TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 wide-ranging lists under the title The Top 10 Everything of 2009. Marion Cotillard is featured on the Top 10 Movie Performances List for her performance in ‘Nine‘:

5. Marion Cotillard as Luisa Contini in Nine
The actresses in Nine, Rob Marshall’s musical drama based on Federico Fellini’s 8½, come alive when they sing. Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and (wow) Fergie all lend their solo turns knowing eroticism and high snazz. But Cotillard, as the wife of a desperate filmmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis) is in command of her character whether she’s singing, speaking or just staring darts at her philandering mate. Pain rarely seemed so proud, or hurt so regal, as in Cotillard’s rendition of the ballad “My Husband Makes Movies.” The actress’s showy turn as Edith Piaf in La vie en rose earned her an Oscar. Here, she’s simpler, deeper, better.

• Dance/Drama Boot Camp, posted on August 8, 2008
• Cotillard pushed herself into music of ‘Nine’, posted on December 24, 2009
• Marion & Penélope at a Premiere, posted on November 16, 2009
• Marion Cotillard, posted on April 7, 2011
• Interview: Marion Cotillard discusses “Nine”, posted on December 21, 2009

Marion is on the cover of the brand new issue of Madame Figaro. I’ll have scans for you this Thursday.

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Actually for your sidebar it’s Dec 12th not the Dec 5th issue.

Thanks for everything