Mélanie Laurent

Born: 1983-02-21

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.


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as Shosanna Dreyfus / Emmanuelle Mimieux
Released: 2009-08-02

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The...

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Now You See Me

as Alma Dray
Released: 2013-05-29

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists...

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as Two
Released: 2019-12-13

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a...

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as Claudette
Released: 2023-03-28

After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when...

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Wingwomen

as Carole
Released: 2023-11-01

Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with...

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Mia and the White Lion

as Alice Owen
Released: 2018-08-02

A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

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Enemy

as Mary
Released: 2014-03-14

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's...

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Operation Finale

as Hanna Elian
Released: 2018-08-29

In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi...

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The Mad Women's Ball

as Geneviève Gleizes
Released: 2021-09-12

Eugenie has a unique gift: she hears and sees the dead. When her family discovers her secret, at...

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Night Train to Lisbon

as Young Estefania
Released: 2013-03-07

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles...

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Oxygen

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
Released: 2021-05-12

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a...

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The Round Up

as Annette Monod
Released: 2010-03-10

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

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QT8: The First Eight

as self (archive footage)
Released: 2019-10-21

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino,...

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By the Sea

as Lea
Released: 2015-11-12

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an...

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Days of Glory

as Margueritte village Vosges
Released: 2006-09-27

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said,...

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The Beat That My Heart Skipped

as Minskov's Girlfriend
Released: 2005-03-16

Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes...

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The Concert

as Anne-Marie Jacquet
Released: 2009-11-04

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov...

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Beginners

as Anna Wallace
Released: 2011-06-09

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has...

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Return of the Hero

as Elisabeth Beaugrand
Released: 2018-02-14

France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her...

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Don't Worry, I'm Fine

as Lili
Released: 2006-09-06

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with...

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Paris

as Laetitia
Released: 2008-02-20

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a...

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Aloft

as Jannia Ressmore
Released: 2014-02-12

As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them...

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Summer Things

as Carole
Released: 2002-03-04

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie,...

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Dikkenek

as Natacha
Released: 2006-06-21

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a...

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Eternity

as Mathilde
Released: 2016-09-07

Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from...

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Ride Above

as Marie
Released: 2022-12-21

Growing up among horses at her parents' stud farm, Zoé dreams of becoming a jockey and forms a...

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My Son

as Marie Blanchard
Released: 2017-09-20

The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle...

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Boomerang

as Agathe Rey
Released: 2015-09-23

Antoine Rey looks for a special gift for his sister Melanie on her 40th birthday. He decides to...

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Tomorrow

as Self
Released: 2015-11-15

Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses...

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Requiem for a Killer

as Lucrèce
Released: 2011-06-01

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have...

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The Day I Saw Your Heart

as Justine Dhrey
Released: 2011-04-20

Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s...

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Every Jack Has a Jill

as Chloe
Released: 2009-07-29

Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his...

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The Last Day

as Louise
Released: 2004-11-03

At Christmas time, 19 year old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise,...

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The Bridge

as Lisbeth
Released: 1999-04-06

Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy....

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Room of Death

as Lucie Hennebelle
Released: 2007-11-14

While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a...

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Snowboarder

as Célia
Released: 2003-04-02

Gaspard, un jeune snowboarder talentueux mais peu ambitieux, vit et travaille à l'Alpe d'Huez,...

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Une vie à t'attendre

as la jeune fille à l'usine
Released: 2004-03-10

A married Frenchwoman living in Brazil returns to her native country to visit her ailing elderly...

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Paris Prestige

as Margot
Released: 2017-02-22

Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time....

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Hidden Love

as Sophie
Released: 2007-12-29

A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.

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This Is My Body

as Clara
Released: 2001-08-29

Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a...

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The End of the Line

as Narratrice (voix française)
Released: 2009-07-06

Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and...

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The Adopted

as Lisa
Released: 2011-11-23

Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted...

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Rice Rhapsody

as Sabine
Released: 2004-10-11

Fearing her son could be gay, a conservative mother takes in a French foreign exchange student,...

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Après Demain

as Self
Released: 2018-09-21

Two years after the phenomenal success of the documentary Demain, Cyril Dion looks back at the...

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The Business Trip

as Réceptioniste de Hôtel
Released: 2008-10-16

A business man in his 30s, with an expense account, checks into a hotel, exchanging smiles and...

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Jean Moulin, une affaire française

as Alice Arguel (jeune)
Released: 2003-01-06

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French...

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The Killer

as Stella
Released: 2008-01-09

Leo Zimmermann, a business man from Paris dotes on his daughter. He proposes a strange offer to...

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Souvenir

as Party guest
Released: 2008-03-01

After spending the night together with her idol, Sinclair, Léa hopes to see him again soon. She...

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Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

as Self
Released: 2014-06-24

The cast and crew of 'Enemy' guide the audience through the making of the film and the possible...

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Oxygen

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
Released: 2020-04-13

On a faraway planet, home to Bobtors, an astronaut-doctor suffers from a lack of oxygen. To...

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L'Autostoppeuse

as uncredited
Released: 2018-06-10

Émilie leaves Paris behind the wheel of a car she can't drive. She hitchhikes the wrong way...

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Running Man

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-07-11

These days, variety entertainment is gradually disappearing. It is one of Korea's representative...

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Télématin

as Self
First aired: 1985-01-10

Télématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7,...

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Fright Krewe

as Fiona Bunrady (voice)
First aired: 2023-10-02

An ancient prophecy and a Voodoo Queen put misfit teens in charge of saving New Orleans from the...

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Little America

as Sylviane
First aired: 2020-01-17

An anthology series that goes beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt,...

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Beau geste

as Self
First aired: 2023-01-22

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Les Malheurs de Sophie

as Camille de Fleurville (voix)
First aired: 1998-12-21

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