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Carla Bruni Biography

Birth Name:Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi

Birth Place:Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Profession Soundtrack, Actress

Fast Facts

  • In 2009, she founded the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation in an effort to help provide financial support to cultural programs for disadvantaged people
  • Was given the French award of Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2003
  • In 2009, she was awarded the Spanish Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
  • In 2008, she got married to French President Nicolas Sarkozy
  • Started out as a model for various international campaigns, including Guess jeans, Dior and Chanel
  • Is an heiress to the Italian tire manufacturing company CEAT
  • Has written several songs for fellow singer Julien Clerc

Awards

  • 2011PFCS Award-Best Ensemble Acting: nominated
  • 2012Actor-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated