United Kingdom, June 28 -- Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet have split.

The 49-year-old actress and the 52-year-old film director have announced that they are separating with "common accord" and "mutual goodwill" after 18 years together.

They announced the split in a statement to the Agence France-Presse news agency, saying they were making the announcement in order "to avoid all speculation, rumours and risky interpretations".

They did not reveal a reason for the split.

The pair starred opposite each other in 2003's 'Love Me If You Dare' and they began dating in 2007.

In 2011 they welcomed their first child, a son named Marcel and in 2017, they had a baby girl.

While pregnant with her daughter, Marion was forced to deny specula...