Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

Birthdate
February 21, 1983 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
February 21, 1983 (41 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Known For
Acting

Biography

Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. Globally, she is best known for her roles in Inglourious Basterds, Now You See Me, 6 Underground, and Operation Finale.

Born in Paris to a Jewish family, Laurent was introduced to acting at the age of sixteen by Gérard Depardieu, who cast her in a minor role in the romantic drama The Bridge (1999). She gained wider recognition for her supporting work in several French films, most notably the 2006 comedy Dikkenek, 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 later won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role as 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 Hollywood 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. Laurent's other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy drama Et soudain, tout le monde me manque (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) respectively. Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale with Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, 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 at the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album En t'attendant in May 2011; the album contains twelve songs, five of which are co-written and co-produced by Irish folk musician Damien Rice.

Mélanie Laurent's LGBTQ+ Titles

Beginners
Beginners
Anna Wallace

Acting (65)

A l'ombre des forêts as Krystel (1 episode)
Rosa Bonheur as Rosa Bonheur
The Wonderers
2024
The Flood as Marie-Antoinette
2024
Freedom
2023
Wingwomen as Carole
2023
Fright Krewe as Fiona Bunrady (voice) (5 episodes)
2023
Murder Mystery 2 as Claudette
2023
Beau geste as Self (1 episode)
2022
Ride Above as Marie
2021
The Mad Women's Ball as Geneviève Gleizes
2021
Oxygen as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
2020
Little America as Sylviane (1 episode)
2019
6 Underground as Two
2019
QT8: The First Eight as self (archive footage)
2018
Inside The Operation as Self
2018
Après Demain as Self
2018
Operation Finale as Hanna Elian
2018
Mia and the White Lion as Alice Owen
2018
L'Autostoppeuse
2018
Return of the Hero as Elisabeth Beaugrand
2017
My Son as Marie Blanchard
2017
Paris Prestige as Margot
2016
Eternity as Mathilde
2015
Tomorrow as Self
2015
By the Sea as Lea
2015
Boomerang as Agathe Rey
2014
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy as Self
2014
Enemy as Mary
2014
Aloft as Jannia Ressmore
2013
Now You See Me as Alma Dray
2013
Night Train to Lisbon as Young Estefania
2011
The Adopted as Lisa
2011
Beginners as Anna Wallace
2011
The Day I Saw Your Heart as Justine Dhrey
2011
Requiem for a Killer as Lucrèce
2010
Running Man (1 episode)
2010
The Round Up as Annette Monod
2009
The Concert as Anne-Marie Jacquet
2009
Inglourious Basterds as Shosanna
2009
Every Jack Has a Jill as Chloe
2009
The End of the Line as Narrator for France (voice)
2008
The Business Trip as Réceptioniste de Hôtel
2008
Souvenir as Party guest
2008
Paris as Laetitia
2008
The Killer as Stella
2007
Hidden Love as Sophie
2007
Room of Death as Lucie Hennebelle
2006
Days of Glory as Margueritte village Vosges
2006
Don't Worry, I'm Fine as Élise 'Lili' Tellier
2006
Dikkenek as Natacha
2005
Les Visages d'Alice as Alice
2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Minskov's Girlfriend
2004
The Last Day as Louise
2004
Rice Rhapsody as Sabine
2004
Une vie à t'attendre as la jeune fille à l'usine
2003
Snowboarder as Célia
2003
Jean Moulin, une affaire française as Alice Arguel (jeune)
2003
La faucheuse as Isabelle
2002
Le Grand Mezze
2002
Summer Things as Carole
2001
This Is My Body as Clara
1999
The Bridge as Lisbeth
1998
Sophie's Misfortunes as Camille de Fleurville (voix) (26 episodes)
1985
Télématin as Self (1 episode)

Directing (12)

The Nightingale • Director
• Director
The Mother • Director
• Director
2024
Freedom • Director
• Director
2023
Wingwomen • Director
• Director
2021
The Mad Women's Ball • Director
• Director
2018
Galveston • Director
• Director
2017
Diving • Director
• Director
2015
Tomorrow • Director
• Director
2014
Breathe • Director
• Director
2011
The Adopted • Director
• Director
2008
X Femmes • Director (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2008
Less and Less • Director
• Director

Production (1)

2022
No Limit • Producer
• Producer

Writing (8)

2024
Freedom • Writer
• Writer
2023
Wingwomen • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2021
The Mad Women's Ball • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2017
Diving • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2014
Breathe • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2011
The Adopted • Screenplay
• Screenplay
2008
X Femmes • Screenplay (1 episode)
• Screenplay (1 episode)
2008
Less and Less • Writer
• Writer