Attended the prestigious Cours Florent

Moved to Paris

Appeared in the TV-movies, "Coeur de cible" and "Le Crime d'a cote"

Featured in the telefilm "Bebes boum"

Feature debut in Tonie Marshall's "Vénus beauté (institut)" playing a naive beauty salon worker (released in France in 1999)

Cast opposite Vincent Perez in "Épouse-moi (Marry Me)" and "Le Libertin (The Libertine)"

Portrayed the heroine in "Le Battement d'ailes du papillon (Happenstance)"

Gained international fame for her performance as the eccentric Amélie in the romantic French comedy "Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amélie)"; directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet; earned a César Award nomination

Portrayed a gamine beauty seeking love and spiritual fulfillment in "Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (God Is Great, I'm Not)"

Starred in Cedric Klapish's "L'Auberge espagnole (The Spanish Apartment)"

English-language film debut, "Dirty Pretty Things"; directed by Stephen Frears

Re-teamed with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet for "Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement)"

Portrayed French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu in the film version of Dan Brown's best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code"; directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks

Announced as the new face of Chanel