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Aliases: 멜라니 로랑 , メラニー・ロラン , 梅拉尼·罗兰 , ملانی لوران

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 57

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Télématin
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Télématin

(1985) Self
Inglourious Basterds
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8

Inglourious Basterds

(2009) Shosanna Dreyfus / Emmanuelle Mimieux
Now You See Me
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7

Now You See Me

(2013) Alma Dray
Beau geste
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Beau geste

(2023) Self
Enemy
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7

Enemy

(2013) Mary
Mia and the White Lion
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7

Mia and the White Lion

(2018) Alice Owen
The Mad Women's Ball
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7

The Mad Women's Ball

(2021) Geneviève Gleizes
Oxygen
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7

Oxygen

(2021) Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Carole
Claudette
Self
2022 Marie
2021 Geneviève Gleizes
Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
2020 Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
Sylviane
2019 Two
self (archive footage)
2018 N/A
Self
Hanna Elian
Alice Owen
N/A
Elisabeth Beaugrand
2017 Marie Blanchard
Margot
2016 Mathilde
2015 Self
Lea
Agathe Rey
2014 Self
Jannia Ressmore
2013 Mary
Alma Dray
Young Estefania
2011 Lisa
Anna Wallace
Lucrèce
Justine Dhrey
2010 N/A
Annette Monod
2009 Anne-Marie Jacquet
Shosanna Dreyfus / Emmanuelle Mimieux
Chloe
Narratrice (voix française)
2008 Réceptioniste de Hôtel
Party guest
Laetitia
Stella
2007 Sophie
Lucie Hennebelle
2006 Margueritte village Vosges
Lili
Natacha
2005 Alice
Minskov's Girlfriend
2004 Louise
Sabine
la jeune fille à l'usine
2003 Célia
Alice Arguel (jeune)
Isabelle
2002 Carole
2001 Clara
1999 Lisbeth
1998 Camille de Fleurville (voix)
1985 Self
Marie-Antoinette
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Directing

Writing

Production

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2022 Producer
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