She received the UNESCO Grand Prix du Conseil International de la Musique along with numerous international awards.

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At the beginning of the story, Frances is asked by boyfriend du jour Dan (Michael Esper) if she'll move in with him.

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Last year at the European Championships, she won seven medals, but du Toit was not competing at the event and has already taken a gold from Gascon at these games -- in the Women's 100m Butterfly S9 class, for swimmers with physical impairments.

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Today she works in the city and promotes her Yang Du label.

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An outspoken defender of the ocean, she is also vice-president of the Conservatoire national du littoral in France, and president of the Maud Fontenoy Foundation.

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Du, now 42, initially struggled with the decision to leave Pfizer, where she was being groomed for management.

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She was talking about the film Hilary and Jackie, for which she has been nominated Best Supporting Actress for the part of cellist Jacqueline Du Pre's older sister.

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Monson's husband is Cirque du Soleil band leader Paul Shihadeh -- they met in a green room -- and she says their two sons have a "crazy life" due to the scheduling challenges of their work.

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Following Richardson's fall on Monday, she was taken to a hospital near the Mont Tremblant ski resort in Quebec and later transferred to Hopital du Sacre-Coeur in Montreal, a resort spokeswoman said in a statement Tuesday.

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