Trivia

Was interviewed for the lead role in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979) but lost the role to Lois Chiles. Nevertheless, she impressed director John Glen who cast her in the lead for the next Bond film Rien que pour vos yeux (1981). Even though she received good notices from critics and moviegoers for her performance as a revenge-seeking heroine, the producers excluded her from the film's publicity tour because of an earlier interview she gave where she said Roger Moore was old enough to be her father rather than a romantic lead, due to the thirty-year age difference. Over the years, she has avoided Bond events and interviews about the film.

Spokesmodel for Chanel in the 1990s.

She owns vineyards in Pantelleria, Italy, and speaks Italian fluently.

She was the girlfriend of late producer Jean-Pierre Rassam. They have a son, Dimitri Rassam, who is also a producer.

Was formerly engaged to Gérard Depardieu from 2003 to 2005. Has been with him since 1997 except for a break up of a few weeks in the summer of 2002.

Became a grandmother, when her son Dimitri Rassam and his wife, Russian model Masha Novoselova started having children in 2011.

Was Mike Newell's first choice for the role of Madame Maxime on Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005) but declined because Studio Canal (the studio she was contracted to) refused to give permission for her to negotiate for the role. The role went to Frances de la Tour.

Is the second French actress to play a major James Bond girl in Rien que pour vos yeux (1981). The first was Claudine Auger in Opération Tonnerre (1965).

Graduated from the CNSAD (the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris)

Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women's Film Festival, France. (1997)

Has two sons: Dimitri Rassam (b. 1982) with Jean-Pierre Rassam; and Louis Giacobetti (b. 1988) with Francis Giacobetti...despite never being married to either boy's father.

Since 2005, owned her vineyard, Maison Carole Bouquet, situated on the island of Pantelleria in the Strait of Sicily. Her winery produces a Passito di Pantelleria, a raisin wine typical of the southern Italian region.

Studied briefly at the Sorbonne university before joining the National School of Theatre at the Paris Conservatoire.

She was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014.