: Metaweb (FB)Swedish-French model Filippa Hamilton was the face of Ralph Lauren for several years before she came under fire for an overly retouched Japanese Ralph Lauren advertisement that portrayed her head larger than her waist. Photoshop or not, she's a beauty.
- Chantal Goya got her start as a pop singer in the 1960s then moved on to acting before settling down as a singer of children's music.
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International symbol Brigitte Bardot was a top actress and model in the 1950s and 1960s who appeared in nearly 50 films. She retired from entertainment in the 1970s, instead focusing her energy on animal rights and political causes.
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- Mélissa Theuriau is a respected journalist, Internet sensation and co-editor in chief of the French show Zone interdite. She was also named the world's most beautiful news reporter in 2006 then most beautiful woman in the world by France's FHM magazine.MoreĀ MĆ©lissa Theuriau
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- Photo: Robert Wallace / FlickrDiscovered in a post office in France, model Noémie Lenoir started her career in the late '90s when she signed with L'Oreal. Work with Victoria's Secret and Gap followed, as did an acting part in the 2007 movie Rush Hour 3.MoreĀ NoĆ©mie Lenoir
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- Photo: Metaweb / CC-BYBlonde beauty Marie de Villepin began her career as a child actor before appearing on the runway in Milan and in the Quentin Tarantino film Inglourious Basterds in 2009. Daughter of former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, she's also got brains and completed her law degree in France in 2006.
- Brunette Rachel Legrain-Trapani was named Miss France in 2007 before going on to compete at the Miss World pageant that same year.
- One of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Jeanne Moreau began acting in the 1950s as a young woman and has continued for over six decades. Along the way she's won numerous awards including a Cesar Award, BAFTA Award and Canne Film Festival Best Actress Award.
- First known as a child star when her single "Joe le taxi" hit big when she was just 14, Vanessa Paradis is better known more recently for her longtime relationship with actor Johnny Depp.MoreĀ Vanessa Paradis
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- Photo: Metaweb (FB) / CC-BY-SAThis French television and film actress is known mainly for her work in the states in the final season of "Alias." Ćlodie Bouchez also has appeared in "La Vie rĆŖvĆ©e des anges," a French film for which she won the Best Actress award at the 1998 Canne Film Festival.