[...] Industry insiders say that French actress Mélanie Thierry will lead the print campaign for the YSL’s new fragrance that is set to launch later this year. But that hasn’t been the only exciting moment to pop up for the Kate Moss look-alike blonde this year.

The 28 year-old model-turned-actress was just awarded her country’s version of an Academy Award – a César – last Saturday for best up-and-coming female actress for her role in Le Dernier Pour La Route. Thierry most recently crossed over to Hollywood with her role as Aurora in 2008′s Babylon A.D.

And if you dig foreign films, expect to see more of the actress soon; Thierry is currently filming the lead role in La Princess de Montpensier, which is a period piece based on the 1662 short story by Madame de La Fayette that details the love story and tragic fate of a French heiress caught between a duke and prince during the religious wars of 1562.

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