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- Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet have reportedly called it quits after nearly two decades together
- The former French couple are parents to a son and a daughter
- Cotillard and Canet said they were separating by “common accord” and with “mutual goodwill”
Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet have reportedly ended their relationship after 18 years together.
The Dark Knight Rises actress, 49, and the French film director, 52, announced their separation to the Agence France-Presse news agency, saying the purpose of their statement was “to avoid all speculation, rumors and risky interpretations,” Associated Press reported Friday, June 27.
Without citing a reason for the breakup, the former French couple said they were separating by “common accord” and with “mutual goodwill.”
PEOPLE was unable to reach Canet for a statement, and reps for Cotillard did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Cotillard and Canet starred opposite one another in 2003’s Love Me If You Dare and began dating in 2007.
On May 19, 2011, they welcomed their first child, a son named Marcel. In March 2017, her reps confirmed to PEOPLE that Cotillard and Canet recently had a second child, a baby girl.
Cotillard’s role as French singer Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose earned her an Academy Award in 2008.
She and Canet both worked with Leonardo DiCaprio — Cotillard as the Titanic alum’s love interest in 2010’s Inception, while Canet, who is also an actor, had a role in 2000’s The Beach.
Cotillard also starred opposite Brad Pitt in the World War II romantic thriller Allied.
Their working relationship on the film sparked rumors of an alleged affair that preceded his divorce from Angelina Jolie.
While pregnant with her second child, The Morning Show actress denied the rumors in a public statement shared to her Instagram account.
“This is going to be my first and only reaction to the whirlwind news that broke 24 hours ago and that I was swept up into,” she captioned her photo. “I am not used to commenting on things like this nor taking them seriously but as this situation is spiraling and affecting people I love, I have to speak up.”
“Firstly, many years ago, I met the man of my life, father of our son and of the baby we are expecting,” Cotillard wrote, referring to Canet, adding, “He is my love, my best friend, the only one that I need.”
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Before concluding and translating the same message in French, she said, “I do very much wish that Angelina and Brad, both whom I deeply respect, will find peace in this very tumultuous moment.”
Canet also previously denied the rumors, calling out “the venal stupidity of some people calling themselves journalists” and “the haters” who spread the “stupid and unfounded accusations.”
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