Laetitia Casta

Laetitia Marie Laure Casta ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 11 May 1978)<ref name=FMD>FMD profile. Retrieved 4 December 2009.</ref> is a French model and actress.

Casta became a "GUESS? Girl" in 1993 and gained further recognition as a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1998 to 2000 and as a spokesperson for cosmetics company L'Oréal. She has appeared on over 250 covers of such popular magazines as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle and Glamour, and has walked runways for designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Paco Rabanne, Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Christian Lacroix, Roberto Cavalli, Jacquemus, Ralph Lauren and Vivienne Westwood.

As an actress, Casta appeared in such films as Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999), Born in 68 (2008), Face (2009), Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010), which earned her a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, Arbitrage (2012), A Faithful Man (2018) and The Crusade (2021).

Early life

Laetitia Casta was born in Pont-Audemer, Normandy. Her mother, Line Blin, is from Normandy. Her father, Dominique Casta, is from Corsica. Casta has an older brother, Jean-Baptiste, and a younger sister, Marie-Ange. She spent her childhood in Normandy and Corsica.<ref>Laetitia Casta, Assouline 1999, p. 12.</ref>

Laetitia has one quarter Italian ancestry from her father.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

Modeling

Casta's modeling career reportedly began when she was discovered by the photographer Frédéric Cresseaux,<ref>Laetitia Casta's biography Template:Webarchive by Vogue Paris.</ref> during a family holiday in her father's native Corsica, at age 15.<ref>Laetitia Casta, Assouline 1999, p. 15.</ref> After her brother Jean-Baptiste entered her without her prior knowledge, Casta was elected Miss Lumio '93.<ref>Laetitia Casta Official: Miss Lumio 93 Template:Webarchive (in French).</ref>

Casta has been the L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador since 1998.<ref>L'Oréal Paris Template:Webarchive, Laetitia Casta's biography.</ref> She has been featured in Pantene, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, Givenchy, Ralph Lauren, Cacharel, Lolita Lempicka, Chanel, Dolce and Gabbana, Nina Ricci, Swarovski, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Jacquemus, J. Crew, Tiffany & Co., Loewe, Bvlgari, Giorgio Armani, H&M, Miu Miu, Pepe Jeans, Escada, Alberta Ferretti and XOXO ad campaigns. She has appeared on more than 250 magazine coversTemplate:Citation needed including Harper's Bazaar,<ref>Harper's Bazaar uk Cover October 2012 by Sebastian Faena Hairstyle by Nicolas Jurnjack "Laetitia Casta", models.com.</ref> Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, i-D, Rolling Stone and Vogue (Paris, España, Germany, Russia and Turkey). Casta was the last muse of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> serving as the bride in his fashion shows<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> from 1998 to 2001. She walked down the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. She was one of the company's signature Victoria' Secret Angels from 1998 to 2000. She claims that her career with Victoria's Secret ended because she was "too much of [a] rebel".<ref>Laetitia Casta: The supermodel who rebelled against Victoria Secret Template:Webarchive.</ref> She also appeared in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue three consecutive times, as well at the Pirelli Calendar 1999 by Herb Ritts, 2000 by Annie Leibovitz and 2019 by Albert Watson.

She is the face of fragrances Chanel's Allure, Givenchy's Forbidden flower, Lolita Lempicka's Lolita, Cacharel's Promise, Bulgari's BLV II, Ralph Lauren's Notorious, Yves Saint Laurent's Baby doll and Paris, Nina Ricci's L'Extase and D&G's Pour Femme.<ref>Laetitia Casta: "Dolce & Gabbana's latest fragrance muse" Template:Webarchive, Swide, 15 June 2012.</ref> The Parisians could follow her Adventures in the Galeries Lafayette by Jean-Paul Goude.<ref>Jean-Paul Goude Template:Webarchive official: Work > Advertising > Photography.</ref> For Christmas 2011, Peter Lindbergh shot True Love, the very thought of Casta at the summit of Manhattan and between the snowy lions of marble of the New York Public Library for Tiffany & Co.<ref>Laetitia Casta's campaigns Template:Webarchive, Alla Rosa Production.</ref> On 10 March 2010, in Paris, she opened the Louis Vuitton fall/winter 2010 fashion show.<ref name="StyleLV">Mower, Sarah (10 March 2010). Style, Louis Vuitton, Fall 2010, Paris.</ref> On 27 September 2010, she closed the Roberto Cavalli spring/summer 2011 fashion show in Milan.<ref name="StyleRC">Style, Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2011 RTW, Milan, 27 September 2010.</ref> On 18 January 2020, in Paris, she opened Jacquemus fall/winter 2020 fashion show. In September 2020, Casta appeared in the fall/winter ad campaign for Yves Saint Laurent and for Valentino.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Acting

