Mélanie Laurent
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1983 (age 43)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃]; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is an accomplished actress in the French film industry and the recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award. Internationally, Laurent is best known for her roles in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Now You See Me (2013), Operation Finale (2018) and 6 Underground (2019). Laurent began acting at age sixteen, cast by Gérard Depardieu in a small role in the romantic drama The Bridge (1999). She gained wider recognition for supporting work in several French films, including the comedy Dikkenek (2006), for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role of Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film Inglourious Basterds. Her performance won the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association Best Actress Awards. While she has worked mainly in independent films, including Paris (2008) and Enemy (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful international films, including the comedy-drama Beginners (2011) and the caper film Now You See Me (2013), the former earning her a nomination at the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy-drama The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011), and the mystery thriller Night Train to Lisbon (2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs of Epic (2013) and Inside Out (2015). Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale, telling the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made her theatre debut in 2010 in Nicolas Bedos's Promenade de santé. The short film De moins en moins (2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut is The Adopted (2011). Respire (2014), her second production as a director, was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album, En attendant (Waiting For You), in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mélanie Laurent, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Rosa Bonheur
Movie · as Rosa Bonheur
Long Years Ago
Movie
The Night of Broken Glass
Movie · as Berta Krützfeld
Mata
Movie · as India
The Good Lawyer
Movie · as Iris Saint Didier
The Hunt
TV · as Krystel · 6 eps
The Wonderers
Movie · as Madeleine Roussier
The Flood
Movie · as Marie-Antoinette
Freedom
Movie
Murder Mystery 2
Movie · as Claudette
Wingwomen
Movie · as Carole
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Fright Krewe
TV · as Fiona Bunrady (voice) · 5 eps
Ride Above
Movie · as Marie
Oxygen
Movie · as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
The Mad Women's Ball
Movie · as Geneviève Gleizes
Little America
TV · as Sylviane · 1 ep
6 Underground
Movie · as Two
L'Autostoppeuse
Movie · as Emilie
Return of the Hero
Movie · as Elisabeth Beaugrand
Operation Finale
Movie · as Hanna Elian
Mia and the White Lion
Movie · as Alice Owen
Après Demain
Movie · as Self
Inside the Operation
Movie · as Self
Paris Prestige
Movie · as Margot
My Son
Movie · as Marie Blanchard
Eternity
Movie · as Mathilde
By the Sea
Movie · as Lea
Boomerang
Movie · as Agathe Rey
Tomorrow
Movie · as Self
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Movie · as Self
Enemy
Movie · as Mary
Aloft
Movie · as Jannia Ressmore
Now You See Me
Movie · as Alma Dray
Night Train to Lisbon
Movie · as Young Estefania
Clique
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Requiem for a Killer
Movie · as Lucrèce
The Day I Saw Your Heart
Movie · as Justine Dhrey
Beginners
Movie · as Anna Wallace
The Adopted
Movie · as Lisa
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Movie
The Round Up
Movie · as Annette Monod
Running Man
TV · 1 ep
The Concert
Movie · as Anne-Marie Jacquet
Every Jack Has a Jill
Movie · as Chloe
Inglourious Basterds
Movie · as Shosanna
The End of the Line
Movie · as Narrator for France (voice)
C à vous
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Paris
Movie · as Laetitia
The Killer
Movie · as Stella
The Business Trip
Movie · as Réceptioniste de Hôtel
Souvenir
Movie · as Party guest
Room of Death
Movie · as Lucie Hennebelle
L'amore nascosto
Movie · as Sophie
Vous les femmes
TV · 1 ep
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Movie · as Élise 'Lili' Tellier
Days of Glory
Movie · as Margueritte
Dikkenek
Movie · as Natacha
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Movie · as Minskov's Girlfriend
Rice Rhapsody
Movie · as Sabine
Les Visages d'Alice
Movie · as Alice
The Last Day
Movie · as Louise
I've Been Waiting So Long
Movie · as la jeune fille à l'usine
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
Movie · as Alice Arguel (jeune)
La faucheuse
Movie · as Isabelle
Snowboarder
Movie · as Célia
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
TV · as Alice Arguel (young) · 2 eps
Summer Things
Movie · as Carole
Le Grand Mezze
Movie
This Is My Body
Movie · as Clara
The Bridge
Movie · as Lisbeth
Sophie's Misfortunes
TV · as Camille de Fleurville (voix) · 26 eps
Télématin
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep