Mélanie Laurent
Born: 1983-02-21 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- The Wonderers as Madeleine Roussier
2024
- Freedom
- The Flood as Marie-Antoinette
- Voir un ami ... (Director)
2023
- Beau geste as Self
- Fright Krewe as Fiona Bunrady (voice)
- Murder Mystery 2 as Claudette
- Wingwomen as Carole
2022
- No Limit ... (Producer)
- Ride Above as Marie
2021
- Oxygen as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
- The Mad Women's Ball as Geneviève Gleizes
2020
- Little America as Sylviane
2019
- 6 Underground as Two
2018
- Operation Finale as Hanna Elian
- Mia and the White Lion as Alice Owen
- Galveston ... (Director)
- Return of the Hero as Elisabeth Beaugrand
- Inside the Operation as Self
- Après Demain as Self
- L'Autostoppeuse as Emilie
2017
- My Son as Marie Blanchard
- Diving ... (Director)
- Paris Prestige as Margot
2016
- Eternity as Mathilde
2015
- By the Sea as Lea
- Tomorrow as Self
- Boomerang as Agathe Rey
2014
- Enemy as Mary
- Breathe ... (Director)
- Aloft as Jannia Ressmore
- Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy as Self
2013
- Now You See Me as Alma Dray
- Night Train to Lisbon as Young Estefania
2011
- Beginners as Anna Wallace
- The Adopted as Lisa
- The Day I Saw Your Heart as Justine Dhrey
- Requiem for a Killer as Lucrèce
- A Short Film About Making Beginners
2010
- Running Man
- The Round Up as Annette Monod
2009
- Inglourious Basterds as Shosanna
- C à vous as Self - Guest
- The Concert as Anne-Marie Jacquet
- Every Jack Has a Jill as Chloe
- The End of the Line as Narrator for France (voice)
2008
- X Femmes ... (Director)
- Paris as Laetitia
- The Killer as Stella
- Souvenir as Party guest
- Less and Less ... (Writer)
- The Business Trip as Réceptioniste de Hôtel
2007
- Room of Death as Lucie Hennebelle
- Hidden Love as Sophie
2006
- Dikkenek as Natacha
- Days of Glory as Margueritte village Vosges
- Don't Worry, I'm Fine as Élise 'Lili' Tellier
2005
- Rice Rhapsody as Sabine
- The Beat That My Heart Skipped as Minskov's Girlfriend
- Les Visages d'Alice as Alice
2004
- The Last Day as Louise
- I've Been Waiting So Long as la jeune fille à l'usine
2003
- Jean Moulin, une affaire française as Alice Arguel (jeune)
- Snowboarder as Célia
- La faucheuse as Isabelle
2002
- Summer Things as Carole
- Le Grand Mezze
2001
- This Is My Body as Clara
1999
- The Bridge as Lisbeth
1998
- Sophie's Misfortunes as Camille de Fleurville (voix)
1985
- Télématin as Self
1976
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Presenter