Editing Laetitia Casta

{{short description|French actress and model}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox model
| name             = Laetitia Casta
| image            = Laetitia Casta (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Casta in 2020
| birth_name       = Laetitia Marie Laure Casta
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1978|5|11|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Pont-Audemer]], [[Normandy]], France
| known_for        = ''[[Born in 68]]''<br>''[[Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life]]''<br>''[[A Faithful Man]]''
| occupation       = {{hlist|Model|actress}}
| years_active     = 1993–present
| spouse           = {{marriage|[[Louis Garrel]]|2017}}
| children         = 4
| height           = {{height|m=1.70}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnamodels.com/div/women-main-board/model/laetitia-casta2/p/5867/c/-1/?sid=68622/|title=Laetitia Casta|website=DNA Models}}</ref>
| agency           = {{Plainlist|
* DNA Model Management <br>(New York)
* [[VIVA Model Management]] <br>(Paris, London, Barcelona)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://models.com/models/laetitia-casta|title = Laetitia Casta - Model}}</ref> }}
| website          = {{URL|laetitia-casta.fr}}
}}

'''Laetitia Marie Laure Casta''' ({{IPA|fr|lɛtisja kasta|lang}}; born 11 May 1978)<ref name=FMD>[http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Laetitia_Casta FMD profile]. Retrieved 4 December 2009.</ref> is a French model and actress.

Casta became a "[[Guess (clothing)|GUESS?]] Girl" in 1993 and gained further recognition as a [[Victoria's Secret Angel]] from 1998 to 2000 and as a spokesperson for cosmetics company [[L'Oréal]]. She has appeared on over 250 covers of such popular magazines as ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' and ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'', and has walked runways for designers such as [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Jean-Paul Gaultier]], [[Chanel]], [[Dior]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Paco Rabanne]], [[Kenzo]], [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Christian Lacroix]], [[Roberto Cavalli]], [[Jacquemus]], [[Ralph Lauren]] and [[Vivienne Westwood]].

As an actress, Casta appeared in such films as ''[[Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar]]'' (1999), ''[[Born in 68]]'' (2008), ''[[Face (2009 film)|Face]]'' (2009), ''[[Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life]]'' (2010), which earned her a nomination for the [[César Award for Best Supporting Actress]], ''[[Arbitrage (film)|Arbitrage]]'' (2012), ''[[A Faithful Man]]'' (2018) and ''[[The Crusade (film)|The Crusade]]'' (2021).

==Early life==
Laetitia Casta was born in [[Pont-Audemer]], [[Normandy]]. Her mother, Line Blin, is from Normandy. Her father, Dominique Casta, is from [[Corsica]]. Casta has an older brother, Jean-Baptiste, and a younger sister, Marie-Ange. She spent her childhood in Normandy and Corsica.<ref>''Laetitia Casta'', Assouline 1999, p. 12.</ref>

Laetitia has one quarter Italian ancestry from her father.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Avevo una bisnonna che si chiamava Zelinda, il marito faceva il ciabattino..." Laetitia, top con sangue toscano Origini pistoiesi per la Casta, stella di Sanremo - Il Tirreno|url=https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/1999/01/29/LAT01.html|access-date=17 September 2021|website=Archivio - Il Tirreno|language=it|archive-date=17 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917211700/https://ricerca.gelocal.it/iltirreno/archivio/iltirreno/1999/01/29/LAT01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Laetitia Casta a Maresca per il nonno|url=https://www.lanazione.it/pistoia/curiosita/2012/02/26/673080-letitia-casta-maresca-foto.shtml|access-date=17 September 2021|website=La Nazione|date=25 February 2012 |language=it}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SANREMO: LA CASTA PROMOSSA DAI PARENTI ITALIANI|url=http://www1.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1999/02/24/Spettacolo/SANREMO-LA-CASTA-PROMOSSA-DAI-PARENTI-ITALIANI_175200.php#|access-date=17 September 2021|website=www1.adnkronos.com|date=24 February 1999 }}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Modeling ===
Casta's modeling career reportedly began when she was discovered by the photographer Frédéric Cresseaux,<ref>[http://en.vogue.fr/thevoguelist/laetitia-casta-1/355 Laetitia Casta's biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428200740/http://en.vogue.fr/thevoguelist/laetitia-casta-1/355 |date=28 April 2012 }} by ''Vogue Paris''.</ref> during a family holiday in her father's native [[Corsica]], at age 15.<ref>''Laetitia Casta'', Assouline 1999, p. 15.</ref> After her brother Jean-Baptiste entered her without her prior knowledge, Casta was elected [[:fr:Lumio#Personnalites liees a la commune|Miss]] [[Lumio]] '93.<ref>Laetitia Casta Official: [http://www.laetitia-casta.fr/lumio.html Miss Lumio 93] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119031051/http://www.laetitia-casta.fr/lumio.html |date=19 January 2012 }} (in French).</ref>

