Editing Sophie Marceau (section)

== Public image ==
Marceau is one of the most well-known Western actors in Asian countries<ref>{{Cite book|last=Roll|first=Martin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVIMCgAAQBAJ|title=Asian Brand Strategy (Revised and Updated): Building and Sustaining Strong Global Brands in Asia|date=7 July 2015|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1-137-35918-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophie Marceau populaire en Chine : ce surprenant projet dans lequel elle vient de se lancer|url=https://www.msn.com/fr-fr/divertissement/celebrites/sophie-marceau-populaire-en-chine-ce-surprenant-projet-dans-lequel-elle-vient-de-se-lancer/ar-AAKDUNh|access-date=6 October 2021|publisher=MSN}}</ref> such as Japan, South Korea<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sciolino|first=Elaine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3s_be44FqyEC|title=La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life|date=7 June 2011|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4299-3329-2}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHfl8OYMmtwC|title=Daily Report: East Asia|date=1993|publisher=The Service}}</ref> and most importantly China,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Match|first=Paris|title=Sophie Marceau – Chic et décontraction à Shanghai|url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Sophie-Marceau-entre-chic-et-decontraction-a-Shanghai-750030|access-date=6 October 2021|website=Paris Match|date=22 April 2015|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Média|first=Prisma|title=PHOTOS Sophie Marceau enflamme un red carpet chinois avec une robe bustier fendue – Voici|url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/actu-people/photos-sophie-marceau-enflamme-un-red-carpet-chinois-avec-une-robe-bustier-fendue-608477|access-date=6 October 2021|website=Voici.fr|date=29 September 2016|language=fr}}</ref> owing to her films,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophie Marceau to promote new movie Don't look back in China – China.org.cn|url=http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2010-03/01/content_19496174.htm|access-date=6 October 2021|website=china.org.cn}}</ref> her countless local advertising campaigns<ref>{{Cite web|title=La nudité de Sophie Marceau censurée au Japon|url=https://www.latribune.fr/journal/archives/aujourdhui/cinema/id3c2081387d638bf8c1256b62006274f5/la-nudite-de-sophie-marceau-censuree-au-japon--.html|access-date=6 October 2021|website=La Tribune|date=25 September 2008|language=fr}}</ref> and her role as a [[cultural ambassador]] of France<ref>{{Cite web|last=Média|first=Prisma|title=Sophie Marceau: ses tribulations en Chine – Gala|url=https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/sophie_marceau_ses_tribulations_en_chine_276540|access-date=6 October 2021|website=Gala.fr|date=5 December 2012|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophie Marceau: "Il faut aider nos créateurs, nos artisans à faire connaître leur travail" en Chine|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/economie/sophie-marceau-il-faut-aider-nos-createurs-nos-artisans-a-faire-connaitre-leur-travail-en-chine_AN-202105100464.html|access-date=6 October 2021|website=BFM BUSINESS|language=fr}}</ref> in these countries since the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sophie Marceau égérie des ballerines charentaises en Chine|url=https://www.charentelibre.fr/societe/people/sophie-marceau-egerie-des-ballerines-charentaises-en-chine-6234460.php|access-date=6 October 2021|website=CharenteLibre.fr|date=15 October 2014|language=fr-FR}}</ref> Marceau was invited to sing "[[La Vie en rose]]" in China in a duet with [[Liu Huan]] for the 2014 [[CCTV-1|CCTV]]'s [[Chinese New Year|New Year]] gala which was watched by over 700 million people<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coonan|first=Clifford|date=4 February 2014|title=China Crushes Puny US Super Bowl Audience: 704 Million Watch New Year Gala|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/china-crushes-puny-us-super-676907/|access-date=6 October 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> ushering in the nation's week-long holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2014|title=French star Sophie Marceau sings in China TV New Year gala|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1417885/french-star-sophie-marceau-sings-china-tv-new-year-gala|access-date=6 October 2021|website=South China Morning Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=French star Marceau sings on China TV New Year gala|url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/french-star-marceau-sing-china-tv-gala-100210967.html|access-date=6 October 2021|publisher=Yahoo! News|date=30 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=31 January 2014|title=China welcomes 'Year of the Horse' with Sophie Marceau|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20140131-china-welcomes-new-year-horse-lunar|access-date=6 October 2021|publisher=France 24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Ho|first=Wai-Chung|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y41FDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|title=Culture, Music Education, and the Chinese Dream in Mainland China|date=4 January 2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-981-10-7533-9}}</ref> As of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grazia.fr|date=28 December 2020|title=TOP 50 du JDD : qui ont été les personnalités préféré... – Grazia|url=https://www.grazia.fr/people/top-50-du-jdd-qui-ont-ete-les-personnalites-preferees-des-francais-en-2020-987694|access-date=6 October 2021|website=grazia.fr|language=fr}}</ref> and since the 1990s,<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 January 2020|title=Sophie Marceau : portrait d'une icône, objet d'une affection populaire inoxydable|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/cinema/culture-sophie-marceau-toujours-au-top_3772311.html|access-date=30 August 2021|work=France Info|language=fr-FR}}</ref> the [[circumlocution]] "the French people's favourite actress" (French: ''actrice préférée des Français'')<ref>{{Cite web|last=Match|first=Paris|title=L'actrice préférée des Français – Sophie Marceau, son histoire d'amour avec Paris Match|url=https://www.parismatch.com/People/Sophie-Marceau-son-histoire-d-amour-avec-Paris-Match-576620|access-date=30 August 2021|website=Paris Match|date=30 March 2015|language=fr}}</ref> became a synonym for Marceau in media and the press as she has regularly topped most annual surveys and opinion polls determining it during that period.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mikailoff|first=Pierre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3GtDwAAQBAJ&q=sophie+marceau+pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9r%C3%A9e+des+fran%C3%A7ais|title=Sophie Marceau|date=19 September 2019|publisher=Editions Prisma|isbn=978-2-8104-2774-1|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=BESNEHARD|first1=Dominique|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19nbAgAAQBAJ&dq=sophie+marceau+pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9r%C3%A9e+des+fran%C3%A7ais&pg=PT275|title=Casino d'hiver|last2=LAVOIGNAT|first2=Jean-Pierre|date=27 February 2014|publisher=Place des éditeurs|isbn=978-2-259-21966-2|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lehman|first=Fabrice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AtUkDwAAQBAJ&dq=sophie+marceau+pr%C3%A9f%C3%A9r%C3%A9e+des+fran%C3%A7ais&pg=PT42|title=Madame extraordinaire|date=7 June 2017|publisher=JC Lattès|isbn=978-2-7096-5662-7|language=fr}}</ref>