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Yves Saint Laurent 'didn't love women, he used them' - Telegraph.co.uk


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Yves Saint Laurent 'didn't love women, he used them'
Telegraph.co.uk
Yves Saint-Laurent with model Laetitia Casta (left) and actress Catherine Deneuve (right) at his last Haute-Couture show in Paris. ...

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Posted on January 20, 2010, 12:00 am

Gainsbourg Biopic Set to Hit Theaters - SHOUTcast Blog (blog)


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Gainsbourg Biopic Set to Hit Theaters
SHOUTcast Blog (blog)
... features little known actor Eric Elmosnino in the title role, with appearances from Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot, and the late British actress Lucy ...
Why France is still in love with SergeIndependent
Saga of a tormented artist's highs and lowsIndependent

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Posted on January 15, 2010, 9:39 am

Serge Gainsbourg: A Colorful Life Brought to the Big Screen - TIME


Washington Post

Serge Gainsbourg: A Colorful Life Brought to the Big Screen
TIME
Rounding out the mostly French cast are an exuberant Laetitia Casta as Brigitte Bardot, Anna Mouglalis as Juliette Greco and the singer Philippe Katerine as ...
Gainsbourg (vie heroique)Variety

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Posted on January 22, 2010, 5:55 am

Gainsbourg (vie heroique) - Screendaily.com


Gainsbourg (vie heroique)
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... Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta), France Gall (Sara Forestier) and Jane Birkin (the late Lucy Gordon, who killed herself in the summer of 2009 and to ...

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Posted on January 14, 2010, 5:58 am

Gainsbourg Biopic Out Soon; Sam Taylor-Wood's Lennon - The FADER (blog)


Gainsbourg Biopic Out Soon; Sam Taylor-Wood's Lennon
The FADER (blog)
Frances Gall's Eric Elmosnino's resemblance to Gainsbourg is pretty insane, as is Laetitia Casta's Bardot transformation.

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Posted on January 6, 2010, 10:10 am

Serge Gainsbourg joins Piaf in French biopic wave - Reuters


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Serge Gainsbourg joins Piaf in French biopic wave
Reuters
The song was originally recorded by Brigitte Bardot (played in the film by Laetitia Casta), but France's most famous sex symbol then thought better of it ...

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Posted on January 12, 2010, 1:41 pm

Laetitia Casta, la Bardot de Sfar - L'Express


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Laetitia Casta, la Bardot de Sfar
L'Express
Pulpeuse, blonde, carosse comme une Ferrari, Laetitia Casta fait vivre la lgende Bardot. Belle sous l'objetif de Joann Sfar, elle n'tait pas convaincue ...
Gainsbourg: la scne de Laetitia CastaTVMag
Laetitia Casta et les conseils de Brigitte BardotWebDetente
Eric Elmosnino, rvlation du Gainsbourg de Joann SfarRadio Cte d'Azur
Le Tlgramme -La Voix du Nord -20minutes.fr
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Posted on January 20, 2010, 12:01 am

Repblica/100 anos: Busto da Repblica mantm-se inalterado - Dirio Digital


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Repblica/100 anos: Busto da Repblica mantm-se inalterado
Dirio Digital
... adoptando como modelos artistas de cinema e da msica francesas contemporneas, sendo a manequim e actriz Laetitia Casta o modelo actual da escultura. ...
Chegou a altura de mudar o busto da Repblica - Joo CutileiroRTP

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Posted on January 26, 2010, 3:10 am

Giorgio Armani : un dfil sous le signe de la lune ! - Don't Miss


Don't Miss

Giorgio Armani : un dfil sous le signe de la lune !
Don't Miss
Outre Anne Hathaway, Tina Turner, on a pu voir Olga Kurylenko, Elsa Pataky et Marie Ange Casta, qui n'est autre que la petite s?ur Laetitia Casta. ...

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Posted on January 26, 2010, 4:09 am

Laetitia Casta Biography

Laetitia Casta
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Laetitia Casta
Birth name Laetitia Marie Laure Casta
Date of birth May 11, 1978 (1978-05-11) (age 31)1
Place of birth Pont-Audemer, Eure, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)2
Hair color Brown
Eye color Blue
Measurements (US) 35-23.5-35.5 in
(EU) 89-59.5-90 cm
Weight 125.4 lb (57 kg)
Dress size (US) 6
(EU) 36
Shoe size (US) 7
(EU) 38

Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (born May 11, 1978) is a French model and actress.

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Personal life and background

She was born in Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. Casta's 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 and Noisy-le-Grand (93 - France). On October 19, 2001, she 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 September 21, 2006, and a daughter named Athena, born on August 29, 2009.

Career

Casta's 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 was 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 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.

Acting

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. More recently, Casta appeared in Les Âmes Fortes, a dramatic film directed by Raùl Ruiz.3 She has been cast as Brigitte Bardot in the movie Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque (2010).

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 p.m. and the uncensored version was aired after the 9 p.m. 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".

As Marianne

In 1999, Casta came out first of 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 left-wing politicians.4

Filmography

Year Film Role Director Notes
2010 Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque Brigitte Bardot Joann Sfar Performs on the soundtrack
2009 Visage Salomé Tsai Ming-Liang Cannes Film Festival: official selection in competition
Fleurs dans le miroir, lune dans l'eau herself, Salomé François Lunel Making of Visage
2008 Nés en 68 Catherine Olivier Ducastel
Jacques Martineau
Cabourg: Golden Swann of the Best Actress
La jeune fille et les loups Angèle Amblard Gilles Legrand
2007 Le Petit Monde De Charlotte Charlotte A. Cavatica Gary Winick Voice of the spider (French version)
2006 Le Grand appartement Francesca Cigalone Pascal Thomas
La Déraison du Louvre The young woman Ange Leccia Short film
Nymphea The naiad Ange Leccia Short film
2004 Luisa Sanfelice Luisa Sanfelice Paolo and Vittorio Taviani TV film for France2, RAI Uno
2003 Errance Lou Damien Odoul
2002 Gitano Lucia Junco Manuel Palacios
Rue des plaisirs Marion Patrice Leconte Performs on the soundtrack
2001 Les âmes fortes Thérèse Raoul Ruiz 2001 Cannes Film Festival: official selection out of competition5
2000 La Bicyclette Bleue Léa Delmas Thierry Binisti TV film for France2
1999 Astérix et Obélix contre César Falbala Claude Zidi

Theatre

  • Ondine (2004) play by Giraudoux, Théâtre Antoine
  • Elle t'attend (2008) play by Florian Zeller, Théâtre de la Madeleine

Books

  • Heath, Christopher; Laetitia Casta (September 1, 1999). Laetitia Casta. ISBN 0-670-88819-2. 

References

  1. ^ FMD profile. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  2. ^ Elle magazine (France). May 2004. Retrieved 2009-12-04
  3. ^ Laetitia Casta cuts teeth on Serious Film International Herald Tribune, May 29, 2001.
  4. ^ "France galled by model move", BBC News, April 3, 2000
  5. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Savage Souls". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1100077/year/2001.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 

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