Casta has been the [[L'Oréal|L'Oréal Paris]] brand ambassador since 1998.<ref>[http://www.lorealparisusa.com/_us/_en/default.aspx#/?page=top{userdata|diagnostic|main:spokespeoplepage:laetitia//spokes+laetitia//|media:_blank|nav|overlay:_blank}&state=main:/container0/contentswitcherarea0+0 L'Oréal Paris] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005050310/http://www.lorealparisusa.com/_us/_en/default.aspx |date=5 October 2010 }}, Laetitia Casta's biography.</ref> She has been featured in [[Pantene]], [[Guess?]], [[Tommy Hilfiger]], [[Valentino (fashion house)|Valentino]], [[Givenchy]], [[Ralph Lauren]], [[Cacharel]], [[Lolita Lempicka]], [[Chanel]], [[Dolce and Gabbana]], [[Nina Ricci (brand)|Nina Ricci]], [[Swarovski]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Louis Vuitton]], [[Roberto Cavalli]], [[Jacquemus]], [[J. Crew]], [[Tiffany & Co.]], [[Loewe (fashion brand)|Loewe]], [[Bvlgari]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[H&M]], [[Miu Miu]], [[Pepe Jeans]], [[Escada]], [[Alberta Ferretti]] and [[XOXO (brand)|XOXO]] ad campaigns. She has appeared on more than 250 magazine covers{{citation needed|date=January 2023}} including ''[[Harper's Bazaar (magazine)|Harper's Bazaar]]'',<ref>''Harper's Bazaa''r uk Cover October 2012 by Sebastian Faena Hairstyle by [[Nicolas Jurnjack]] [http://models.com/work/harpers-bazaar-uk-harpers-bazaar-uk-october-2012-covers "Laetitia Casta"], models.com.</ref> ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'', ''[[Marie Claire (magazine)|Marie Claire]]'', ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', ''[[i-D]]'', ''[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]]'' and ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' (Paris, España, Germany, Russia and Turkey). Casta was the last muse of fashion designer [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mallard |first1=Anne-Sophie |title=Laetitia Casta in 15 unforgettable runway moments |url=https://www.vogue.fr/fashion/fashion-pictures/diaporama/laetitia-castas-top-runway-looks/11499 |access-date=7 December 2021 |work=Vogue France |date=19 April 2012 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> serving as the bride in his fashion shows<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zahm |first1=Olivier |title=Laetitia Casta |url=https://purple.fr/magazine/ss-2011-issue-15/laetitia-casta/ |access-date=7 December 2021 |work=Purple Magazine |issue=15 |date=Spring 2011}}</ref> from 1998 to 2001. She walked down the annual [[Victoria's Secret Fashion Show]] in 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. She was one of the company's signature [[Victoria's Secret Angel|Victoria' Secret Angels]] from 1998 to 2000. She claims that her career with Victoria's Secret ended because she was "too much of [a] rebel".<ref>[http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/fashion/2015/02/16/laetitia-casta-model-actress-cointreau-ambassador-interview-victorias-secret Laetitia Casta: The supermodel who rebelled against Victoria Secret] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530150625/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/fashion/2015/02/16/laetitia-casta-model-actress-cointreau-ambassador-interview-victorias-secret |date=30 May 2016 }}.</ref> She also appeared in ''[[Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue]]'' three consecutive times, as well at the [[Pirelli Calendar]] 1999 by [[Herb Ritts]], 2000 by [[Annie Leibovitz]] and 2019 by [[Albert Watson (photographer)|Albert Watson]].

