Sophie Marceau is French actress, director, screenwriter, and author.

In 1980, Sophie Marceau and her mother came across a model agency and had photos taken at the same time. Françoise Menidrey, the casting director for Claude Pinoteau's La Boum picked Sophie for the project.

In 1995, she portrayed the role of Princess Isabelle in the film Braveheart.

In 1997, she continued to showcase her acting skills in films such as William Nicholson's Firelight, Véra Belmont's Marquise, and Bernard Rose's Anna Karenina. In 1999, she played the role of Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and as Bond girl Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough.

She wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, Menteuse  and it was published in 2001.

In 2002, Marceau made her directorial debut with the feature film Speak to Me of Love, which won her the award for Best Director at the Montreal World Film Festival. In 2007, she directed Trivial, her second feature film

Sophie Danièle Sylvie Maupu was born on November 17, 1966 in Paris, France. She is currently in a relationship with Christopher Lambert. She has 2 children from her previous relationship with director Andrzej Żuławski and producer Jim Lemley.