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Updated November 24, 2009

Carla Bruni Sarkozy to Make Film Debut in Woody Allen Movie

London Times

The first lady of France will soon acting to her endless resume

Reuters

Carla Bruni Sarkozy

Carla Bruni, the singer-model wife of President Sarkozy, is to make her debut as an actress, appearing in a forthcoming film directed by Woody Allen.

Bruni, 42, confirmed that she had accepted an offer made publicly by Allen, one of France's favorite film-makers, on a trip to Paris in June.

Asked whom he would like to cast in his next work, the New York director said: "Without question, Carla Bruni. I am sure she would be wonderful. She has charisma, and she performs, so she's not a stranger to an audience."

Bruni, who married Sarkozy last year after a two-month romance, talked of the plan on a television show in which she also sang the Beatles' song "And I Love Her" with Harry Connick Jr., the U.S. singer-pianist. The track has been released on Connick's new album.

Bruni also laughed off a recent episode of the television show "The Simpsons" in which she was caricatured as a wine-swigging vamp.

"Woody Allen kindly asked me not to do a film with anyone else before him. If anything concrete ever comes of it, it will be a great experience for me," she said. "I go into everything blindly, or I'd never do anything at all," she added, alluding to her showbusiness career.

FULL STORY: Click here to read the full report from the Times of London.

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