Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/7 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Cotillard in Annette. Photograph: Amazon/Allstar We rate her most impressive performances, from Lady Macbeth to Edith Piaf to a Batman baddieBy Phil Hoad 20. Taxi (1998)In her breakout film, modern great Marion Cotillard supplies annoying-girlfriend comic relief for Samy Naceri’s gallivanting Marseille taxi driver. The spunkiness and sultriness she gives out in every scene is small beer for her – but you’ve got to start somewhere. There are worse places than in this French box office ram-raider, which spawned a franchise.19. Innocence (2004) View image in fullscreen Beguiling … Innocence. Photograph: Collection Christophel/AlamyA little-seen, highly beguiling Lucile Hadžihalilović drama in which a group of schoolgirls emerge from coffins and are inculcated into a mysterious boarding school you might call “femininity”. As dance instructor Mademoiselle Eva, Cotillard is more of a vibe than a character: a smiling stringency. Her utterances, such as “Obedience is the only path to happiness”, feel right out of a fairytale.18. Big Fish (2003)Cotillard’s first English-language film part: a supporting role as the pregnant wife who accompanies Billy Crudup to visit his dying father (Albert Finney) in Tim Burton’s fabulist drama. She gets a nice bedside scene as the ailing Finney spins another yarn; with those limpid eyes, there’s no one…
Published: October 2, 2025 2:35 pm
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