She is the face of fragrances [[Chanel]]'s ''Allure'', [[Givenchy]]'s ''Forbidden flower'', [[Lolita Lempicka]]'s ''Lolita'', [[Cacharel]]'s ''Promise'', [[Bulgari]]'s ''BLV II'', [[Ralph Lauren]]'s ''Notorious'', [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]]'s ''Baby doll'' and ''Paris'', [[Nina Ricci (brand)|Nina Ricci]]'s ''L'Extase'' and [[Dolce & Gabbana|D&G]]'s ''Pour Femme''.<ref>Laetitia Casta: [http://www.swide.com/luxury-magazine/Life/Bellezza/dolce-and-gabbana-laetitia-casta-testimonial-fragrances-perfumes/2012/6/15 "Dolce & Gabbana's latest fragrance muse"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618010950/http://www.swide.com/luxury-magazine/Life/Bellezza/dolce-and-gabbana-laetitia-casta-testimonial-fragrances-perfumes/2012/6/15 |date=18 June 2012 }}, ''Swide'', 15 June 2012.</ref> The Parisians could follow her Adventures in the [[Galeries Lafayette]] by [[Jean-Paul Goude]].<ref>[http://www.jeanpaulgoude.com/ Jean-Paul Goude] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606173708/http://www.jeanpaulgoude.com/ |date=6 June 2012 }} official: Work > Advertising > Photography.</ref> For Christmas 2011, [[Peter Lindbergh]] shot ''True Love'', the very thought of Casta at the summit of Manhattan and between the snowy lions of marble of the [[New York Public Library Main Branch|New York Public Library]] for [[Tiffany & Co.]]<ref>Laetitia Casta's [http://www.allarosaproduction.com/accueil.php#/contrats campaigns] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014081134/http://www.allarosaproduction.com/accueil.php#/contrats |date=14 October 2013 }}, Alla Rosa Production.</ref>
On 10 March 2010, in Paris, she opened the [[Louis Vuitton]] fall/winter 2010 fashion show.<ref name="StyleLV">Mower, Sarah (10 March 2010). [http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2010RTW-LVUITTON Style], [[Louis Vuitton]], Fall 2010, Paris.</ref> On 27 September 2010, she closed the [[Roberto Cavalli]] spring/summer 2011 fashion show in Milan.<ref name="StyleRC">[http://www.style.com/peopleparties/modelsearch/person389/slideshow?iphoto=0 Style], [[Roberto Cavalli]] Spring Summer 2011 RTW, Milan, 27 September 2010.</ref> On 18 January 2020, in Paris, she opened [[Jacquemus]] fall/winter 2020 fashion show. In September 2020, Casta appeared in the fall/winter ad campaign for [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]] and for [[Valentino (fashion designer)|Valentino]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-28 |title=Valentino Empathy: la campagna che annulla il distanziamento sociale |url=https://www.vogue.it/moda/gallery/valentino-empathy-campagna-collezione-autunno-inverno-2020-2021-foto |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=Vogue Italia |language=it-IT}}</ref>

She was ranked as an "Industry Icon" by models.com, and was ranked as a "New Super" {{asof|2021|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Laetitia|url=https://models.com/models/laetitia-casta|access-date=3 November 2021|website=models.com}}</ref>

=== Acting ===
Her first role was as Falbala in ''[[Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar]]'' directed by [[Claude Zidi]], a live-action adaptation of the comic book ''[[Asterix]]'', in which [[Obelix]], portrayed by [[Gérard Depardieu]], plays Casta's love interest.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Derek|last=Elley|url=http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117490627/ |title=Asterix & Obelix Vs. Caesar|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=31 January 1999}}</ref> Casta appeared in ''[[Savage Souls (film)|Les Ames Fortes]]'', directed by [[Raul Ruiz (director)|Raul Ruiz]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/05/29/dupont_ed2__1.php|title=Laetitia Casta cuts teeth on Serious Film|newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]]|date=29 May 2001}}</ref> Her performance as [[Brigitte Bardot]] in the movie ''[[Gainsbourg (Vie heroique)]]'' earned her a [[Cesar Award]] nomination. Casta served as a jury member at the [[69th Venice International Film Festival#Jury|69th Venice International Film Festival]] in 2012.<ref name="Mostra">{{cite web|url=http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/13-07.html|title=Marina Abramovic, Laetitia Casta, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Ari Folman, Matteo Garrone, Ursula Meier, Samantha Morton, Pablo Trapero to form the Venezia 69 International Jury chaired by Michael Mann|date=13 July 2012|publisher=[[Venice Film Festival]]|access-date=30 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727085708/http://www.labiennale.org/en/news/13-07.html|archive-date=27 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Marianne controversy ===
In 1999, Casta was ranked first in a national survey ordered by the French Mayors' Association to decide who should be the new model for the [[Bust (sculpture)|bust]] of ''[[Marianne#Models|Marianne]]'', an [[allegory|allegorical]] symbol of the [[French Republic]], which stands inside every French town hall.<ref name="Marianne">{{cite web |url=http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/The-Marianne |title=The Marianne |publisher=Consulate General of France in New York |access-date=19 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203129/http://consulfrance-newyork.org/the-marianne |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Casta became the focus of a controversy<ref>[http://archives.lesoir.be/la-fugue-casta-affaire-d-etat_t-20000404-Z0J24X.html La fugue Casta, affaire d'Etat] (in French), ''Le Soir'', 4 April 2000.</ref> when, after being selected to be Marianne, newspapers in Britain and France<ref>[http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-16/quand-marianne-s-exile-a-londres/924/0/1143 "Quand Marianne s'exile a Londres"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722155400/http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-monde/2007-01-16/quand-marianne-s-exile-a-londres/924/0/1143 |date=22 July 2018 }} (in French), ''Le Point'', 31 March 2000.</ref> reported that she had relocated to [[London]] where taxes on high earners are lower. Casta's father said she went to London for professional reasons; on a TV show, she also said that she rented a flat in London to be near her boyfriend.<ref>[http://www.liberation.fr/medias/0101332655-marianne-impots-ou-intox-a-la-une-laetitia-casta-s-est-defendue-hier-sur-canal Marianne: impots ou intox a la Une] (in French), ''[[Libération]]'', 6 April 2000.</ref> The French minister of the interior spoke about Casta on [[Le Grand Jury|the radio]];<ref>[http://www1.salon.com/people/log/2000/04/17/laetitia/index.html "Au revoir, les taxes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202011721/http://www.salon.com/people/log/2000/04/17/laetitia/index.html |date=2 February 2011 }}, ''Salon'', 17 April 2000.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/09/weekinreview/the-world-zut-alors-a-national-treasure-flirts-with-heresy.html "Zut Alors! A National Treasure Flirts With Heresy"], ''The New York Times'', 9 April 2000.</ref> comparing the advantages of living in France with regard to the drawbacks of London<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/699264.stm  "France galled by model move"], BBC News, 3 April 2000.</ref> after political opponents used Casta's relocation to London as an opportunity to criticise the government.<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=128843 "Symbol of France prefers London"], ''The New Zealand Herald'', 5 April 2000, also in [https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article511165/Eine-Falschmeldung-loest-in-Frankreich-einen-Steuerkrieg-aus.html ''Die Welt''] (in German) on 10 April 2000 quoting the ''[[Daily Mail]]''′s title ''Marianne Unfaithful''.</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/node/300055 "The disloyalty of Marianne"], ''The Economist'', 6 April 2000.</ref>

==Political involvement==
On 6 April 2008, Casta demonstrated in a White March of nonviolent protest to ask for the immediate release of [[Ingrid Betancourt#2008|Ingrid Betancourt]], presidential candidate kidnapped since 2002 by the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]].<ref>[http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/VDD08003003/marche-blanche-pour-ingrid-betancourt-a-paris.fr.html "White March for Ingrid Betancourt"]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (in French), [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA]], 6 April 2008.</ref>
On 30 April 2002, she attended the demonstration ''Vive la République'' after the first round election of the 2002 [[2002 French presidential election|presidential election]].<ref>[http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/2004983001016/mobilisation-des-artistes-pour-le-second-tour-des-elections.fr.html Demonstration ''Vive la Republique''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323051702/http://www.ina.fr/economie-et-societe/vie-sociale/video/2004983001016/mobilisation-des-artistes-pour-le-second-tour-des-elections.fr.html |date=23 March 2010 }} (in French), [[France 3#News bulletins (Journal televise)|France 3]] TV news 19|20 by [[Institut national de l'audiovisuel|INA]], 30 April 2002.</ref>

