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Born · February 21, 1983 (41 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Paris, France
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.
Marie-Antoinette
6.4
2024
6.6
2024
Carole
6.1
2023
Fiona Bunrady (voice) · (5 episodes)
7.2
2023
Claudette
6.4
2023
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2023
Marie
6.8
2022
Geneviève Gleizes
7.1
2021
Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
6.6
2021
Sylviane · (1 episode)
6.7
2020
Two
6.3
2019
self (archive footage)
7.2
2019
Self
0.0
2018
Self
6.9
2018
Hanna Elian
6.7
2018
Alice Owen
7.3
2018
6.0
2018
Elisabeth Beaugrand
6.2
2018
Marie Blanchard
5.8
2017
Margot
5.9
2017
Mathilde
5.7
2016
Self
7.8
2015
Lea
5.6
2015
Agathe Rey
6.3
2015
Self
0.0
2014
Mary
6.9
2014
Jannia Ressmore
5.5
2014
Alma Dray
7.3
2013
Young Estefania
6.5
2013
Lisa
7.0
2011
Anna Wallace
6.8
2011
Justine Dhrey
5.8
2011
Lucrèce
4.9
2011
Narrator for France (voice)
6.3
2009
Party guest
2.7
2008
Alice
4.0
2005
Isabelle
2.0
2003
Rosa Bonheur
0.0
(1 episode)
8.4
2010
Annette Monod
7.6
2010
Anne-Marie Jacquet
7.2
2009
Shosanna
8.2
2009
Chloe
5.3
2009
Réceptioniste de Hôtel
5.5
2008
Laetitia
6.5
2008
Stella
5.4
2008
Sophie
4.8
2007
Lucie Hennebelle
6.2
2007
Margueritte village Vosges
6.7
2006
Élise 'Lili' Tellier
7.2
2006
Natacha
6.7
2006
Minskov's Girlfriend
6.9
2005
Louise
4.8
2004
Sabine
6.0
2004
la jeune fille à l'usine
4.4
2004
Célia
3.7
2003
Alice Arguel (jeune)
7.0
2003
Clara
4.9
2001
0.0
4.0
2002
Carole
5.9
2002
Lisbeth
5.6
1999
Camille de Fleurville (voix) · (26 episodes)
7.2
1998
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1985
Krystel · (1 episode)
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