Mélanie Laurent
Actor
Born February 21, 1983 in Paris, France
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.
Filmography
Kristallnacht
Berta Krützfeld
Mata
India
The Hunt
Krystel
The Wonderers
Madeleine Roussier
The Flood
Marie-Antoinette
Voir un ami
Freedom
Wingwomen
Carole
Fright Krewe
Fiona Bunrady (voice)
Murder Mystery 2
Claudette
Beau geste
Self
Ride Above
Marie
No Limit
The Mad Women's Ball
Geneviève Gleizes
Oxygen
Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
Little America
Sylviane
6 Underground
Two
Galveston
Après Demain
Self
Operation Finale
Hanna Elian
Mia and the White Lion
Alice Owen
L'Autostoppeuse
Emilie
Return of the Hero
Elisabeth Beaugrand
Diving
My Son
Marie Blanchard
Paris Prestige
Margot
Eternity
Mathilde
Tomorrow
Self
By the Sea
Lea
Boomerang
Agathe Rey
Breathe
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
Self
Enemy
Mary
Aloft
Jannia Ressmore
Now You See Me
Alma Dray
Night Train to Lisbon
Young Estefania
The Adopted
Lisa
Beginners
Anna Wallace
The Day I Saw Your Heart
Justine Dhrey
Requiem for a Killer
Lucrèce
Running Man
The Round Up
Annette Monod
The Concert
Anne-Marie Jacquet
C à vous
Self - Guest
Inglourious Basterds
Shosanna
Every Jack Has a Jill
Chloe
The End of the Line
Narrator for France (voice)
The Business Trip
Réceptioniste de Hôtel
Souvenir
Party guest
Paris
Laetitia
The Killer
Stella
Less and Less
Hidden Love
Sophie
Room of Death
Lucie Hennebelle
Days of Glory
Margueritte village Vosges
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Élise 'Lili' Tellier
Dikkenek
Natacha
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Minskov's Girlfriend
Rice Rhapsody
Sabine
The Last Day
Louise
I've Been Waiting So Long
la jeune fille à l'usine
Snowboarder
Célia
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
Alice Arguel (jeune)
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
Alice Arguel (young)
Le Grand Mezze
Summer Things
Carole
This Is My Body
Clara
The Bridge
Lisbeth
Sophie's Misfortunes
Camille de Fleurville (voix)
Télématin
Self
Cérémonie des César
Self - Presenter