MiniMovie
Sign in
Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

Acting

February 21, 1983 (43 years old)
Paris, France
Female
82 Movies
11 TV Shows

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.

Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009 8.2

as Shosanna

Age 26 (now 43)
Enemy
Enemy

Enemy

2014 6.8

as Mary

Age 31 (now 43)
6 Underground
6 Underground

6 Underground

2019 6.3

as Two

Age 36 (now 43)
Oxygen
Oxygen

Oxygen

2021 6.6

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen

Age 38 (now 43)
Now You See Me
Now You See Me

Now You See Me

2013 7.3

as Alma Dray

Age 30 (now 43)
The Round Up
The Round Up

The Round Up

2010 7.5

as Annette Monod

Age 27 (now 43)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Don't Worry, I'm Fine

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

2006 7.2

as Élise 'Lili' Tellier

Age 23 (now 43)
Mia and the White Lion
Mia and the White Lion

Mia and the White Lion

2018 7.3

as Alice Owen

Age 35 (now 43)
Dikkenek
Dikkenek

Dikkenek

2006 6.7

as Natacha

Age 23 (now 43)
Beginners
Beginners

Beginners

2011 6.8

as Anna Wallace

Age 28 (now 43)
The Concert
The Concert

The Concert

2009 7.2

as Anne-Marie Jacquet

Age 26 (now 43)
Operation Finale
Operation Finale

Operation Finale

2018 6.7

as Hanna Elian

Age 35 (now 43)
Return of the Hero
Return of the Hero

Return of the Hero

2018 6.3

as Elisabeth Beaugrand

Age 34 (now 43)
Murder Mystery 2
Murder Mystery 2

Murder Mystery 2

2023 6.4

as Claudette

Age 40 (now 43)
Wingwomen
Wingwomen

Wingwomen

2023 6.1

as Carole

Age 40 (now 43)
Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

2013 6.5

as Young Estefania

Age 30 (now 43)