Sophie Marceau (born Sophie Maupu) grew up far from the studio spotlights. When she was 14 she was living in the Paris suburb of Gentilly with her father, a truck driver. She learned from friends that director Claude Pinoteau was looking for new faces for a movie about teenagers called Boum, La (1980). She auditioned for the role, got it, and the film was a success. She played in Boum 2, La (1982), then bought back her contract with Gaumont when she was 16 years old for one million French fr ...[Read Story]