Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (; born 11 May 1978)FMD profile. Retrieved 4 December 2009. is a French model and actress.
Casta became a "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, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle and Glamour, and has walked runways for designers such as 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), Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010), which earned her a nomination for the César Award for Best Supporting Actress, Arbitrage (2012), A Faithful Man (2018) and 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.Laetitia Casta, Assouline 1999, p. 12.
Laetitia has one quarter Italian ancestry from her father.
Career Modeling Casta's modeling career reportedly began when she was discovered at age 15 by the photographer Frédéric Cresseaux,Laetitia Casta's biography by Vogue Paris. after winning a village beauty pageant during a family holiday in her father's native CorsicaLaetitia Casta, Assouline 1999, p. 15.Laetitia Casta Official: Miss Lumio 93 (in French). She had been unknowingly signed up for the pageant by her brother Jean-Baptiste.
Casta has been the L'Oréal Paris brand ambassador since 1998.L'Oréal Paris , Laetitia Casta's biography. She has been featured in Pantene, Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino, Givenchy, Ralph Lauren, Cacharel, Lolita Lempicka, Chanel, Dolce and Gabbana, Nina Ricci, Swarovski, Yves Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Roberto Cavalli, Jacquemus, J. Crew, Tiffany & Co., Loewe, Bulgari, Giorgio Armani, H&M, Miu Miu, Pepe Jeans, Escada, Alberta Ferretti and XOXO ad campaigns. She has appeared on more than 250 magazine covers including Harper's Bazaar,Harper's Bazaar uk Cover October 2012 by Sebastian Faena Hairstyle by Nicolas Jurnjack "Laetitia Casta", models.com. Elle, Marie Claire, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, i-D, Rolling Stone and Vogue (Paris, España, Germany, Russia and Turkey). Casta was the last muse of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, serving as the bride in his fashion shows 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' Secret Angels from 1998 to 2000. She claims that her career with Victoria's Secret ended because she was "too much of [a] rebel".Laetitia Casta: The supermodel who rebelled against Victoria Secret . 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.
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's Baby doll and Paris, Nina Ricci's L'Extase and D&G's Pour Femme.Laetitia Casta: "Dolce & Gabbana's latest fragrance muse" , Swide, 15 June 2012. The Parisians could follow her Adventures in the Galeries Lafayette by Jean-Paul Goude.Jean-Paul Goude official: Work > Advertising > Photography. 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 for Tiffany & Co.Laetitia Casta's campaigns , Alla Rosa Production. On 10 March 2010, in Paris, she opened the Louis Vuitton fall/winter 2010 fashion show.Mower, Sarah (10 March 2010). Style, Louis Vuitton, Fall 2010, Paris. On 27 September 2010, she closed the Roberto Cavalli spring/summer 2011 fashion show in Milan.Style, Roberto Cavalli Spring Summer 2011 RTW, Milan, 27 September 2010. 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 and for Valentino.
She was ranked as an "Industry Icon" by models.com, and was ranked as a "New Super" .
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. Casta appeared in Les Ames Fortes, directed by Raul Ruiz. 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 in 2012.
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 of Marianne, an allegorical symbol of the French Republic, which stands inside every French town hall. Casta became the focus of a controversyLa fugue Casta, affaire d'Etat (in French), Le Soir, 4 April 2000. when, after being selected to be Marianne, newspapers in Britain and France"Quand Marianne s'exile a Londres" (in French), Le Point, 31 March 2000. 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.Marianne: impots ou intox a la Une (in French), Libération, 6 April 2000. The French minister of the interior spoke about Casta on the radio;"Au revoir, les taxes" , Salon, 17 April 2000."Zut Alors! A National Treasure Flirts With Heresy", The New York Times, 9 April 2000. comparing the advantages of living in France with regard to the drawbacks of London "France galled by model move", BBC News, 3 April 2000. after political opponents used Casta's relocation to London as an opportunity to criticise the government."Symbol of France prefers London", The New Zealand Herald, 5 April 2000, also in Die Welt (in German) on 10 April 2000 quoting the Daily Mail′s title Marianne Unfaithful."The disloyalty of Marianne", The Economist, 6 April 2000.
Political involvement On 6 April 2008, Casta demonstrated in a White March of nonviolent protest to ask for the immediate release of Ingrid Betancourt, presidential candidate kidnapped since 2002 by the FARC."White March for Ingrid Betancourt" (in French), INA, 6 April 2008. On 30 April 2002, she attended the demonstration Vive la République after the first round election of the 2002 presidential election.Demonstration Vive la Republique (in French), France 3 TV news 19|20 by INA, 30 April 2002.
