Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: February 21, 1983

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Don't Worry, I'm Fine

2006-09-06

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005-03-16

Days of Glory
Days of Glory

2006-09-27

Summer Things
Summer Things

2002-03-04

Paris
Paris

2008-02-20

Dikkenek
Dikkenek

2006-06-21

The Last Day
The Last Day

2004-11-03

The Concert
The Concert

2009-11-04

Every Jack Has a Jill
Every Jack Has a Jill

2009-07-29

Room of Death
Room of Death

2007-11-14

Ride Above
Ride Above

2022-12-21

The Round Up
The Round Up

2010-03-10

L'Autostoppeuse
L'Autostoppeuse

2018-06-10

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

2014-06-24

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds

2009-08-02

The Flood
The Flood

2024-11-21

Requiem for a Killer
Requiem for a Killer

2011-02-23

The Killer
The Killer

2008-01-09

QT8: The First Eight
QT8: The First Eight

2019-10-21

Murder Mystery 2
Murder Mystery 2

2023-03-28

The Day I Saw Your Heart
The Day I Saw Your Heart

2011-04-20

Beginners
Beginners

2011-06-03

The Business Trip
The Business Trip

2008-10-16

Now You See Me
Now You See Me

2013-05-29

The Adopted
The Adopted

2011-11-23

Hidden Love
Hidden Love

2007-12-29

Une vie à t'attendre
Une vie à t'attendre

2004-03-10

Rice Rhapsody
Rice Rhapsody

2004-10-11

The Bridge
The Bridge

1999-04-06

Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon

2013-03-07

Enemy
Enemy

2014-03-14

Aloft
Aloft

2014-02-12

Jean Moulin, une affaire française
Jean Moulin, une affaire française

2003-01-06

Souvenir
Souvenir

2008-03-01

Wingwomen
Wingwomen

2023-11-01

La faucheuse
La faucheuse

2003-01-01

Les Visages d'Alice
Les Visages d'Alice

2005-03-28

By the Sea
By the Sea

2015-11-12

Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur

Boomerang
Boomerang

2015-09-23

Tomorrow
Tomorrow

2015-11-15

Eternity
Eternity

2016-09-07

The End of the Line
The End of the Line

2009-06-12

This Is My Body
This Is My Body

2001-08-29

Paris Prestige
Paris Prestige

2017-02-22

My Son
My Son

2017-09-20

Return of the Hero
Return of the Hero

2018-02-14

Operation Finale
Operation Finale

2018-08-29

Mia and the White Lion
Mia and the White Lion

2018-08-02

6 Underground
6 Underground

2019-12-10

Après Demain
Après Demain

2018-09-21

Inside The Operation
Inside The Operation

2018-12-04

Oxygen
Oxygen

2021-05-12

The Mad Women's Ball
The Mad Women's Ball

2021-09-12

Snowboarder
Snowboarder

2003-04-02

The Wonderers
The Wonderers

Le Grand Mezze
Le Grand Mezze

2002-09-29

Freedom
Freedom

2024-11-01

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