On 27 February 2010, Cotillard was the Honorary President of the 35th César Awards ceremony. She played Mal Cobb, a projection of Leonardo DiCaprio's character, Dom Cobb's deceased wife in Christopher Nolan's film "Inception", also starring Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine and Elliot Page, which released on 16 July 2010. Nolan described Mal as "the essence of the femme fatale", and DiCaprio praised Cotillard's performance saying that "she can be strong and vulnerable and hopeful and heartbreaking all in the same moment, which was perfect for all the contradictions of her character". Cotillard and Leonardo DiCaprio ranked No. 8 on Forbes's list of "Hollywood's Top Earning On-Screen Couples" for "Inception", which made US$825 million at the worldwide box-office. In the same year, she also starred in Guillaume Canet's drama "Little White Lies" ("Les petits mouchoirs"), playing the environmentalist Marie, alongside Jean Dujardin and François Cluzet.