Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet split after 18 years and issue statement

Daily Mirror

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Oscar award winnng actress Marion Cotillard and French film director Guillaume Canet have confirmed their split after 18 years and two children together in a statement
Oscar winnng actress Marion Cotillard and French film director Guillaume Canet have called time on their realtionship after almost two decades together.
Cotillard, 49, and Canet, 52, had been together since 2007, but have now announced they are going their separate ways.
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The couple, who share son Marcel, 13, and daughter Louise, eight, released a statement via their reps on Friday (June 27) revealing the end of their relationship. The statement confirmed they were making the public announcement 'in order to avoid all speculation, rumours and risky interpretations.'
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'After 18 years together, Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet have decided to separate by mutual agreement,' a statement made by their reps to the made by their reps to the Agence France-Presse news agency said. 'This decision was made with mutual goodwill.'
Although the pair started dating in 2007, they had been friends for more than a decade before things turned romantic. Canet was married to Diane Kruger from 2001 to 2006.
Prior to their relationship, the pair had worked together in the 2003 dramatic comedy Love Me If You Dare. During their time together, the couple worked together on 2009's The Last Flight.
Their latest collaboration came earlier this year when Canet directed his partner in the upcoming film Karma, which is said to have reportedly finished shooting in May. Months earlier, Cotillard was seen walking the Berlin International Film Festival carpet alone.
Cotillard has starred in a number of acclaimed French films, but rose to international stardom when she landed roles in major Hollywood films including Inception and The Dark Knight Rises.
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Despite being together for two decades, the couple were never married or engaged, despite widespread speculation over the years. They welcomed their first child, son Marcel in 2011, and welcomed their daughter Louise six years later.
Prior to her relationship with Canet, Cotillard's first high profile relationship was with actor Julien Rassam. Between 2000 and 2005 she was Stephan Guerin-Tillie, another thespian who also works as a director.
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Marion then dated French singer Mathieu Blanc-Francard for two years up until 2007, until she began her almost two-decade long relationship with Canet.
In a candid interview in 2011, Canet gushed over his partner, calling her the love of his life. 'One moment you're moving in a particular direction with a person, then one day you wake up and say: 'She's the love of my life.' I never saw it coming,' he told the Guardian at the time.
'For me, I need to be with someone who is searching, who is wide awake.'