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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy – Le Figaro, 9 July 2008 (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi ; 23 December 1967) is an Italian-French songwriter, singer, actress, and former model.

She has been married to Nicolas Sarkozy , the President of France|President of the French Republic , since February 2008; the couple has a daughter, Giulia, born in October 2011.

Early life

Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi was born in Turin , Italy, and is Beneficiary|heiress to the fortune created by the Italian tyre manufacturing company CEAT Limited|CEAT , founded in the 1920s by her grandfather Virginio Bruni Tedeschi. The company was sold in the 1970s to Pirelli (the brand lives on via its former subsidiary in India, founded in 1958). The family moved to France in 1975, reportedly to escape the threat of kidnapping by the Red Brigades , a Marxist-Leninist Revolutionary group active in Italy in the 1970s. Bruni grew up in France from age seven and attended boarding school in Switzerland. She went to Paris to study art and architecture, but left school at 19 to become a model.

She is legally the daughter of Italian concert pianist :fr:Marisa Borini|Marisa Borini and industrialist and classical composer :fr:Alberto Bruni Tedeschi|Alberto Bruni Tedeschi . However, in 2008 Bruni told Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair that her biological father is Italian-born, Brazilian people|Brazilian grocery magnate Maurizio Remmert, a young classical guitarist who had a six-year affair with her mother. Her sister is actress and movie director Valeria Bruni Tedeschi . She had a brother, Virginio Bruni Tedeschi (1959–4 July 2006), who died from complications of HIV/AIDS. – Telegraph , 1 Dec 2008

From her biological father, she has a half-sister, Consuelo Remmert. – La Repubblica , 9 January 2008

Career

1987–1996: early career and modeling

Bruni signed with City Models at age 19. Paul Marciano , president and creative director of Guess (clothing)|Guess? Inc. , came across her picture among composite cards of aspiring models and chose her to model with Estelle Lefébure in campaigns for Guess? designer jeans|jeans . Bruni subsequently worked for designers and fashion houses such as Christian Dior , Givenchy , Paco Rabanne , Sonia Rykiel , Christian Lacroix , Karl Lagerfeld , John Galliano , Yves Saint-Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint-Laurent , Shiatzy Chen , Chanel and Gianni Versace S.p.A.|Versace .
By the 1990s, Bruni was among the 20 highest-paid fashion models, earning $7.5& nbsp;million a year. While modeling, Bruni dated Eric Clapton , then Mick Jagger . On 11 April 2008, a 1993 nude photograph of Bruni sold at auction for US$91,000 (€65,093) – more than 60 times the expected price. She was a modeling subject of a 1999 trompe-l'œil wool-knit dress body painting by Joanne Gair that is included in Gair's second book, Body Painting: Masterpieces by Joanne Gair .Gair, Plates section

1997–2005: music career and debut album

In 1997, Bruni quit the world of fashion to devote herself to chanson|music . She sent her lyrics to Julien Clerc in 1999, based on which he composed six tracks on his 2000 album ''Si j'étais elle . – Radio France Internationale|RFI , July 2008

In 2002, her debut album '' Quelqu'un m'a dit '', produced by Louis Bertignac , was released in Europe with success in Francophone countries. Three songs from the album appear in Hans Canosa 's 2005 American film Conversations with Other Women , – Internet Movie Database|IMDb the song Le Plus Beau du quartier was used in H& M 's Christmas 2006 commercial, and the title track was featured in the 2003 movie Le Divorce – Internet Movie Database|IMDb and in the 2009 movie (500) Days of Summer . – Internet Movie Database|IMDb In January 2010, her song "L'amoureuse" was featured in an episode of NBC 's Chuck (TV series)|Chuck , "Chuck vs. First Class". – Internet Movie Database|IMDb

In 2005, she wrote the lyrics for ten out of twelve songs for Louis Bertignac 's new album Longtemps , and performed two duets with him on the album, Les Frôleuses and Sans toi . – Discogs In 2006, Bruni recorded "Those Little Things", an English-language translation of the Serge Gainsbourg song "Ces petits riens" for the tribute album Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited . She took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in a parade paying tribute to the Italian flag .

2006–2008: No Promises and ''Comme si de rien n'était

Her second album, No Promises (Carla Bruni album)|No Promises containing poems by William Butler Yeats , Emily Dickinson , W. H. Auden , Dorothy Parker , Walter de la Mare , and Christina Rossetti , set to music, was released in January 2007.

She continued recording after her marriage. She released her third album '' Comme si de rien n'était '' on 11 July 2008. The songs are self-penned except for one rendition of " You Belong to Me (1952 song)|You Belong to Me " and another song featuring Michel Houellebecq 's poem ''La Possibilité d'une île set to music. Royalties from the album will be donated to unidentified charitable and humanitarian cause.

