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

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 has been 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. In 2010, she open the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2010 fashion show.

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. 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". Casta also stars opposite singer Rihanna for her music video "Te Amo".

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.

Controversies
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.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	Notes
2011	Derrière les murs	Nicole	Julien Lacombe, Pascal Sid
2010	Serge Gainsbourg, vie héroïque	Brigitte Bardot	Joann Sfar	Performs on the soundtrack
	Te Amo	The lover of Rihanna	Anthony Mandler	Music Video
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 competition[7]
2000	La Bicyclette Bleue	Léa Delmas	Thierry Binisti	TV film for France2
1999	Astérix et Obélix contre César	Falbala	Claude Zidi

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