The French model was discovered by the Madison agency at the age of 15 and was one of the top paid photo models in the 1990s. The erotic Frenchwoman had her international breakthrough with a cover photo of the magazine “ELLE”. Laetitia Casta was also successful as an actress and appeared in the productions “Asterix & Obelix” and “The Blue Bike”. Casta celebrated her debut at the theater with great success. At the Paris Théâtre Antoine she played the role of the passionate mermaid in Jean Giraudoux’ “Ondine”.
Laetitia Casta was born on May 11, 1978 in Pont Audemer, Normandy.
Her parents separated when she was still a teenager. She grew up with her brother Jean-Baptiste and sister Marie-Angie in Normandy. She also attended school there. The father lived in Corsica. In 1993, when she was 15, she won a regional beauty pageant. She spent the summer holidays that same year with her father in Corsica. There she met a talent scout from the Parisian model agency Madison on the beach, who invited her to Paris for test shots. This entry into the modeling business was initially suspiciously accompanied by the father. But just a few weeks after the first photos were taken, Laetitia Casta not only became the agency’s most booked model, but also graced the cover of the French edition of “ELLE”. At the same time, this performance provided her intentional breakthrough. After just two years, she was one of the highest paid models in the world.
In the years that followed, she appeared as a photo model on over 80 covers of well-known fashion magazines such as “Cosmopolitan” and “Vogue”. After numerous other shots for the most internationally renowned fashion companies, large advertising campaigns followed. Her pictures for the underwear company Victoria”s Secret caused a sensation in 1996. By 1998 she had risen to the international top ten. After that, her estimated annual income was around four million US dollars. After further assignments for fashion and prêt-à-porter shows, where Laetitia Casta was booked by the elite designers, she first appeared alongside Gérard Depardieu for “Asterix and Obelix vs Caesar” in front of a cinema camera. In the same year she was chosen as the model for the French symbolic figure Marianne.
In 2000 she got her first starring role in “The Blue Bike”. In the future, however, the Frenchwoman does not want to give up the modeling industry, but strives for both careers. Casta celebrated her debut at the theater with great success. At the Paris Théâtre Antoine she played the role of the passionate water mermaid in Jean Giraudoux’ “Ondine”. She went on tour with this ensemble in autumn 2005 and was seen at the theater festival in Ludwigshafen in November.
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