She was appointed as a [[UNICEF]] Goodwill Ambassador on 9 December 2016.<ref name="UNICEF">{{Cite web |url=https://www.unicef.fr/article/laetitia-casta-nouvelle-ambassadrice-unicef-protegeons-les-enfants-de-la-guerre |title=Laetitia Casta, nouvelle ambassadrice UNICEF&thinsp;: 'Protégeons les enfants de la guerre&thinsp;!' |last=Morris |first=Christopher |date=8 December 2016 |publisher=UNICEF |language=fr |trans-title=Laetitia Casta, new UNICEF ambassador: "Let us protect the children of war!" |access-date=10 December 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
On 19 October 2001, Casta gave birth to a daughter, whose father is the photographer [[Stephane Sednaoui]]. Casta was engaged to Italian actor [[Stefano Accorsi]], with whom she has a son born in 2006 and a daughter born in 2009.<ref>[http://www.style.it/cont/people-show/news/0904/2800/laetitia-casta-sei-mamma-ti-lice.asp Sei mamma? Ti licenziano] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217223918/http://www.style.it/cont/people-show/news/0904/2800/laetitia-casta-sei-mamma-ti-lice.asp |date=17 December 2013 }} (in Italian) (You are mother? You are fired), ''Style'', 28 April 2009.</ref>
In June 2017, Casta married her boyfriend of two years, French actor [[Louis Garrel]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://people.com/style/laetitia-casta-marries-louis-garrel/ |title=Laetitia Casta Married Actor Louis Garrel in Secret Wedding |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620075331/http://people.com/style/laetitia-casta-marries-louis-garrel/ |archive-date=20 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Director
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar|Asterix et Obelix contre Cesar]]''<br />(Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar)
| Falbala
| [[Claude Zidi]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| ''[[:fr:La Bicyclette bleue (mini-série)|La Bicyclette Bleue]]''<br />(The Blue Bicycle)
| Lea Delmas
| [[Thierry Binisti]]
| TV film for France2
|-
| ''[[Gitano (film)|Gitano]]''
| Lucia Junco
| [[Manuel Palacios]]
| 
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Savage Souls (film)|Les ames fortes]]''<br />(Savage Souls)
| Therese
| [[Raoul Ruiz]]
| 
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Rue des plaisirs]]''<br />(Love Street)
| Marion
| [[Patrice Leconte]]
| Performs on the soundtrack
|-
| 2003
| ''[[:fr:Errance|Errance]]''<br />(Wandering)
| Lou
| [[:fr:Damien Odoul|Damien Odoul]]
| 
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Luisa Sanfelice (2004 film)|Luisa Sanfelice]]''
| Luisa Sanfelice
|  [[Paolo Taviani]]<br />[[Vittorio Taviani]]
| TV film for France2, RAI Uno
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2006
| ''[[Le grand appartement]]''<br />(The Big Apartment)
| style=white-space:nowrap | Francesca Cigalone
| [[Pascal Thomas]]
| 
|-
| ''[[La Deraison du Louvre]]''<br />(The Irrationality of the Louvre)
| The young woman
| [[Ange Leccia]]
| Short film without dialog shot in the Louvre museum<ref>Danesi, Fabien. Review about [http://films.louvre.fr/en/the-films/the-imaginary-louvre/arthouse-films/the-folly-of-the-louvre.html ''The Folly of the Louvre''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926142352/http://films.louvre.fr/en/the-films/the-imaginary-louvre/arthouse-films/the-folly-of-the-louvre.html |date=26 September 2019 }}, Films by The Louvre.</ref> for which Casta was for the first time in cover of ''Les [[Cahiers du Cinéma]]''.<ref>Frodon, Jean Michel (April 2006). "The Dream of Light". [http://www.cahiersducinema.com/No611-avril-2006.html ''Les Cahiers du Cinema''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018082350/http://cahiersducinema.com/No611-avril-2006.html |date=18 October 2012 }}, issue 611.</ref><ref>[http://www.fredericsanchez.com/ Frederic Sanchez]: English > Press > ''Les Cahiers du Cinéma'', April 2006.</ref>
