Carla Bruni Tedeschi (born 23 December, 1968 in Turin, Italy), is a model and an artist.

Heiress of a tire manufacturing fortune from her native city, she didn't even need to pursue her model career which nontheless has led her to be one of the 20 highest-paid models in 1998.

Since the age of five she grew up in France and later attended a boarding school in Switzerland. She eventually returned to Paris where she dropped her classes at the age of 19 to be a full-time model.

She became famous as an international model but she also became a tabloid staple by dating famous rock stars as Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, tycoon Donald Trump and actors Kevin Costner and Vincent Perez .

In 1998 she left the world of fashion.

Bruni since devoted herself to chanson and in the year 2002 her debut album "Quelqu'un M'a Dit " was released, making her famous in Europe. Most listeners agree: Bruni is certainly not the best trained scale-crackling singer around the globe but she is well known and loved for her breathy and at times acrobatic voice, which fits just perfectly into the chanson genre.