Laetitia Casta
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| Born | Laetitia Marie Laure Casta 11 May 1978 [1] Pont-Audemer, Eure, France |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Measurements | (EU) 89-60-90 cm (US) 35-23.5–35.5 in |
| Weight | 125.4 lb (57 kg) |
| Dress size | (EU) 36 (US) 6 |
Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born 11 May 1978) is a French model and actress. Casta is best known for being the GUESS? Jean Girl in 1993 and for her work with Victoria's Secret. Casta became the spokesperson for the cosmetics company L'Oreal as well as appeared on over 100 covers of such popular magazines as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle and Glamour.[3]
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[edit] Early life
Laetitia Casta was born in Pont-Audemer, Normandy, France. Her mother, Line Blin, is from Normandy. Her father, Dominique Casta, is from Corsica. She has an older brother, Jean-Baptiste, and a younger sister, Marie-Ange. She spent her childhood in Normandy, Corsica and Noisy-le-Grand.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Casta's modeling career reportedly began when she was discovered by a photographer, during a family holiday in her father's native Corsica, at age 15.
Casta was the official face of L'Oréal, Dior, and Chanel. She has been featured in Guess? Jeans, Tommy Hilfiger, Miu Miu and XOXO ad campaigns. Casta has appeared on over 100 magazine covers including Victoria's Secret catalogs, ELLE magazine, and Vogue magazine. She walked down the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. Casta was one of the company's signature Victoria' Secret Angels from 1998 to 2000.[4] She also appeared in three consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, Rolling Stone, and a Pirelli Calendar. She is now the face of Ralph Lauren's newest fragrance, Notorious. In 2010, she opens the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2010 fashion show.
Casta has made forays into Francophone film and television productions, including Astérix et Obélix contre César (known as Astérix and Obélix vs. César in English language versions), a live-action film of the Astérix world in which she plays a potential love interest for Obélix, portrayed by Gérard Depardieu.[5] More recently, Casta appeared in Les Âmes Fortes, a dramatic film directed by Raùl Ruiz.[6] She has been cast as Brigitte Bardot in the movie Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque (2010).[7]
Casta was also prominently featured in the music video for the Chris Isaak song "Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing" in 1999. Through most of the video, Casta was seen in a motel room and sexy lingerie while being watched by Isaak in the next room. There were two versions of the video. VH1 aired the censored version before 9 pm and the uncensored version was aired after the 9 pm watershed. This video was ranked #28 on VH1's 50 Sexiest Video Moments. The video was regarded as too steamy by the network. She is also the subject of a song written by popular alternative rock band, Brand New, in their song "Magazines". Casta also stars opposite singer Rihanna for her music video "Te Amo".
[edit] As Marianne
In 1999, Casta was ranked first in a national survey ordered by the Association des Maires de France to decide who should be the new model for the bust of Marianne, an allegorical symbol of the French Republic, which stands inside every French town hall. Casta succeeded model Inès de la Fressange. Marianne's embodiements are changed frequently, but each mayor chooses which bust he wants for his town, so past Mariannes can be used. Polls have shown that Casta, Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve were the most popular among French mayors.
Casta became the focus of a minor controversy when, shortly after being selected to be Marianne, she relocated to London. Although she stated her move was motivated by professional reasons, the magazine Le Point, among others, suggested that she was trying to escape taxes, something for which French celebrities are often criticized by journalists and right-wing politicians.[8]
[edit] Awards and recognition
| Year | Award | By |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight in Order of Arts and of Letters) |
France Minister of Culture and of Communication |
| Nominated for the César Award of the Best Supporting Actress as Brigitte Bardot in Gainsbourg a heroic life |
César Awards | |
| 2008 | Golden Swann of the Best Actress as Catherine in Born in 68 |
Cabourg Film Festival |
| 2001 | Ranked #1 Top 50 Most Beautiful Women | Askmen.com[9][10] |
| 1999 | Marianne for the 21st century[11] | 82nd congress of AMF, the French Mayors Association |
[edit] Personal life
On 19 October 2001, Casta gave birth to her daughter, Sahteene. The father is her former boyfriend Stéphane Sednaoui. Casta is engaged to Italian actor Stefano Accorsi. The couple have two children, a son named Orlando, born on 21 September 2006, and a daughter named Athena, born on 29 August 2009.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2012 | Les Adorés (The Adored) |
Hélène Fillières | First movie of the film director | |
| Arbitrage | Julie Cote | Nicholas Jarecki | Her first American movie | |
| Anna | Yvan Attal | |||
| 2011 | La nouvelle guerre des boutons (New War of the Buttons) |
Simone | Christophe Barratier | |
| Derrière les murs (Behind the Walls) |
Suzanne | Julien Lacombe Pascal Sid |
First French movie in 3D | |
