Carla Bruni Sarkozy (born Carla Gilberta Bruni Tedeschi; Italian pronunciation: ; 23 December 1967) is an Italian-French singer-songwriter and fashion model. In 2008, she married Nicolas Sarkozy, then president of France.Bruni was born in Italy and moved to France at the age of seven. She was a model from 1987 to 1997 before taking up a career in music. She wrote several songs for Julien Clerc that were featured on his 2000 album, Si j'étais elle. Bruni released her first album, Quelqu'un m'a dit, in 2002, which eventually spent thirty-four weeks in the top 10 of the French Albums Chart.