Mélanie Laurent Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Don't Worry, I'm Fine movie poster
MOVIE

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

7.2(0.6K)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Élise 'Lili' Tellier
The Beat That My Heart Skipped movie poster
MOVIE

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

6.9(0.5K)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Minskov's Girlfriend
Days of Glory movie poster
MOVIE

Days of Glory

6.7(0.4K)
Days of Glory
Margueritte village Vosges
Summer Things movie poster
MOVIE

Summer Things

5.8(0.1K)
Summer Things
Carole
Paris movie poster
MOVIE

Paris

6.5(0.4K)
Paris
Laetitia
Dikkenek movie poster
MOVIE

Dikkenek

6.7(0.7K)
Dikkenek
Natacha
The Last Day movie poster
MOVIE

The Last Day

4.7(0.0K)
The Last Day
Louise
The Concert movie poster
MOVIE

The Concert

7.2(0.5K)
The Concert
Anne-Marie Jacquet
Every Jack Has a Jill movie poster
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Every Jack Has a Jill

5.4(0.0K)
Every Jack Has a Jill
Chloe
Room of Death movie poster
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Room of Death

6.2(0.1K)
Room of Death
Lucie Hennebelle

Production

Less and Less movie poster
MOVIE

Less and Less

4.2(0.0K)
Less and Less
Writer
The Mad Women's Ball movie poster
MOVIE

The Mad Women's Ball

7.1(0.4K)
The Mad Women's Ball
Screenplay
The Adopted movie poster
MOVIE

The Adopted

6.8(0.1K)
The Adopted
Director
The Adopted movie poster
MOVIE

The Adopted

6.8(0.1K)
The Adopted
Screenplay
Breathe movie poster
MOVIE

Breathe

7.1(0.5K)
Breathe
Director
Breathe movie poster
MOVIE

Breathe

7.1(0.5K)
Breathe
Screenplay
Wingwomen movie poster
MOVIE

Wingwomen

6.1(0.5K)
Wingwomen
Director
Wingwomen movie poster
MOVIE

Wingwomen

6.1(0.5K)
Wingwomen
Screenplay
No Limit movie poster
MOVIE

No Limit

6.0(0.3K)
No Limit
Producer
Tomorrow movie poster
MOVIE

Tomorrow

7.8(0.3K)
Tomorrow
Director

Gallery

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