2009–present: new studio album and other projects

Bruni sang for Nelson Mandela 's 91st birthday on 18 July 2009 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. – BBC News , 19 July 2009

In September 2009, she recorded a duet with Harry Connick, Jr. for the French edition of his album Your Songs . They sang the Beatles song " And I Love Her ". (French), parismatch.com, 26 September 2009 The album was released in France on 26 October 2009. (French), Sony Music|Sony Columbia France on MySpace

Following months of speculation, in a television interview broadcast on 23 November 2009, Bruni revealed that she had accepted a role in a forthcoming Woody Allen film. She admitted her reasoning for embarking on the Paris production; "I'm not an actress at all. Perhaps I'll be completely hopeless but I can't miss an opportunity like this one. When I'm a grandmother I'd like to be able to say I made a film with Woody Allen." The Guardian. 24 November 2009 The Telegraph. 25 November 2009 The film, Midnight in Paris , was released in 2011; Bruni appeared as a guide at the Musée Rodin , who discusses sculptor Auguste Rodin with the leading characters.

In September 2010, she contributed a cover of David Bowie 's "Absolute Beginners" to the War Child (charity)|War Child charity record We Were So Turned On : a tribute to David Bowie ( Manimal Vinyl ). They also released the track as a split 7" vinyl split with UK legends, Duran Duran . – Music On Vinyl, 16 February 2011

Italian singer/songwriter Simone Cristicchi ’s entry in the 2010 Festival della canzone italiana|San Remo Italian Song Festival was the song “Meno Male”, with the chorus lyrics of “Meno male che c’è Carla Bruni” (“Thank goodness for Carla Bruni”). The song supposedly mocks Bruni and her husband, but Cristicchi stated in an interview for Italian television weekly TV Sorrisi e Canzoni that the song is about “our way of being Italian, always ready to follow any type of gossip and are disinterested in real problems”. TV Sorrisi e Canzoni. 10 February 2010 Bruni was to be a guest singer at the 2010 San Remo festival but withdrew from participating, purportedly because she was offended by Cristicchi’s song. The Telegraph. 2 February 2010

Personal life

"First Lady" of France

Bruni met the recently divorced French president Nicolas Sarkozy in November 2007 at a dinner party. – The Guardian , 13 January 2008 After a brief romance they married on 2 February 2008 at the Élysée Palace in Paris. The marriage is Bruni's first and Sarkozy's third. Bruni obtained French nationality not long afterwards. She has since made contradictory statements as to whether she still holds Italian nationality as well. – Marianne (magazine)|Marianne 17 January 2009

Following her marriage to Sarkozy, in February 2008, Bruni continued accompanying him on state visits, including to the United Kingdom in March 2008, which created a sensation in the international press and the public in the UK and France. – BBC News , 27 March 2008 She has an office and staff at her disposal in the East wing of the Élysée Palace . – Le Figaro , 3 April 2008

There was controversy on the eve of the state visit to the UK, with the publication by Christie's auction house of a nude photograph of Bruni taken during her career as a model. – Daily Mail , 27 March 2008 The photograph sold for $91,000. – Reuters , 11 April 2008 There was also great interest in Bruni's wardrobe, which was Christian Dior , seen as a diplomatic choice, being a French design house designed by John Galliano , a British designer. – Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2008 Another controversy was the use of a popular photo of the French President and Bruni in the print advertising of Ryanair . The couple was awarded damages by a French court – Telegraph, 7 February 2008 which they donated to Restaurants du Cœur|Les Restos du Cœur , an organisation which provides meals to the homeless.

In December 2008, Bruni sued the makers of a bag featuring a nude shot of the French first lady taken during her supermodelling youth. Clothes designer Pardon has produced 10,000 of the shopping bags emblazoned with the nude photo taken in 1993, showing Bruni staring at the camera with her crossed hands covering her crotch. – The Daily Telegraph , 12 December 2008

On 19 October 2011, Carla Bruni gave birth to a baby girl, Giulia, in Paris.

Philanthropy and charity work

Involved for years in humanitarian and charity work, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy became world ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against HIV in 2008.Charles Jaigu, , Le Figaro , 2 décembre 2008, sur le site lefigaro.fr In April 2009, she launched the Fondation Carla Bruni-Sarkozy , to promote access to culture and knowledge for all.Charles Jaigu, , Le Figaro , 23 septembre 2009, sur le site lefigaro.fr , La Tribune (quotidien)|La Tribune , 24 avril 2009, sur le site latribune.fr , consulté le 28 septembre 2009

In a letter of support to the association People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), she took a position against fur in fashion. Stephanie Green et Elizabeth Glover, , The Washington Times , washingtontimes.com

