Anna Mouglalis ( el, Άννα Μουγλάλη; born 26 April 1978) is a French actress and model. She is known for being a house ambassador for Chanel since 2002, and for portraying the fashion designer

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in the 2009 film '' Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'', and actress Paula Maxa in the 2018 film '' The Most Assassinated Woman in the World''.

Life and career

Mouglalis was born in Fréjus,

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Short biography on the occasion of her participation in the radio programme ''Nonabstant'' 23 /11/ 2009.

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, to a French mother and a Greek father. She spent her youth in the

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'', before moving back to Nantes with her family. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a physical therapist. Until 2001 Mouglalis studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris (CNSAD) under the direction of

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. In addition to her native French, she speaks fluent English, Italian, and Spanish, and understands Greek to a limited extent. In 1997, she had begun an acting career in ''La Nuit du Titanic'', played in Paris. In the same year she was chosen by Francis Girod for the film ''

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''. In 2000 she co-starred with

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in Claude Chabrol's '' Merci pour le chocolat''. After appearing in '' Novo'' ( 2002) by Jean Pierre Limosin, she was cast by

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for the thriller '' Sotto falso nome''. In 2003, she played in '' La Maladie de la mort,'' a film in black and white by first-time director Asa Mader, which previewed at the

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. In this same year, she co-starred in a Greek film, called ''Real Life'' (''Alithini Zoi''), directed by Panos Koutras. In 2005 she took part in two Italian movies: ''

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'', directed by

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, and '' Mare buio'', where she was featured alongside

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. In a TV movie called '' Les Amants du Flore'' and directed by Ilan Duran Cohen, Mouglalis played Simone de Beauvoir, with

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played by co-star

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. Together they had a great public and critical triumph. Critics praised their portrayals of these literary figures, showing their romance and the birth of their careers. Along with her career as an actress, Mouglalis began a successful modelling career. In 2002 she was chosen by

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for the ad campaign for the Amateur Allure de Chanel perfume. He used her as one of his "muses," promoting Chanel bags, fine jewelry, and watches. Mouglalis was cast as

in the 2009 film '' Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky'', directed by

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. The film was chosen to close the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. In 2018, she portrayed French actress Paula Maxa in the

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film '' The Most Assassinated Woman in the World''.

Personal life

On 7 March 2007, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Saul, whom she had with French director

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Filmography

Actress

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mouglalis, Anna French female models French film actresses French television actresses French stage actresses People from Fréjus 1978 births Living people French people of Greek descent 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni