French actress, director and screenwriter
She has appeared in 38 films. As a teenager, Marceau achieved popularity with her debut films La boum (1980) and La boum 2 (1982), receiving a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She became a film star in Europe with a string of successful films, including L'étudiante (1988), Pacific Palisades (1990), and Fanfan (1993). In the 1990s, Marceau became an international film star with her performances in Braveheart (1995), Firelight (1997), and the James Bond thriller The World Is Not Enough (1999).
In 1995, Marceau wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse. Marceau's work was described as "an exploration of female identity".
In 2002, Marceau made her directorial debut in the feature film Parlez-moi d'amour , for which she was named Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival. The film starred Judith Godrèche. It was her second effort at directing (she made the nine-minute short film L'aube à l'envers in 1995, which also starred Godrèche).
