Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant was a French actress who worked in film and on stage. She came from a film family, with an actor father and a mother who directed, produced and wrote scripts. Marie Trintignant appeared nude in Noyade Interdite (1987) and later in Nuit D'ete En Ville (1990). She was born on January 21, 1962, in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Her film work also includes Sueurs Froides (1988), Wings Of Fame (1990), Serie Noire and Betty. In 2003 she travelled to Lithuania with her mother to finish a television movie. There she was beaten by her partner Bertrand Cantat, the singer of Noir Désir, and died on August 1. Her death became a major case in the debate on domestic violence and leniency toward abusers.