Céline Simone Cousteau - Profile

Daughter of ocean explorer and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau and granddaughter of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, Celine Cousteau travels the globe as an "oceanaut" and educational ambassador. She is globally recognised as a representative of a new generation concerned with our responsibility to protect the natural world.

Fluent in three languages, Céline has collaborated with her father's Ocean Futures Society promoting the educational program, "Ambassadors of the Environment", throughout her travels. She has worked on the preparation of expeditions, field production, and as an on camera presenter.

Céline is also featured in PBS' most successful new television series "Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures.", and has recently been filming a documentary about various shark species in Australia for The Discovery Channel. She is also an international spokeswoman for La Prairie based in New York, representing their new line of Advanced Marine Biology creams.

Celine also worked for three years in Costa Rica on a sustainable development project for The Earth Council, an affiliate of the United Nations University of Peace.

Her most recent project is trying to bring medical attention to the indigenous people of the Vale do Javari reserve in Brazil.

One of Céline's favourite childhood memories tied to her family's lifelong work is of an Amazonian expedition when she was nine-years-old. The crew of the famed Calypso adopted her and took her on side trips to fish for piranhas and explore the jungle.

Céline is also an accomplished stills photographer.

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