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).
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.
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External links
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Filmography (Movies)
The Wonderers
Character:Madeleine Roussier
Release Date:31/12/2025
The Flood
Character:Marie-Antoinette
Release Date:21/11/2024
Freedom
Character:
Release Date:01/11/2024
Wingwomen
Character:Carole
Release Date:01/11/2023
Murder Mystery 2
Character:Claudette
Release Date:28/03/2023
Ride Above
Character:Marie
Release Date:21/12/2022
The Mad Women's Ball
Character:Geneviève Gleizes
Release Date:12/09/2021
Oxygen
Character:Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
Release Date:12/05/2021
6 Underground
Character:Two
Release Date:10/12/2019
Inside the Operation
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2018
Après Demain
Character:Self
Release Date:21/09/2018
Operation Finale
Character:Hanna Elian
Release Date:29/08/2018
Mia and the White Lion
Character:Alice Owen
Release Date:02/08/2018
L'Autostoppeuse
Character:Emilie
Release Date:10/06/2018
Return of the Hero
Character:Elisabeth Beaugrand
Release Date:14/02/2018
My Son
Character:Marie Blanchard
Release Date:20/09/2017
Paris Prestige
Character:Margot
Release Date:22/02/2017
Eternity
Character:Mathilde
Release Date:07/09/2016
Tomorrow
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/2015
By the Sea
Character:Lea
Release Date:12/11/2015
Boomerang
Character:Agathe Rey
Release Date:23/09/2015
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Character:Self
Release Date:24/06/2014
Enemy
Character:Mary
Release Date:14/03/2014
Aloft
Character:Jannia Ressmore
Release Date:12/02/2014
Now You See Me
Character:Alma Dray
Release Date:29/05/2013
Night Train to Lisbon
Character:Young Estefania
Release Date:07/03/2013
The Adopted
Character:Lisa
Release Date:23/11/2011
Beginners
Character:Anna Wallace
Release Date:03/06/2011
The Day I Saw Your Heart
Character:Justine Dhrey
Release Date:20/04/2011
Requiem for a Killer
Character:Lucrèce
Release Date:23/02/2011
A Short Film About Making Beginners
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2011
The Round Up
Character:Annette Monod
Release Date:10/03/2010
The Concert
Character:Anne-Marie Jacquet
Release Date:04/11/2009
Inglourious Basterds
Character:Shosanna
Release Date:02/08/2009
Every Jack Has a Jill
Character:Chloe
Release Date:29/07/2009
The End of the Line
Character:Narrator for France (voice)
Release Date:12/06/2009
The Business Trip
Character:Réceptioniste de Hôtel
Release Date:16/10/2008
Souvenir
Character:Party guest
Release Date:01/03/2008
Paris
Character:Laetitia
Release Date:20/02/2008
The Killer
Character:Stella
Release Date:09/01/2008
Hidden Love
Character:Sophie
Release Date:29/12/2007
Room of Death
Character:Lucie Hennebelle
Release Date:14/11/2007
Days of Glory
Character:Margueritte village Vosges
Release Date:27/09/2006
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Character:Élise 'Lili' Tellier
Release Date:06/09/2006
Dikkenek
Character:Natacha
Release Date:21/06/2006
Les Visages d'Alice
Character:Alice
Release Date:28/03/2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Character:Minskov's Girlfriend
Release Date:16/03/2005
Rice Rhapsody
Character:Sabine
Release Date:20/01/2005
The Last Day
Character:Louise
Release Date:03/11/2004
I've Been Waiting So Long
Character:la jeune fille à l'usine
Release Date:10/03/2004
Snowboarder
Character:Célia
Release Date:02/04/2003
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
Character:Alice Arguel (jeune)
Release Date:06/01/2003
La faucheuse
Character:Isabelle
Release Date:01/01/2003
Le Grand Mezze
Character:
Release Date:29/09/2002
Summer Things
Character:Carole
Release Date:04/03/2002
This Is My Body
Character:Clara
Release Date:29/08/2001
The Bridge
Character:Lisbeth
Release Date:06/04/1999
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