model
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. She was born on October 14, 1980, in
Chartres
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,
Eure-et-Loir
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Elle (magazine)
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'' (in French), last updated October 27, 2008, retrieved October 16, 2010
Early life
Marnay was born in Chartres, department of Eure-et-Loir on October 14, 1980.
Career
At the age of 15, Marnay started working at a
modeling agency
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The top agencies work with bi ...
in
Paris
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. A year later, she was named top model and was featured on 32 pages and the cover of ''Vogue'' Italy, photographed by
Steven Meisel
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. She has also been featured on the pages and covers of ''Vogue'', ''Elle'', ''
Harper's Bazaar
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'', and luxury brands such as
Chanel
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,
Versace
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,
Lanvin
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,
Calvin Klein
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, Valentin, and Longchamp.
She has worked with directors including
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.
Life and career
Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Insti ...
,
Raoul Ruiz __NOTOC__
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,
David Foenkinos
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His novel ''La délicatesse'' is a bestseller in France. A film based on the book was re ...
,
Stefan Liberski
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,
Arielle Dombasle
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, and
Cedric Klapisch
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. In 2014,
George Clooney
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selected her to star in his movie ''
The Monuments Men
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''.
Marnay is involved in multiple creative pursuits: in fashion (capsule collections for Claudie Pierlot), jewelry design ( Etername), and singing (
Alain Chamfort
Alain Chamfort (born Alain Joseph Yves Le Govic; 2 March 1949) is a French singer of Breton origin.
Life and career
Chamfort was a promising pianist in his youth, and the piano became his instrument of choice. His first band The Dreamers h ...
''Manureva''), and she is the muse for
Air
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in their video clips. The French artist
Pierre Huyghe
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Education
Pierre Huyghe (pronounced ''hweeg'') was born in Paris in 1962. He lives ...
cast her in ''The Host and The Cloud'' Marney became the spokesperson for “Les Enfants de Bam” in 2010.
In 2021, Marnay revealed herself as the woman depicted in the cover artwork for the 2001 album ''Jane Doe'' by metalcore band
Converge
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* Converge (Baptist denomination), American national evangelical Baptist body
* Limit (mathematics)
* Converge ICT, internet service provider in the Philippines
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, claiming in an Instagram post that a photograph of her from the May 2001 issue of ''Marie Claire'' Italy magazine taken by Dutch fashion photographer Jan Welters was the original source artwork used by Converge vocalist and cover artist
Jacob Bannon
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.
Filmography
* ''How does it make you feel'' by Antoine Bardou-Jacquet for
Air
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(2001)
* ''Nuages'' by
Michel Gondry
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for
Air France
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(2002)
* ''Bunker Paradise'' by Stefan Liberski Laeticia
* '' My Best Friend'' by
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, actor, comic strip writer, and screenwriter.
Life and career
Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Insti ...
(2006)
* ''Tony Zoreil'' by Valentin Potier (2007)
* ''
Paris
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'' by Cedric Klapish (Marjolaine 2008)
* ''
The Monuments Men
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'' by
George Clooney
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