Marie Gillain Biography

Marie Gillain was only 16 when she made a splash in film as a precocious teenager in the French hit My Father the Hero (1991, with Gerard Depardieu).

American art-house audiences know her mainly as the adopted daughter (and, oddly, love interest) of Daniel Autiel in the 1997 swashbuckler On Guard (French title Le Bossu).

Gillain also played Adrienne Chanel, the aunt and playmate of Coco Chanel, in the 2009 biopic Coco Avant Chanel (with Audrey Tautou as Coco).

Marie Gillain’s other films include Absolument fabuleux (2001), L’Enfer (2005) and Toutes nos envies (2011). She also has made many appearances for Lancome cosmetics.