|-
| ''[[Nymphea (2006 film)|Nymphea]]''<br />(Nymphaea)
| The naiad
| [[Ange Leccia]]
| Short film
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Charlotte's Web (2006 film)|Le Petit Monde de Charlotte]]''<br />(Charlotte's Web)
| Charlotte A. Cavatica
| [[Gary Winick]]
| Voice in the French-language dub.
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Born in 68|Nes en 68]]''<br />(Born in 68)
| Catherine
| [[Olivier Ducastel]]<br /><br />[[Jacques Martineau]]
| [[Cabourg Film Festival#Swann d'Or 9|Cabourg]]: Golden Swann for Best Actress
|-
| ''[[The Maiden and the Wolves|La jeune fille et les loups]]''<br />(The Maiden and the Wolves)
| Angele Amblard
| [[Gilles Legrand]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[Face (2009 film)|Visage]]''<br />(Face) ? {{in lang|zh}}
| [[Salome]]
| [[Tsai Ming-Liang]]
| 
|-
| ''Fleurs dans le miroir, <br/>lune dans l'eau''<br />(Flowers in the mirror, <br/>moon in the water)
| herself, [[Salome]]
| [[Francois Lunel]]
| 
|-
| 2010
| style=white-space:nowrap | ''[[Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life]]''
| [[Brigitte Bardot]]
| [[Joann Sfar]]
| Nominated — [[César Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2011
| ''[[La nouvelle guerre des boutons]]''<br />(The War of the Buttons)
| Simone
| style=white-space:nowrap | [[Christophe Barratier]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Derriere les murs]]''<br />(Behind the Walls)
| Suzanne
| [[:fr:Julien Lacombe|Julien Lacombe]]<br /><br />[[:fr:Pascal Sid|Pascal Sid]]
| 
|-
| [[The Island (2011 film)|Островът (Ostrovat)]]<br />(The Island)
| Sophie
| [[Kamen Kalev]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]''
| Perla (Jewel)
| [[Carlos Saldanha]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| ''[[Arbitrage (film)|Arbitrage]]''
| Julie Cote
| [[Nicholas Jarecki]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Do Not Disturb (2012 film)|Do Not Disturb]]''
| Anna
| [[Yvan Attal]]
| 
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Une histoire d'amour (2013 film)|Une histoire d'amour]]''<ref name="Mostra"/><br />(Tied)
| The young woman
| [[Helene Fillieres]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| ''[[Rio 2]]''
| Perla (Jewel)
| [[Carlos Saldanha]]
| 
|-
| ''[[A Woman as a Friend]]'' 
| Claudia
| [[Giovanni Veronesi]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Des lendemains qui chantent]]''
| Noemie Archambault 
| [[Nicolas Castro]]
| 
|-
| ''[[Sous les jupes des filles]]''
| Agathe 
| [[Audrey Dana]]
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[En Moi]]''
| {{N/A}}
| Laetitia Casta
| Short film<br>Also writer and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-critics-week-unveils-lineup-884602
|title=Cannes: Critics' Week Unveils Lineup, Including Closing Film From Chloe Sevigny|first1=Rhonda|last1=Richford|date=18 April 2016|access-date=21 April 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|2018
| ''[[A Faithful Man]]''
| Marianne
| [[Louis Garrel]]
| 
|-
| ''[[The Ideal Palace]]''
| Philomene
| [[Nils Tavernier]]
| <ref name="Fotogramas">{{cite web |last1=Silvestre |first1=Juan |title='El palacio ideal': Un monumento a Laetitia Casta |url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a34561854/el-palacio-ideal-pelicula-sinopsis-fecha-estreno/ |website=Fotogramas |access-date=12 June 2023 |language=es-ES |date=3 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
|''Le Milieu de l'horizon''
| Nicole 
| Delphine Lehericey
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[The Crusade (2021 film)|The Crusade]]''
| Marianne
| Louis Garrel
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Coma (2022 film)|Coma]]''
| Sharon (voice)
| [[Bertrand Bonello]]
| 
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Consent (2023 French film)|Consent]]''
| Vanessa's mother
| [[Vanessa Filho]]
|
|-
|}

== Music videos ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Singer
! width="100" style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Song
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Director
|-
| 2010
| [[Rihanna]]
| [[Te Amo (Rihanna song)|"Te Amo"]]
| [[Anthony Mandler]]
|-
| 1999
| [[Chris Isaak]]
| "[[Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing]]"
| [[Herb Ritts]] 
|-
| 1998
| [[I Muvrini]]<br /><br />[[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
| [[Fields of Gold#Language versions|"Terre d'Oru"]] {{in lang|en|co|el}}
| [[:it:Stefano Salvati#Videoclip|Stefano Salvati]]
|}

== Theatre ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Play
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Playwright
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Stage director
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Theatre
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | City
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Review
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Scenes from a Marriage]]''
| Marianne
| [[Ingmar Bergman]]
| [[Safy Nebbou]]
| [[Théâtre de l'Œuvre]]
| Paris 9th
| ''[[L'Express]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Laetitia|last=Casta|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/scene/laetitia-casta-la-celebrite-a-parfois-du-bon-c-est-un-vehicule_1874918.html|title=La célébrité a parfois du bon, c'est un véhicule|magazine=[[L'Express]]|date=2 February 2017|language=French}}</ref>
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Florian Zeller#Bibliography|Elle t'attend]]''<br /><br />(She is waiting for you)
| Anna<ref name="Theatre">{{cite web|url=http://www.laetitia-casta.fr/theatre.html|title=Laetitia Casta Officiel: Theatre|website=www.laetitia-casta.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520173338/http://www.laetitia-casta.fr/theatre.html |archive-date=20 May 2012|language=French}}</ref>
| [[Florian Zeller]]
| [[Florian Zeller]]
| [[Théâtre de la Madeleine]]
| Paris 8th
| ''[[Madame Figaro]]''<ref>Laetitia Casta: "[http://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/laetitia-casta-quand-on-tendre-on-soi-230808-13105 Quand on est tendre, on est soi]" (in French), ''Madame Figaro'', 23 August 2008.</ref>
|-
| 2005<br /><br />2004
| ''[[Ondine (play)|Ondine]]''
| Ondine<ref name="Theatre"/>
| [[Jean Giraudoux]]
| [[Jacques Weber]]
| Tour in regions<br /><br />[[Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau]]
| [[Ludwigshafen]]<ref>"Laetitia Casta begeisterte als [http://www.mopo.de/news/theater-laetitia-casta-begeisterte-als-wassernixe-in-ludwigshafen,5066732,5916690.html Wassernixe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809171717/http://www.mopo.de/news/theater-laetitia-casta-begeisterte-als-wassernixe-in-ludwigshafen,5066732,5916690.html |date=9 August 2014 }} in [[Ludwigshafen]]" (in German), ''[[Hamburger Morgenpost]]'', 30 November 2005.</ref><br /><br />Paris 10th
| ''[[L'Humanité]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jean-Pierre|last=Leonardini|url=https://www.humanite.fr/node/312877|title=Devine qui vient ondiner|magazine=[[L'Humanité]]|date=27 September 2004|language=French}}</ref>
|}

==Humanitarian action==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Association
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Comment
|-
| 2010
| Porteurs d'Eau
| Water-carrier is an initiative of [[France Libertes - Danielle-Mitterrand foundation]]
|-
| 2006
| Rose Marie Claire
| Casta among [[Claire Chazal]], [[Isabelle Adjani]], [[Axelle Red]], [[Monica Bellucci]] and [[Tina Kieffer]] with the Rose Marie Claire  are shot by [[Jeff Manzetti]] for the association ''[[Toutes a l'ecole]]''
|-
| 2005
| Action Innocence
| She belongs to the Committee of support of ''Action Innocence''<ref name="LorealAssoc">[[L'Oréal]] about the [http://www.lorealparis.co.nz/spokesmodels/laetitia-casta/passions.aspx associations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210020807/http://www.lorealparis.co.nz/spokesmodels/laetitia-casta/passions.aspx |date=10 February 2013 }} of Action Innocence and of Sebastien Proyart.</ref> to protect children from [[online predator|online sexual predators]].
|-
| 2004
| Action Contre la Faim
| Casta drew a winged blue heart on a plate for the bidding of 19 November 2004 to help ''Action against Hunger''
|-
| 2002
| [[Occi]], paese rinascitu {{in lang|co}}
| In the headquarters of the association ''Occi recovered village'' at the Caffe di a Mossa of [[Lumio]] in Corsica, Casta helped to reconstruct the [[old chapel of Annunziata]] in the abandoned village of Occi.<ref>[http://www.lexpress.fr/region/occi_476118.html L'oeil de la Balagne] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208213239/http://www.lexpress.fr/region/occi_476118.html |date=8 February 2011 }} (in French), ''L'Express'', 20 June 2007.</ref>
|}

