She entered beauty contests as a teenager, and worked as a model, waitress, and television weather-girl before making her film debut in with a bit part in the Elvis Presley movie, Roustabout.
The incredibly sexy role turned Deneuve into a fixture on the minds of men, particularly high fashion's elite, with Yves Saint Laurent having considered her a muse and Marc Jacobs casting her in Louis Vuitton's 2007 ad campaign.
Raquel was made to wear a red dress that she had worn in a previous scene.