Her first role was as Falbala in Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar directed by Claude Zidi, a live-action adaptation of the comic book Asterix, in which Obelix, portrayed by Gérard Depardieu, plays Casta's love interest.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Casta appeared in Les Ames Fortes, directed by Raul Ruiz.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her performance as Brigitte Bardot in the movie Gainsbourg (Vie heroique) earned her a Cesar Award nomination. Casta served as a jury member at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in 2012.<ref name="Mostra">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Marianne controversy

In 1999, Casta was ranked first in a national survey ordered by the French Mayors' Association 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.<ref name="Marianne">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Casta became the focus of a controversy<ref>La fugue Casta, affaire d'Etat (in French), Le Soir, 4 April 2000.</ref> when, after being selected to be Marianne, newspapers in Britain and France<ref>"Quand Marianne s'exile a Londres" Template:Webarchive (in French), Le Point, 31 March 2000.</ref> reported that she had relocated to London where taxes on high earners are lower. Casta's father said she went to London for professional reasons; on a TV show, she also said that she rented a flat in London to be near her boyfriend.<ref>Marianne: impots ou intox a la Une (in French), Libération, 6 April 2000.</ref> The French minister of the interior spoke about Casta on the radio;<ref>"Au revoir, les taxes" Template:Webarchive, Salon, 17 April 2000.</ref><ref>"Zut Alors! A National Treasure Flirts With Heresy", The New York Times, 9 April 2000.</ref> comparing the advantages of living in France with regard to the drawbacks of London<ref>"France galled by model move", BBC News, 3 April 2000.</ref> after political opponents used Casta's relocation to London as an opportunity to criticise the government.<ref>"Symbol of France prefers London", The New Zealand Herald, 5 April 2000, also in Die Welt (in German) on 10 April 2000 quoting the Daily Mail′s title Marianne Unfaithful.</ref><ref>"The disloyalty of Marianne", The Economist, 6 April 2000.</ref>

Political involvement

On 6 April 2008, Casta demonstrated in a White March of nonviolent protest to ask for the immediate release of Ingrid Betancourt, presidential candidate kidnapped since 2002 by the FARC.<ref>"White March for Ingrid Betancourt"Template:Dead link (in French), INA, 6 April 2008.</ref> On 30 April 2002, she attended the demonstration Vive la République after the first round election of the 2002 presidential election.<ref>Demonstration Vive la Republique Template:Webarchive (in French), France 3 TV news 19|20 by INA, 30 April 2002.</ref>

She was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador on 9 December 2016.<ref name="UNICEF">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

On 19 October 2001, Casta gave birth to a daughter, whose father was her boyfriend, the photographer Stephane Sednaoui. Casta was engaged to Italian actor Stefano Accorsi, with whom she has a son born in 2006 and a daughter born in 2009.<ref>Sei mamma? Ti licenziano Template:Webarchive (in Italian) (You are mother? You are fired), Style, 28 April 2009.</ref> In June 2017, Casta married her boyfriend of two years, French actor Louis Garrel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1999	Asterix et Obelix contre Cesar (Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar)	Falbala	Claude Zidi
2000	La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle)	Lea Delmas	Thierry Binisti	TV film for France2
	Gitano	Lucia Junco	Manuel Palacios
2001	Les ames fortes (Savage Souls)	Therese	Raoul Ruiz
2002	Rue des plaisirs (Love Street)	Marion	Patrice Leconte	Performs on the soundtrack
2003	Errance (Wandering)	Lou	Damien Odoul
2004	Luisa Sanfelice	Luisa Sanfelice	Paolo Taviani Vittorio Taviani	TV film for France2, RAI Uno
2006	Le grand appartement (The Big Apartment)	Francesca Cigalone	Pascal Thomas
	La Deraison du Louvre (The Irrationality of the Louvre)	The young woman	Ange Leccia	Short film without dialog shot in the Louvre museum<ref>Danesi, Fabien. Review about The Folly of the Louvre Template:Webarchive, Films by The Louvre.</ref> for which Casta was for the first time in cover of Les Cahiers du Cinéma.<ref>Frodon, Jean Michel (April 2006). "The Dream of Light". Les Cahiers du Cinema Template:Webarchive, issue 611.</ref><ref>Frederic Sanchez: English > Press > Les Cahiers du Cinéma, April 2006.</ref>
	Nymphea (Nymphaea)	The naiad	Ange Leccia	Short film
2007	Le Petit Monde de Charlotte (Charlotte's Web)	Charlotte A. Cavatica	Gary Winick	Voice in the French-language dub.
2008	Nes en 68 (Born in 68)	Catherine	Olivier Ducastel Jacques Martineau	Cabourg: Golden Swann for Best Actress
	La jeune fille et les loups (The Maiden and the Wolves)	Angele Amblard	Gilles Legrand
2009	Visage (Face) ? Template:In lang	Salome	Tsai Ming-Liang
	Fleurs dans le miroir, lune dans l'eau (Flowers in the mirror, moon in the water)	herself, Salome	Francois Lunel
2010	Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life	Brigitte Bardot	Joann Sfar	Nominated — César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011	La nouvelle guerre des boutons (The War of the Buttons)	Simone	Christophe Barratier
	Derriere les murs (Behind the Walls)	Suzanne	Julien Lacombe Pascal Sid
	Островът (Ostrovat) (The Island)	Sophie	Kamen Kalev
	Rio	Perla (Jewel)	Carlos Saldanha
2012	Arbitrage	Julie Cote	Nicholas Jarecki
	Do Not Disturb	Anna	Yvan Attal
2013	Une histoire d'amour<ref name="Mostra"/> (Tied)	The young woman	Helene Fillieres
2014	Rio 2	Perla (Jewel)	Carlos Saldanha
	A Woman as a Friend	Claudia	Giovanni Veronesi
	Des lendemains qui chantent	Noemie Archambault	Nicolas Castro
	Sous les jupes des filles	Agathe	Audrey Dana
2016	En Moi	Template:N/A	Laetitia Casta	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	A Faithful Man	Marianne	Louis Garrel
	The Ideal Palace	Philomene	Nils Tavernier	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Le Milieu de l'horizon	Nicole	Delphine Lehericey
2021	The Crusade	Marianne	Louis Garrel
2022	Coma	Sharon (voice)	Bertrand Bonello
2023	Consent	Vanessa's mother	Vanessa Filho

Music videos

Year	Singer	Song	Director
2010	Rihanna	"Te Amo"	Anthony Mandler
1999	Chris Isaak	"Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing"	Herb Ritts
1998	I Muvrini Sting	"Terre d'Oru" Template:In lang	Stefano Salvati

Theatre

Year	Play	Role	Playwright	Stage director	Theatre	City	Review
2017	Scenes from a Marriage	Marianne	Ingmar Bergman	Safy Nebbou	Théâtre de l'Œuvre	Paris 9th	L'Express<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2008	Elle t'attend (She is waiting for you)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Florian Zeller	Florian Zeller	Théâtre de la Madeleine	Paris 8th	Madame Figaro<ref>Laetitia Casta: "Quand on est tendre, on est soi" (in French), Madame Figaro, 23 August 2008.</ref>
2005 2004	Ondine	Ondine<ref name="Theatre"/>	Jean Giraudoux	Jacques Weber	Tour in regions Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau	Ludwigshafen<ref>"Laetitia Casta begeisterte als Wassernixe Template:Webarchive in Ludwigshafen" (in German), Hamburger Morgenpost, 30 November 2005.</ref> Paris 10th	L'Humanité<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Humanitarian action

Year	Association	Comment
2010	Porteurs d'Eau	Water-carrier is an initiative of France Libertes - Danielle-Mitterrand foundation
2006	Rose Marie Claire	Casta among Claire Chazal, Isabelle Adjani, Axelle Red, Monica Bellucci and Tina Kieffer with the Rose Marie Claire are shot by Jeff Manzetti for the association Toutes a l'ecole
2005	Action Innocence	She belongs to the Committee of support of Action Innocence<ref name="LorealAssoc">L'Oréal about the associations Template:Webarchive of Action Innocence and of Sebastien Proyart.</ref> to protect children from online sexual predators.
2004	Action Contre la Faim	Casta drew a winged blue heart on a plate for the bidding of 19 November 2004 to help Action against Hunger
2002	Occi, paese rinascitu Template:In lang	In the headquarters of the association Occi recovered village at the Caffe di a Mossa of Lumio in Corsica, Casta helped to reconstruct the old chapel of Annunziata in the abandoned village of Occi.<ref>L'oeil de la Balagne Template:Webarchive (in French), L'Express, 20 June 2007.</ref>

Awards and recognition

Year	Award	By	Result
2021	Excellence Award Davide Campari	74th Locarno Film Festival	Template:Won<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight in Order of Arts and of Letters)	France Minister of Culture and of Communication	Template:Won
2011	Nominated for the Cesar Award of the Best Supporting Actress as Brigitte Bardot in Gainsbourg (Vie heroique)	Cesar Awards	Template:Nom
2008	Golden Swann of the Best Actress as Catherine in Born in 68	Cabourg Film Festival Template:In lang	Template:Won
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1999	Marianne for the 21st century<ref name="Marianne"/>	82nd congress of AMF, the French Mayors Association	Template:Won

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