==Awards and recognition==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Award
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | By
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Result
|-
| 2021
| Excellence Award Davide Campari
| [[74th Locarno Film Festival]]
|{{Won}}<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.italy24news.com/entertainment/movies/amp/46877|title= Excellence Award to Laetitia Casta: "If you choose a film with your heart, you can't go wrong"|website= Italy 24 News|date= 5 August 2021|access-date= 12 August 2021|language= en|archive-date= 12 August 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210812132145/https://www.italy24news.com/entertainment/movies/amp/46877|url-status= dead}}</ref>
|-
| 2012
| Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres{{Clear}}(Knight in Order of Arts and of Letters)
| France [[Minister of Culture (France)#Ministers of Culture|Minister of Culture and of Communication]]
|{{Won|Honored}}
|-
| 2011
| Nominated for the Cesar Award of the Best Supporting Actress{{Clear}}as [[Brigitte Bardot]] in ''[[Gainsbourg (Vie heroique)]]''
| [[Cesar Awards]]
| {{Nom}}
|-
| 2008
| Golden Swann of the Best Actress{{Clear}}as Catherine in ''[[Born in 68]]''
| [[Cabourg Film Festival]] {{in lang|fr}}
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2001
| Ranked No. 1 Top 50 Most Beautiful Women<ref>{{cite web |url=http://au.askmen.com/daily/austin_150/173_fashion_style.html |title=AskMen.com - Laetitia Casta former Number 1 |publisher=Au.askmen.com |access-date=1 August 2011 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002014706/http://au.askmen.com/daily/austin_150/173_fashion_style.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| [[Askmen.com]]
|
|-
| 1999
| [[Marianne]] for the 21st century<ref name="Marianne"/>
| 82nd congress of AMF, the French Mayors Association
| {{Won}}
|}

== Books ==
* {{cite book |title=Laetitia Casta |first=Laetitia |last=Casta |editor=Assouline |date=24 November 1999 |publisher=Editions Assouline |isbn=978-2-84323-179-7 |language=fr}}

== See also ==
{{Portal bar|Biography|Theatre|Film|Books}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |title=Laetitia Casta |url=http://www.exb.fr |first=Dominique |last=Issermann |editor=Xavier Barral |date=January 2012 |publisher=X. Barral |isbn=978-2-36511-004-4 |language=fr |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519161922/https://exb.fr/ |archive-date=19 May 2020 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite book |title=Feuille de chou 1. Journal d'un tournage |url=http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/catalogue/bd/feuille_de_chou_1_journal_d_un_tournage |first=Mathieu |last=Sapin |editor=Delcourt |date=20 January 2010 |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-7560-1857-7 |language=fr |access-date=9 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403015936/http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/catalogue/bd/feuille_de_chou_1_journal_d_un_tournage |archive-date=3 April 2012 |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite book |title=A Second Decade of Guess Images: 1991-2001 |first=Paul |last=Marciano |publisher=Gingko Press|date=1 July 2002 |isbn=978-0-9636728-1-0}}
* {{cite book |title=Dans l'ombre des ames fortes |url=http://www.rezinaprod.com/amesfortes.htm |first=Laurence |last=Tremolet |editor-first=Collectionneur |editor-last=Rezina |date=March 2002 |publisher=Collectionneur, Rezina |isbn=978-2-909450-87-2 }}
* {{cite book |title=Sports Illustrated: Knockouts, Five Decades of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Photography |first=Rick |last=Reilly |author2=Steven, Hoffman |publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=28 September 2001 |isbn=978-1-929049-47-9}}
* {{cite book |title=Laetitia Casta |first=Roberto |last=Di Caro |author2=Heath, Christopher |editor=Callaway |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Viking Studio]]|date=1 September 1999 |isbn=978-0-67088-819-1}}
{{Refend}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.laetitia-casta.fr}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|fr}}
* {{IMDb name|144377}}
* {{Fashionmodel}}

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