She was appointed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador on 9 December 2016.
Personal life On 19 October 2001, Casta gave birth to a daughter, whose father was her boyfriend, 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.Sei mamma? Ti licenziano (in Italian) (You are mother? You are fired), Style, 28 April 2009. In June 2017, Casta married her boyfriend of two years, French actor Louis Garrel; in 2021, she gave birth to a son. After divorcing in the summer of 2025, Casta began dating and was seen with the French labor lawyer Geoffrey Barthélémy Cennamo.
Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1999 Asterix et Obelix contre Cesar(Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar) Falbala Claude Zidi 2000 La Bicyclette Bleue(The Blue Bicycle) Lea Delmas Thierry Binisti TV film for France2 Gitano Lucia Junco Manuel Palacios 2001 Les ames fortes(Savage Souls) Therese Raoul Ruiz 2002 Rue des plaisirs(Love Street) Marion Patrice Leconte Performs on the soundtrack 2003 Errance(Wandering) Lou Damien Odoul 2004 Luisa Sanfelice Luisa Sanfelice Paolo TavianiVittorio Taviani TV film for France2, RAI Uno 2006 Le grand appartement(The Big Apartment) Francesca Cigalone Pascal Thomas La Deraison du Louvre(The Irrationality of the Louvre) The young woman Ange Leccia Short film without dialog shot in the Louvre museumDanesi, Fabien. Review about The Folly of the Louvre , Films by The Louvre. for which Casta was for the first time in cover of Les Cahiers du Cinéma.Frodon, Jean Michel (April 2006). "The Dream of Light". Les Cahiers du Cinema , issue 611.Frederic Sanchez: English > Press > Les Cahiers du Cinéma, April 2006. Nymphea(Nymphaea) The naiad Ange Leccia Short film 2007 Le Petit Monde de Charlotte(Charlotte's Web) Charlotte A. Cavatica Gary Winick Voice in the French-language dub. 2008 Nes en 68(Born in 68) Catherine Olivier DucastelJacques Martineau Cabourg: Golden Swann for Best Actress La jeune fille et les loups(The Maiden and the Wolves) Angele Amblard Gilles Legrand 2009 Visage(Face) ? Salome Tsai Ming-Liang Fleurs dans le miroir, lune dans l'eau(Flowers in the mirror, moon in the water) herself, Salome Francois Lunel 2010 Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Brigitte Bardot Joann Sfar Nominated — César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2011 La nouvelle guerre des boutons(The War of the Buttons) Simone Christophe Barratier Derriere les murs(Behind the Walls) Suzanne Julien LacombePascal Sid Островът (Ostrovat)(The Island) Sophie Kamen Kalev Rio Perla (Jewel) Carlos Saldanha 2012 Arbitrage Julie Cote Nicholas Jarecki Do Not Disturb Anna Yvan Attal 2013 Une histoire d'amour(Tied) The young woman Helene Fillieres 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 Laetitia Casta Short filmAlso writer and producer2018 A Faithful Man Marianne Louis Garrel The Ideal Palace Philomene Nils Tavernier 2019Le Milieu de l'horizon Nicole Delphine Lehericey 2021 The Crusade Marianne Louis Garrel 2022 Coma Sharon (voice) Bertrand Bonello 2023 Consent Vanessa's mother Vanessa Filho 2024 Una storia nera Clara Leonardo D'Agostini 2026 Le crime du 3e étage Colette Courreau / Rebacca Daumas-Gassac Rémi Bezançon Call My Agent! The Movie Herself Émilie Noblet
Music videos Year Singer Song Director 2010 Rihanna "Te Amo" Anthony Mandler 1999 Chris Isaak "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" Herb Ritts 1998 I MuvriniSting "Terre d'Oru" Stefano Salvati
Theatre Year Play Role Playwright Stage director Theatre City Review 2017 Scenes from a Marriage Marianne Ingmar Bergman Safy Nebbou Théâtre de l'Œuvre Paris 9th L'Express 2008 Elle t'attend(She is waiting for you) Anna Florian Zeller Florian Zeller Théâtre de la Madeleine Paris 8th Madame FigaroLaetitia Casta: "Quand on est tendre, on est soi" (in French), Madame Figaro, 23 August 2008. 20052004 Ondine Ondine Jean Giraudoux Jacques Weber Tour in regionsThéâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau Ludwigshafen"Laetitia Casta begeisterte als Wassernixe in Ludwigshafen" (in German), Hamburger Morgenpost, 30 November 2005.Paris 10th L'Humanité
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