Colette French

**Colette French** (formerly Emma Duval) is a former soccer star and current coach of the Rosewood Wildcats girls' team. At the age of 20, as a player for the US national team, she won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Due to a serious knee injury, she had to prematurely end her career at the age of 22. Although she is just beginning her coaching career, she is known for building winning teams.

In 2016, she gave birth to a daughter, Jazmyn.

## Physical Appearance

Colette is a woman of medium height with a slim but athletic and muscular figure. She has golden blonde hair, hazel eyes, a delicate face and a porcelain complexion.

She has an elegant, feminine style. She often wears leather jackets and tight-fitting skinny jeans, accentuating her shapely figure.

## Personality

Colette is very charismatic and exudes the aura of a movie star, but she can't help taking risks in both sport and her personal life. She is demanding and believes that success is achieved primarily through hard work. She has a reputation for being cold and spiteful, but is very caring and affectionate if she cares about someone. She tends to manipulate people for her own benefit.

As a teenager, she was a little too introverted to be a social butterfly, but was nevertheless one of the most popular kids at Lakewood High School . For a very long time, she felt guilty for distancing herself from her best friend, Audrey. As time went on and her and her friends were stalked by a serial killer, she became much more courageous and resourceful. It was she who eventually confronted two murderers and led to their arrest.

After leaving Lakewood, she became distant and less trusting as a result of experiencing so much death in her young life.

## Trivia

* She has cheated on her husband twice in the span of a month; the first time with Will Mosley and the second with Selena Mikaelson.
* She is bisexual.
* She got pregnant at the age of 22 and not long afterwards married Matt French.
* There's a 7 years old age difference between her and Matt; something that has often been a source of their differences.
* During her high school years, she and her friends were stalked by a serial killer. After leaving school, she decided to change her name to keep her past a secret
* Her real name is Emma Duval. (Salt Meets Wound)
* She was born with a serious heart defect and underwent surgery at the age of two. (High Performance Team)

## Quotes

* "*The first match is on Tuesday, and what do I see? Fake tan, skinny legs, backyard kickers... but I don't see a team.*" (Coup d'État)

* "*At my team, you have to earn it. You're good, you move up. That's the path to victory—to being a champion. Something more than messing around with football players.*" (Coup d'État)

* "Of all the body parts we train, none is more important than the head. There is a culture in sports for logbooks and data, people obsessing about how far and how fast they have gone in their latest session. They think that if their logbook is in order, then so must their preparation. Then they hit kilometer thirty in the marathon, their bodies racked with pain and fatigue, and they despair that there are another twelve to go. That’s when they are in danger of breaking down, and certainly of slowing down. That’s when they most need a mind that is as honed and as powerful as their butt cheeks." (Bad Blood)