Trivia

Was interviewed for the lead role in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979) but lost the role to Lois Chiles. Nevertheless, she impressed director John Glen who cast her in the lead for the next Bond film For Your Eyes Only (1981). Even though she received good notices from critics and moviegoers for her performance as a revenge-seeking heroine, the producers excluded her from the film's publicity tour because of an earlier interview she gave where she said Roger Moore was old enough to be her father rather than a romantic lead, due to the thirty-year age difference. Over the years, she has avoided Bond events and interviews about the film.

Spokesmodel for Chanel in the 1990s.

She owns vineyards in Pantelleria, Italy, and speaks Italian fluently.

She was the girlfriend of the late producer Jean-Pierre Rassam. They have a son, Dimitri Rassam, who is also a producer.

Became a grandmother when her son Dimitri Rassam and his wife, Russian model Masha Novoselova had a daughter, Darya, in 2011. They divorced in 2017. Dimitri subsequently married Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco in 2019. Their son Balthazar was born the previous year.

Was formerly engaged to Gérard Depardieu from 2003 to 2005. They had been partners since 1997 except for a break up of a few weeks in the summer of 2002.

Was Mike Newell's first choice for the role of Madame Maxime on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) but declined because Studio Canal (the studio she was contracted to) refused to give permission for her to negotiate for the role. The role went to Frances de la Tour.

Is the second French actress to play a major James Bond girl in For Your Eyes Only (1981). The first was Claudine Auger in Thunderball (1965).

Graduated from the CNSAD (the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris)

Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. (1997)

Since 2005, has owned her own vineyard, Maison Carole Bouquet, situated on the island of Pantelleria in the Strait of Sicily. Her winery produces a Passito di Pantelleria, a raisin wine typical of the southern Italian region.

Has two sons: Dimitri Rassam (b.1981) with Jean-Pierre Rassam; and Louis Giacobetti (b.1987) with Francis Giacobetti, despite never being married to either boy's father.

She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.

Studied briefly at the Sorbonne university before joining the National School of Theatre at the Paris Conservatoire.