Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress and model who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. She is perhaps best known for playing Bond girl Melina Havelock in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in Too Beautiful for You.
Carole Bouquet

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- Name
- Carole Bouquet
- Born
- 18 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- France.
- Education
- Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique.
- Honours
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and César Award for Best Actress.
- Languages
- French.
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Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress and model who has appeared in more than 60 films since 1977. She is perhaps best known for playing Bond girl Melina Havelock in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). In 1990, she was awarded the César Award for Best Actress for her role in Too Beautiful for You.
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• Name — Carole Bouquet • Born — 18 August 1957 • Birthplace — Neuilly-sur-Seine, France • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1977–present • Partner — Jean-Pierre Rassam (1981–1985) Gérard Depardieu (1996–2005) • Children — 2, including Dimitri Rassam
Early life
Early life
Bouquet was born 18 August 1957 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Career
Career
• Illustration — Bouquet in 1982 Bouquet made her film acting debut in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977). Bouquet portrayed the Bond girl Melina Havelock, opposite Roger Moore in the 1981 James Bond film For Your Eyes Only. She received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Rive droite, rive gauche (1984), and won the César Award for Best Actress for her performance in Too Beautiful For You (1989). In the 1980s, she was a model for French luxury fashion label Chanel, being the face of Chanel No. 5. She was the face of Chanel No. 5 fragrance from 1986 to 1997. In 1999, she was a jury member of the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival. She was a member of the main competition jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.
Personal life
Personal life
She was the companion of film producer Jean-Pierre Rassam, with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam, also a producer. In 1987, she gave birth to a son with her companion, photographer Francis Giacobetti. She married immunologist Jacques Leibowitch in 1992; they divorced in 1996. From 1996 to 2005, she was in a relationship with actor Gérard Depardieu. On 21 May 2014, Bouquet formalized her relationship with Philippe Sereys de Rothschild on the red carpet of the 37th Festival de Cannes, of which she was one of the jury members. She has been running a winery, Maison Carole Bouquet, on the island of Pantelleria in the Strait of Sicily since 2005.
Filmography
Filmography
• Illustration — Bouquet photographed in 1995 by the studio Harcourt • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1977 — La famille Cigale — Béatrice Damien-Lacour — TV miniseries • 1977 — That Obscure Object of Desire — Conchita • 1977 — Les rebelles — Nilca — Telefilm • 1979 — The Persian Lamb Coat — Valentine • 1979 — Buffet froid — The young woman at the end • 1979 — L'Œil de la nuit — Lena — TV series • 1980 — Blank Generation — Nada • 1981 — For Your Eyes Only — Melina Havelock • 1981 — Day of the Idiots — Carole • 1982 — Bingo Bongo — Laura • 1983 — Dagger Eyes — Mystère • 1984 — Le bon roi Dagobert — Héméré • 1984 — Rive droite, rive gauche — Babé Senanques — Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress • 1984 — Nemo — Rals-Akrai • 1985 — Spécial Police — Isabelle Rodin • 1986 — Double Gentlemen — Hélène • 1986 — The Malady of Love — Eleonore • 1987 — Jenatsch — Lucrezia von Planta • 1989 — New York Stories — Princess Soroya — Segment: "Life Without Zoé" • 1989 — Too Beautiful for You — Florence Barthélémy — César Award for Best Actress • 1989 — Bunker Palace Hôtel — Clara • 1991 — Donne con le gonne — Margherita • 1993 — Tango — Female Guest • 1994 — A Business Affair — Kate Swallow • 1994 — Dead Tired — As herself • 1997 — Lucie Aubrac — Lucie Aubrac • 1997 — The Red and the Black — Louise de Rénal — Telefilm • 1998 — In All Innocence — Viviane Farnese • 1999 — The Bridge — Mina • 2000 — Lulu Kreutz's Picnic — Anna Ghirardi • 2000 — Bérénice — Bérénice — Telefilm • 2001 — Diamond Earrings — Madame de — Telefilm • 2001 — Wasabi — Sofia • 2002 — Summer Things — Lulu • 2002 — Blanche — Anne of Austria • 2002 — Ruy Blas — The Queen — Telefilm • 2003 — Bienvenue chez les Rozes — Béatrice • 2004 — Red Lights — Hélène Dunan • 2004 — Bad Spelling — Geneviève Massu • 2004 — Sex and the City — Juliette — TV series • 2005 — Northeast — Hélène — Stockholm Film Festival – Best Actress • 2005 — Housewarming — Chantal Letellier • 2005 — Hell — Marie • 2006 — Aurore — The Queen • 2006 — Un ami parfait — Anna • 2007 — Perfect Match... — Hélène • 2008 — Behind the Walls — Fil de fer's mother • 2008 — Trouble at Timpetill — Madame Drohne • 2009 — L'Éloignement — Denise — Telefilm • 2009 — Je vais te manquer — Julia • 2010 — Protéger et servir — Aude Lettelier • 2010 — Libre échange — Marthe • 2010 — Le mystère — Chloé • 2011 — Impardonnables — Judith • 2012 — Bad Girl — Alice • 2014 — Rosemary's Baby — Margaux Castevet — TV miniseries • 2014, 2016 — Spin — Élisabeth Marjorie — TV series • 2014 — Do Not Disturb — Nathalie Leproux • 2017 — La Mante — Jeanne Deber/The Mantis — Netflix Original Series • 2018 — Kiss & Tell — Lucie • 2019 — On a Magical Night — Irène Haffner • 2020 — Grand Hôtel — Agnès Vasseur — Television mini-series • 2020 — Boutchou — Paula • 2020 — I Love You Coiffure — Caroline Sonneville — Telefilm • 2021-2022 — In Therapy — Esther — TV series • 2021 — Fantasies — Marie • 2022 — Ils s'aiment...enfin presque! — Delphine — TV series • 2022 — Ride Above — Madame Cooper • 2023 — Captives — Hersilie Rouÿ • 2023 — Escort Boys — Catherine Vogel — TV series • 2024 — ' — Diane Rovel — TV series • 2024 — Cat's Eyes — Hélène Durieux — TV series • 2025 — Behind the Palm Trees — Clotilde • 2026 — Love Letters — Nadège
Theatre
Theatre
• Year — Production — Location • 1992 — Old Times — Théâtre Hébertot • 2002 — Phèdre — Théâtre National de Nice & Théâtre Déjazet • 2008 — Berenice — Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord • 2009 — L'Éloignement — Théâtre Édouard VII • 2010 — Lettres à Génica, folies d'amour — Théâtre de l'Atelier • 2014 — Ashes to Ashes — Théâtre de l'Œuvre & Théâtre des Célestins • 2015 — Home — Théâtre de l'Œuvre

Philippe Noiret, Carole Bouquet, Josiane Balasko (à demi cachée) et Michel Blanc au festival de Cannes
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- 1.Carole Bouquet. Opéra national de Paris.
- 2.Carole Bouquet Keeps Blooming. Interview Magazine. 2012-03-20.
- 3.Award Winners & Nominees. Académie des César.
- 4.Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Co. Former Bond girl Carole Bouquet now runs a winery on Pantelleria. The Straits Times. 23 April 2017.
- 5.Sheila Jeffreys, Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West, London/New York: Routledge, 2005; , p. 65: "the French face of Chanel in the late 1990s".
- 6.Tilar J. Mazzeo, The Secret of Chanel No. 5: The Intimate History of the World's most Famous Perfume, New York: Harper, 2010, , p. 199: "Carole Bouquet, the 'face' of Chanel No. 5 during the 1980s".
- 7.CHANEL N°5 advertising film from 1986, "Monuments", by Ridley Scott, with Carole Bouquet. Inside CHANEL.
- 8.1997 – Carole Bouquet, photographed by Dominique Issermann for CHANEL N°5 advertising campaign in 1997.
- 9.Costanzo Costantini, Le regine del cinema, Rome: Gremese, 1997, , p. 39 : "Carole Bouquet vive ora con Jean-Pierre Rassam, il produttore siriano o libanese che le ha dato sei mesi fa un figlio, Dimitry [Carole Bouquet now lives with Jean-Pierre Rassam, the Lebanese or Syrian producer, who gave her a son, Dimitri, six months ago]."
- 10.Catherina Catsaros, Le grand livre des QCM de culture générale volume 2, Paris: l'Etudiant, 2008; , p. 15 : "Carole Bouquet dont le mari Jean-Pierre Rassam (décédé depuis) [Carole Bouquet, whose husband Jean-Pierre Rassam (since deceased)]".
- 11.Bond girl Carole Bouquet on drugs, demons and her doomed affair. The Independent. 23 March 2008.
- 12.« Gérard n’est pas un monstre » : Carole Bouquet en défense de Depardieu. Paris Match. 2023-12-23.
- 13.Shanghai International Film Festival. Archive – Golden Goblet Award.
- 14.Cannes 2014 : Carole Bouquet membre du jury du Festival !. Purepeople.com.
- 15.Carole Bouquet en couple : Ce qu'elle admire chez Philippe Sereys de Rothschild. Purepeople. 23 August 2018.
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