Childhood:

Sophie Marceau was born on November 17, 1966, in Paris, France. As a child, she was far away from studios spots. At the time when she was living in the Paris suburbs with her father a truck driver. She discovered that Claude Pinoteau (French director) was looking for new faces, for a teenagers movie call La Boum. She grabs the opportunity and paved her career into the new direction.

Career:

Sophie Marceau started her movie career at the age of 14. She appeared in a teenagers movie call La Boum. This movie turned out to be a huge success. This led to the sequel La Boum 2 (1982) for which she received the 1983 Cesar for Most Promising Actress. She then bought back her contract with Gaumont when she was sixteen for one million French franks.
"Of course I had to borrow the money", she said, "I didn't have such an amount. People did everything to keep me from doing L'Amour Braque with Zulawski. It was violent and almost racist. I belonged to Gaumont (The studio she then worked for); I was their little pet and had to listen to them. But it was unbearable. I walked around the Champs Ely sees wandering what to do. I was afraid to go to prison for breach of contract".

 She got her first English speaking part in a movie called Braveheart. Asked why he chose Sophie for the character of Princess Isabelle, Mel Gibson replied: "Well, she's beautiful, she's French and she's a good actress. The character needed to be at least two of those things". Bettina Rheims, who photographed her many times, calls her "the most beautiful and sensual of young actresses".

She even spread her talent as a director. She directed her first film in the year 1995 named L’aube an L’envers. This film has received best response from the Cannes Film Festival.  She is critical of French cinema: "It's great that American cinema poses such a threat. In France we have all these pseudo-auteur who don't have a new idea in their heads". She has a Hollywood agent, but is not tempted to move to Los Angeles and play the Hollywood.
Her newest film, Firelight, is now in international release and she has two other English speaking roles coming up, Lost & Found with David Spade, and A Midsummer Night's Dream with Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer. Recently, she has joined the cast of "The World is Not Enough", the 19th installment in the James Bond series.

She has since become one of the most popular and a respected actress in her own country-and is now becoming known internationally.

Personality:

Sophie is an outspoken opponent of blood sports. She joined Brigitte Bardot in protests against dove shooting in the Gironde and bullfighting in Provence. "I detest all forms of violence. For me, the toreador who tortures the bull loses his dignity as a man. One cannot respect life and approve of this game of death." She used to own an antique farmhouse in Seine-et-Marne, but left it for good after her cats were shot by hunters and one of her dogs, an eleven year old cocker spaniel named Lolita, was stolen.In addition to her work for animal welfare, Sophie is a patron of Arc-en-Ciel ("Rainbow"), an organization which helps sick children realizes their dreams.