| L'île (The Island) |
Sophie | Kamen Kalev | Her first Bulgarian film First film with English dialogue Cannes 2011 The Directors' Fortnight in competition Sarajevo Film Festival July 2011 out of competition |
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| Rio | Perla (Jewel) | Carlos Saldanha | Voice of Jewel (French version) | |
| 2010 | Gainsbourg, vie héroïque (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life) |
Brigitte Bardot | Joann Sfar | Nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress Performs Gainsbourg's songs on the soundtrack |
| Te Amo | Rihanna's lover | Anthony Mandler | Music Video | |
| 2009 | Visage (Face) |
Salomé | Tsai Ming-Liang | Cannes Film Festival: official selection in competition |
| Fleurs dans le miroir, lune dans l'eau (Flowers in the mirror, moon in the water) |
herself, Salomé | François Lunel | Making of Visage | |
| 2008 | Nés en 68 (Born in 68) |
Catherine | Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau |
Cabourg: Golden Swann of the Best Actress |
| La jeune fille et les loups (The Maiden and the Wolves) |
Angèle Amblard | Gilles Legrand | ||
| 2007 | Le Petit Monde De Charlotte (Charlotte's Web) |
Charlotte A. Cavatica | Gary Winick | Voice of Charlotte (French version) |
| 2006 | Le grand appartement (The Big Apartment) |
Francesca Cigalone | Pascal Thomas | |
| La Déraison du Louvre (The Irrationality of the Louvre) |
The young woman | Ange Leccia | Short film without dialog shot in the Louvre museum | |
| Nymphea (Nymphaea) |
The naiad | Ange Leccia | Short film inspired by the Corsican waterfall of the veil of the bride | |
| 2004 | Luisa Sanfelice | Luisa Sanfelice | Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani |
TV film for France2, RAI Uno |
| 2003 | Errance (Wandering) |
Lou | Damien Odoul | |
| 2002 | Gitano | Lucia Junco | Manuel Palacios | |
| Rue des plaisirs (Love Street) |
Marion | Patrice Leconte | Performs on the soundtrack | |
| 2001 | Les âmes fortes (Savage Souls) |
Thérèse | Raoul Ruiz | 2001 Cannes Film Festival: official selection out of competition[12] |
| 2000 | La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle) |
Léa Delmas | Thierry Binisti | TV film for France2 |
| 1999 | Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing | The young woman above the seventh sky |
Herb Ritts | Music video of the Chris Isaak's song |
| Astérix et Obélix contre César (Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar) |
Falbala | Claude Zidi | Her very first movie |
[edit] Theatre
| Year | Play | Role | Playwright | Stage Director | Theatre | City |
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| 2008 | Elle t'attend (She is waiting for you) | Anna | Florian Zeller | Florian Zeller | Theatre of the Madeleine | Paris 8th |
| 2004 | Ondine | Ondine | Jean Giraudoux | Jacques Weber | Theatre Antoine | Paris 10th |
[edit] DVD and Blu-ray
| Year | Title | Distribution | Language | Region | Notes |
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| 2007 | Laetitia Casta | StudioCanal | French | 2 | with Laetitia Casta, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Bergé, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Dominique Issermann, Sylvie Lancrenon, Jamel Debbouze, Omar Sy & Fred Testot, Frédéric Lopez, Jean-Paul Goude, Jacques Weber, Claude Zidi |
[edit] Books
- Issermann, Dominique (January 2012). Xavier Barral. ed (in French). Laetitia Casta. ISBN 978-2-365-11004-4.
- Issermann, Dominique (January 2012). Laetitia Casta. Steidl. ISBN 978-3-86930-325-3.
- Sapin, Mathieu (January 20, 2010). Delcourt. ed (in French). Feuille de chou 1. Journal d'un tournage. ISBN 978-2-7560-1857-7.
- Trémolet, Laurence (March 2002). Rézina, Collectionneur. ed. Dans l'ombre des âmes fortes. ISBN 978-2909450872.
- Casta, Laetitia (November 24, 1999). Assouline. ed (in French). Laetitia Casta. ISBN 978-2843231797.
- Casta, Laetitia; Heath, Christopher (September 1st, 1999). Callaway. ed. Laetitia Casta. ISBN 978-0670888191.
[edit] References
- ^ FMD profile. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ^ [1] Laetitia Casta IMG Models
- ^ http://www.superiorpics.com/laetitia_casta/
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria's_Secret#Victoria.27s_Secret_Angels
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2 June 2010). "Laetitia Casta joins 'Walls' Sid, Lacombe helm 3D fantasy thriller". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118020096.html?categoryid=28&cs=1. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ Laetitia Casta cuts teeth on Serious Film International Herald Tribune, May 29, 2001.
- ^ "French Model Hallucinates 'Behind the Walls". Bloody-disgusting.com. http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20435. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ^ "France galled by model move", BBC News, 3 April 2000
- ^ "AskMen.com – Laetitia Casta". Au.askmen.com. http://au.askmen.com/women/top50/1.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ "AskMen.com - Laetitia Casta former Number 1". Au.askmen.com. http://au.askmen.com/daily/austin_150/173_fashion_style.html. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ "The "Marianne"". Consulate General of France in New York. http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/The-Marianne.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Savage Souls". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1100077/year/2001.html. Retrieved October 24, 2009.
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