Cécile de France

Born: 1976
Where: Namur, Belgium

The actress attracted attention when she was awarded a Cesar (French Oscar) for Cedric Klapisch's L'Auberge Espagnol.

Her early interest in acting led to a place at Paris' L'Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Techniques du Theatre from which she graduated in 1998.

Two years later she made her feature debut in Regarde-Moi, which she followed with the comedy The Delicate Art of Seduction and the short Wolf!

After Auberge L'Espagnole, she starred in A+Pollux and Haute Tension before Around the World in 80 Days - her English language debut alongside Steve Coogan and Jackie Chan.