
Mélanie Laurent
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.
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Acting (54 movies)

Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005

Days of Glory
2006

Summer Things
2002

Paris
2008

Dikkenek
2006

The Last Day
2004

The Concert
2009

Every Jack Has a Jill
2009

Room of Death
2007

Ride Above
2022

The Round Up
2010

L'Autostoppeuse
2018

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2014

Inglourious Basterds
2009

The Flood
2024

Requiem for a Killer
2011

The Killer
2008

Murder Mystery 2
2023

The Day I Saw Your Heart
2011

Beginners
2011

The Business Trip
2008

Now You See Me
2013

The Adopted
2011

Hidden Love
2007

I've Been Waiting So Long
2004

Rice Rhapsody
2004

The Bridge
1999

Night Train to Lisbon
2013

Enemy
2014

Aloft
2014

Jean Moulin, une affaire française
2003

Souvenir
2008

Wingwomen
2023

By the Sea
2015

Boomerang
2015

Tomorrow
2015

Eternity
2016

The End of the Line
2009

This Is My Body
2001

Paris Prestige
2017

My Son
2017

Return of the Hero
2018

Operation Finale
2018

Mia and the White Lion
2018

6 Underground
2019

Après Demain
2018

Oxygen
2021

The Mad Women's Ball
2021

Snowboarder
2003

The Wonderers
2025

Le Grand Mezze
2002

Freedom
2024

Epic
2013
Directing (10 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Less and Less | 2008 | Writer | 
| The Adopted | 2011 | Screenplay | 
| Breathe | 2014 | Screenplay | 
| Diving | 2017 | Screenplay | 
| The Mad Women's Ball | 2021 | Screenplay | 
| No Limit | 2022 | Producer | 
| Wingwomen | 2023 | Screenplay | 
| Freedom | 2024 | Writer | 




