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Mélanie Laurent
Mélanie Laurent’s screen credits include Shosanna in Inglourious Basterds and Alma Dray in Now You See Me.
Born February 21, 1983 Paris, France2 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2026The Good LawyerIris Saint Didier
- 2026MataIndia
- 2025The WonderersMadeleine Roussier
- 2024The FloodMarie-Antoinette
- 2024Voir un amiDirector
- 2024FreedomActor · Writer · Director
- 2023WingwomenDirector · Writer · Carole
- 2023Murder Mystery 2Claudette
- 2022Ride AboveMarie
- 2022No LimitProducer
- 2021The Mad Women's BallWriter · Director · Geneviève Gleizes
- 2021OxygenElizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
- 20196 UndergroundTwo
- 2018Inside the OperationSelf
- 2018GalvestonDirector
- 2018Après DemainSelf
- 2018Operation FinaleHanna Elian
- 2018Mia and the White LionAlice Owen
- 2018L'AutostoppeuseEmilie
- 2018Return of the HeroElisabeth Beaugrand
- 2017DivingDirector · Writer
- 2017My SonMarie Blanchard
- 2017Paris PrestigeMargot
- 2016EternityMathilde
- 2015TomorrowDirector · Self
- 2015By the SeaLea
- 2015BoomerangAgathe Rey
- 2014BreatheDirector · Writer
- 2014Lucid Dreams: The Making of EnemySelf
- 2014EnemyMary
- 2014AloftJannia Ressmore
- 2013Night Train to LisbonYoung Estefania
- 2011The AdoptedDirector · Writer · Lisa
- 2011BeginnersAnna Wallace
- 2011The Day I Saw Your HeartJustine Dhrey
- 2011Requiem for a KillerLucrèce
- 2011A Short Film About Making BeginnersActor
- 2010The Round UpAnnette Monod
- 2009The ConcertAnne-Marie Jacquet
- 2009Every Jack Has a JillChloe
- 2009The End of the LineNarrator for France (voice)
- 2008The Business TripRéceptioniste de Hôtel
- 2008SouvenirParty guest
- 2008ParisLaetitia
- 2008The KillerStella
- 2008Less and LessWriter · Director
- 2007L'amore nascostoSophie
- 2007Room of DeathLucie Hennebelle
- 2006Days of GloryMargueritte
- 2006Don't Worry, I'm FineÉlise 'Lili' Tellier
- 2006DikkenekNatacha
- 2005Les Visages d'AliceAlice
- 2005The Beat That My Heart SkippedMinskov's Girlfriend
- 2005Rice RhapsodySabine
- 2004The Last DayLouise
- 2004I've Been Waiting So Longla jeune fille à l'usine
- 2003SnowboarderCélia
- 2003Jean Moulin, une affaire françaiseAlice Arguel (jeune)
- 2003La faucheuseIsabelle
- 2002Le Grand MezzeActor
- 2002Summer ThingsCarole
- 2001This Is My BodyClara
- 1999The BridgeLisbeth
- KristallnachtBerta Krützfeld
- La rageDirector · Writer
- Rosa BonheurRosa Bonheur
- The MotherDirector
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