Marie de Villepin

Marie Galouzeau de Villepin (born 8 May 1986) is a French artist, model, actress and singer. The daughter of former Prime Minister and diplomat Dominique de Villepin, she spent most of her childhood in India before moving to various countries in Latin America and Africa.

As a young girl she landed a role in Danièle Thompson's movie La Bûche and then took acting classes at Cours Florent as well as from Raymond Acquaviva, both in Paris. When she turned 18 and after graduating with a degree in applied mathematics from Dauphine University Paris, she moved to New York to pursue a modeling career.

Art

She started daily drawing and sketching after moving to New York, her artworks are strongly influenced by music, she tries to engrave a specific soundtrack in her paintings and often names her works after music. From drawing to oil paintings, her creations are in close resonance with her time and oscillate between figuration and abstraction, and she tries to multiply the possibilities by exploring as diverse mediums as possible besides oil: pencil, charcoal mine, pastels, collage, etc.

Marie's work has been offered at auction multiple times, the record price for this artist at auction was 56,648 USD for Rosebud, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong in 2021.

In 2022, Marie became one of the 12 selected artists to receive Le Prix Antoine Marin presented at Espace Julio Gonzalez in Arcueil.

Modeling She was the bride for the French fashion designer Franck Sorbier in his Fall 2004 Couture collection. Her first major breakthrough was a fashion story shot by Gilles Bensimon in the American edition of ELLE in October 2005.

She was the face and the spokesperson of the perfume Ange ou Démon by Givenchy from 2006 to 2010.

In 2007, she was also chosen by Krizia for their Spring and Fall 2007 advertising campaigns.

She also works for "Above Live Video", where she interviews celebrities (including Michelle Rodriguez and Angela Lindvall), as well as writing features and voicing some of the videos.

She co-stars in the short movie directed by Rie Rasmussen "Devouring Art" (Art & Fashion) which premiered on 21 March 2013 online and in print.

In 2013, she played muse Betty Catroux in Jalil Lespert's film “Yves Saint Laurent", released in the U.S. by The Weinstein Company.

In 2014, she portrayed Andréa in a fashion video directed by Julien Landais called Masque d'Or shot in the Grand Trianon's Versailles Palace.

Music Marie de Villepin is currently the lead singer of the group Pinkmist.

Modeling agencies IMG models / Why Not model agency (Milan) / Iconic management (Berlin)

Acting Agencies Agents Associés Suzy / David Vatinet (PARIS)

Runway 2004 Haute Couture Franck Sorbier Spring 2006 RTW Diane Von Furstenberg Fall 2006 RTW Diane Von Furstenberg / United Bamboo Spring 2007 RTW Givenchy /Nicole Romano/Catherine Malandrino/ Krizia Fall 2007 RTW Krizia / Diane Von Furstenberg Spring 2008 RTW Diane Von Furstenberg

Advertising campaigns 2006 / 2010 Givenchy Fragrance "Ange ou Démon" 2007 / 2009 Spring and Fall RTW KRIZIA collections 2013 Ardency Inn (makeup)

Films 1999: Season's Beatings (in French: La Bûche) — Danièle Thompson 2005: Les Rois maudits (The Accursed Kings) as Philippa of Hainault (Miniseries, France 2) — Josée Dayan 2007: Ange ou Demon perfume commercial for GIVENCHY directed by Mike figgis 2010: by Veit Helmer - leading role 2013: "Devouring Art" by Rie Rasmussen (Short film, Art & fashion) 2014: Yves Saint Laurent by Jalil Lespert 2014: "Masque d'Or" by Julien Landais - Leading role - Short movie