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Carla Bruni Biography

Birth Name:Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi

Birth Place:Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Profession Soundtrack, Actress

Fast Facts

In 2009, she founded the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Foundation in an effort to help provide financial support to cultural programs for disadvantaged people
In 2009, she was awarded the Spanish Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III
Was given the French award of Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2003
In 2008, she got married to French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Started out as a model for various international campaigns, including Guess jeans, Dior and Chanel
Has written several songs for fellow singer Julien Clerc
Is an heiress to the Italian tire manufacturing company CEAT