Sophie Marceau biography

Born Sophie Maupu, Sophie Marceau grew up far away from studios spots until her 14th year. Back then, she was living in the Paris suburbs (Gentilly) and her father was a truck driver. At that time, she learned from one of her friends that Claude Pinoteau (a french movie director) was looking for new faces for a teenagers movie called Boum, La (1980). This movie was a success. She played in Boum 2, La (1982) then she bought back her contract with Gaumont when she was sixteen years old for one milion of french francs. Awards: - Cesar of Best Feminine Hope for La Boum II in 1983. - Elected Romantic actress for Chouans! (1988) at the Festival international du film romantique (International Festival of Romantic Movie) of Cabourg in 1988. - Moliere of the Best Theatrical Revelation for Eurydice et Pygmalion in 1994.