Catherine Deneuve is a French actress, model, and singer who has been a major figure in the world of cinema for more than five decades. She has appeared in over 100 films and has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award in 1967 for her performance in the film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

Deneuve began her career as a model in the early 1960s and made her film debut in 1962 with the French film Les Par