Celebrities who speak French
French is a language which everyone wants to learn. If you also want to learn French or improve your French speaking and writing skills, look at these Celebrities for some inspiration. These celebrities may surprise you with their ability to speak French.
Jodie Foster: Jodie Foster is an American actress, producer, and director. She has received several awards for her excellent work, i.e. two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, etc. Very few people know about her French speaking skills. Foster learned French at the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, a prep school that she attended for twelve years.
Bradley Cooper: Bradley Charles Cooper is an American actor and filmmaker. He was born on January 5, 1975. For this excellent work, he got nominated for many awards like Academy Awards, Tony Award, and BAFTA Award. In 2015, he was in the list of 100 most influential people in the world. Moreover, he was one of the world’s highest-paid actors for three years. During his Georgetown career, Cooper spent a semester abroad in a university near Aix-en-Provence in France. There, he survived with a host family and entirely immersed himself in the French language.
John Kerry: The next name for this list is John Kerry, an American politician. He served as the 68th US Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. John Kerry first learned the French language when he attended a Swiss boarding school as a child. But the culture of France has given a long-lasting impact on him.
Joseph Gordon Levitt: Joseph Leonard was born on 17 Feb 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Now he is an American actor, singer, entrepreneur, and filmmaker. As a child, Joseph appeared in many TV series and films. He took a break from acting to focus on his study at Columbia University. But then he dropped the study in 2004 to pursue acting again. For his exceptional performance he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He studied French language and French poetry when he was studying at Columbia University. He’s a big fan of Nouvelle Vague and Godard cinema. Today, he does not miss any French interview and can sing a song by Brel!
Jane Fonda: Jane Seymour Fonda is an American writer, actress, political activist, producer, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She was born in New York City on December 21, 1937. Fonda can speak French very well. She has learned the French when got married to french director Roger Vadim for seven years. Jane Fonda has been married and divorced three times.
Gwyneth Paltrow: Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American actress, musician, businesswoman, and food writer. She did great work in several American movies and won the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Gwyneth is fluent in Spanish and also knows French pretty well. To learn these languages, she did great hard work. In an interview, she said that she forces her children to watch only French or Spanish T.V. instead of their native English.
Marlon Brando: Marlon Brando was an American actor and film director. He was born on April 3, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska and died on July 1, 2004. His nickname was “Bud” and was a great mimic from his youth. He was a two-time Academy Award winner and eight-time nominee. When Brando married to French actress Tarita Teriipaia, he learned French and becomes fluent in French within a short time. Besides the English and French, Marlon was able to speak Spanish, Italian and Japanese.
Serena Williams: Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player. The WTA ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She decided to learn French to acquire the French public at Roland Garros actively on her side for the French Open tournament.
Mitt Romney: Mitt Romney is an American politician and businessman. He is serving as the junior United States senator from Utah since 2019. Mitt can speak French fluently and is a huge Francophile. He lived in France during the May 1968 workers and students revolt. Romney spent two & a half years in France and learned French speaking and writing.
Johnny Depp: The last surprising celebrity who speaks French for this list is Johnny Depp. He is an American actor, producer, and musician. When we lived in Paris, France for a long time with this family, he learned French. But the chance to hear him speak French is pretty rare.