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is involved in various charitable activities. She gave her royalties for her album Comme si de rien n’était to the Fondation de France , and supports different events or causes, such as the Born HIV Free campaign, animal rights, the Nelson Mandela foundation, the French association Aides for AIDS research, the French association ''La Chaîne de l'Espoir or the association Warchild UK. She also participated in a concert with Stevie Wonder and Aretha Franklin for the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela,. and recorded a song for the album We Were So Turned On: A Tribute to David Bowie ''.. She is involved in the promotion of young artists, and did a duet with French singer Marc Lavoine for the Prix Constantin , an annual French music prize awarded to newer artists. Furthermore, she supported French guitarist Jean-Pierre Danel 's charity album, and sold a self-portrait to the benefit of third-world children.
Bruni met the Dalai Lama in August 2008 at Lerab Ling , a Buddhist temple on a hill in Languedoc , France. – The Times, 23 August 2008 Bruni received Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to France in September 2008. – BBC News , 12 September 2008 Bruni visited New York City in September 2008 with her husband, where she attended a meeting on poverty and female mortality with Queen Rania and Wendi Murdoch , met for lunch with First Lady of the United States|First Lady Laura Bush at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Symposium on Advancing Global Literacy and attended the General Assembly in the UN with her husband. She also attended state dinners with the Emir of Qatar and wife and with Iraq's president in Paris in 2009. She and Sheikha Mozah (wife of Emir of Qatar) will be working together on the topic of education promotion. Bruni visited Doha on invitation of Sheikha Mozah in November 2009. – Carla Bruni-Sarkozy official Website She also took cause for a woman in Iran, Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, fighting a death penalty by stoning.

In April 2009, Carla was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III on the occasion of the couple's Spanish State Visit. – Carla Bruni-Sarkozy official Website

In October 2009 she launched CarlaBruniSarkozy.org, a website largely dealing with her philanthropic work.

In January 2010, Carla visited Benin, her second visit as ambassador for The Global Fund. – The Guardian , 27 January 2010 She also received Haitian orphans who survived the Haiti 2010 earthquake and were adopted by French families. – Daily Mail , 23 January 2010

She has been critical of Pope Benedict XVI on the controversial topic of religion and AIDS . According to Le Canard Enchainé , Bruni was asked by Holy See|Vatican officials not to join her husband in an official visit for fear that the Italian newspapers would reprint racy pictures dating from her modelling career.

In late August 2010, Iran 's state-run daily paper Kayhan called Bruni-Sarkozy a 'prostitute' after she had condemned the stoning sentence against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani for adultery in an open letter, along with several French celebrities. The paper later also called for Bruni to be put to death for supporting Sakineh Ashtiani, and for what the paper described as Bruni's moral corruption and having had extra-marital affairs herself. Even though Kayhan is a state-sponsored paper and it continued its tirade against Bruni along with other state-run Iranian media, Iranian officials tried to distance themselves from that violent stance and openly condemned it, while a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry criticized the comments as being 'unacceptable'. President Ahmedinejad also condemned the remark made by the paper. – The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 September 2010

Other relationships

It has been claimed that Bruni has been involved with Louis Bertignac , Mick Jagger , Eric Clapton , Léos Carax , Charles Berling , Arno Klarsfeld, Vincent Perez – Gala and former French Prime Minister Laurent Fabius . Time Magazine , vol. 170, n. 26/27, 31 December 2007 – 7 January 2008. See also:

The Enthovens

While living with Jean-Paul Enthoven, Bruni fell in love and started an affair with his son, philosophy professor Raphaël Enthoven (the song "Raphäel" from Bruni's album '' Quelqu'un m'a dit '' is named after him), who was at the time married to novelist Justine Lévy , daughter of philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy . – Gala, Eliane Georges , 17 August 2005 Bruni later denied ever having an affair with Raphaël's father in an interview published in Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair , "I never slept with him, not even a minute."

The affair and the end of her marriage inspired Justine's 2004 book Rien de Grave (published in English in 2005 as Nothing Serious ).John Follain, , Times Online, 23 December 2007

Bruni and Raphaël had a son, Aurélien, in 2001. Bruni told Vanity Fair that the couple broke up in May 2007 because Raphaël thought their relationship did not have a commitment.

Discography

Year	Album	Peak position																		French sales
Year	Album	UK	USA	CAN	FR	FR Download	BEL/ W	BEL/ F	SWI	AU	ITA	POR	SPA	SWE	NL	BRA	FIN	GER	POL	French sales
2003	'' Quelqu'un m'a dit	—	—	12	1	—	1	9	4	27	4	5	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	1,200,900
2007	No Promises	65	—	—	1	1	1	2	1	11	11	6	5	55	47	—	—	2	27	150,000
2008	'' Comme si de rien n'était	58	195	15	1	1	2	6	3	10	14	21	32		31	21	23	15	30	200,000174,349 as of 11 July 2008, fr icon – Le Figaro , 10 September 2008

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Prêt-à-Porter	Herself	Uncredited
1998	Paparazzi	Herself
2009	Somebody Told Me About. . . Carla Bruni	Herself	80 minute documentary film The Times. 28 December 2008
2011	Midnight in Paris	Museum guide	Woody Allen Variety. 22 April 2010 Pending — Alliance of Women Film Journalists>Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble Cast Pending— Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated— Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

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