Cover Trends: Marion Cotillard and Jessica Chastain are December Beauties

As the year winds down, the tally becomes increasingly urgent as the spotlight glares on the stars left shining.

French actress Marion Cotillard looks absolutely exquisite on the December cover of W Magazine, sporting a Dior Haute Couture belted cashmere coat in blood red to compliment her boldly vibrant template. Cotillard, who won an Academy Award for her poetically tragic performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose, is poised for another chance at Oscar gold with her stirringly moving performance in Rust and Bone. The film, which opens in theaters next month, exercises the actress’s instinctually mysterious temperament, as we watch her embrace the character of Stephanie, an orca trainer at a local theme park in France, who loses both her legs in an unexpected accident. We are then privy to a deeply charged bond between the rehabilitating patient and  a struggling boxer daringly portrayed by Matthias Schoenaerts.

After a successful summer with the Dark Knight Rises, this new vehicle should remind audiences why Cotillard is a force to reckon with, and with a face like that we are definitely buying what she is selling!

Another avid stunner whose growing success is literally making her the talk of the town is actress Jessica Chastain. She looks breathtakingly luminous on the December cover of Marie Claire Magazine, with her brilliantly hued tresses effortlessly flowing down her shoulders and seamlessly complimenting her acutely pink ensemble. Chastain touchingly recalls her early days in the business and clearly she was driven by her insatiable need to be an actor. And now that she has finally attained a level of success that allows her to “pay her rent” with ease, the Oscar nominated actress is enduringly content but still remains stoically practical.

In the meantime she is currently dazzling audiences with her astute performance in the Broadway gem The Heiress.

Cotillard and Chastain are the hottest women in the industry right now, which proves that beauty and brains can garner the right attention and eventually break down those formidable walls.