- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMarie Joséphine Innocente Trintignant
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Marie Trintignant died tragically on the 1st of August, 2003 from a cerebral edema in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris, France, following a violent fight with her boyfriend, Bertrand Cantat, lead singer in the French rock band, Noir Désir. She was just finishing filming a TV movie about Colette, directed by her mother.
Born into show business, she made her first screen appearance when she was just four-years-old but her breakthrough came in 1979 with the film "Série noire". In 1990, she had her first leading role in "Une nuit d'été en ville". Her second major role came in 1992 as "Betty", a bourgeois alcoholic. She also did theater work, notably "Le Retour", by Harold Pinter.
Her last film, Janis and John (2003), was completed three months before her death.
- IMDb mini biography by: David George - Marie Trintignant died tragically on the 1st of August, 2003 from a cerebral edema in Neully-sur-Seine near Paris, France, following a violent beating from her boyfriend, Bertrand Cantat, lead singer in the French rock band, "Noir Desir." She was just finishing filming a TV movie about Collette, directed by her mother.
Born into show business, she made her first appearance when she was just four years old but her breakthrough came in the 1979 film "Serie Noire." In 1990, she had her first leading role in "Une unit d'être en ville." Her second major role came in 1992 as "Betty", a bourgeois alcoholic. She also did theatre work, notably "Le Retour, by Harold Pinter.
Her last film "Janis et John" was completed three months before her death.
- IMDb mini biography by: Angela Dickson Lee
- SpouseSamuel Benchetrit(May 10, 1997 - August 1, 2003) (her death, 1 child)
- Parents
- RelativesTina Aumont(Aunt or Uncle)Christian Marquand(Aunt or Uncle)
- In March 2004, her boyfriend, rock-musician Bertrand Cantat, was convicted of killing her by a Lithuanian court. He was sentenced to eight years in prison, of which he only served four.
- When her younger sister Pauline died of crib death in 1970, the then-8-year old Marie became increasingly withdrawn and virtually stopped speaking. Throughout her early life she was hampered by severe shyness; by her mid-teens she had decided to become an actress to combat the affliction.
- Daughter of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Nadine Trintignant.
- The very first and the last movie in which she appeared were both directed by her own mother, Nadine Trintignant (Marie was five-years-old for "mon amour mon amour" and 41 years old for Colette, une femme libre (2004)).
- Children, 4 sons: Roman Kolinka (b.1986), son of Richard Kolinka; Paul Cluzet (b. 1993), son of François Cluzet; Leon (b. 1996), son of Mathias Othnin-Girard, and Jules Benchetrit (b. 1998), son of Samuel Benchetrit.
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