Mélanie Laurent
Date of birth: 1983-02-21
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 멜라니 로랑, メラニー・ロラン, 梅拉尼·罗兰, ملانی لوران
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.
Movie Credits
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006-09-06
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with the
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005-03-16
A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virt
Days of Glory
2006-09-27
1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, M
Summer Things
2002-03-04
Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a s
Paris
2008-02-20
Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a trans
Dikkenek
2006-06-21
Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-
The Last Day
2004-11-03
At Christmas time, 19-year-old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a f
The Concert
2009-11-04
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had
Every Jack Has a Jill
2009-07-29
Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girl
Room of Death
2007-11-14
While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satch
Ride Above
2022-12-21
Growing up among horses at her parents' stud farm, Zoé dreams of becoming a jockey and forms a deep
The Round Up
2010-03-10
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
L'Autostoppeuse
2018-06-10
Émilie leaves Paris behind the wheel of a car she can't drive. She hitchhikes the wrong way round an
Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy
2014-06-24
The cast and crew of 'Enemy' guide the audience through the making of the film and the possible mean
Inglourious Basterds
2009-08-02
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Baste
The Flood
2024-11-21
1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in
Requiem for a Killer
2011-02-23
Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to f
The Killer
2008-01-09
Leo Zimmermann, a business man from Paris dotes on his daughter. He proposes a strange offer to his
Murder Mystery 2
2023-03-28
After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when thei
The Day I Saw Your Heart
2011-04-20
Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s priva
Beginners
2011-06-03
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passe
The Business Trip
2008-10-16
A business man in his 30s, with an expense account, checks into a hotel, exchanging smiles and pleas
Now You See Me
2013-05-29
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during
The Adopted
2011-11-23
Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into th
Hidden Love
2007-12-29
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
I've Been Waiting So Long
2004-03-10
A married Frenchwoman living in Brazil returns to her native country to visit her ailing elderly mot
Rice Rhapsody
2004-10-11
With her elder two sons being gay, a traditionally-minded mother fears her youngest son could be too
The Bridge
1999-04-06
Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While
Night Train to Lisbon
2013-03-07
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upo
Enemy
2014-03-14
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's priva
Aloft
2014-02-12
As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart.
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
2003-01-06
Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French res
Souvenir
2008-03-01
After spending the night together with her idol, Sinclair, Léa hopes to see him again soon. She stil
Wingwomen
2023-11-01
Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with her
La faucheuse
2003-01-01
Directed by Vincenzo Marano, Patrick Timsit
Les Visages d'Alice
2005-03-28
Directed by David Ungaro
By the Sea
2015-11-12
Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American wr
Rosa Bonheur
Based on the life of Rosa Bonheur, a trailblazing feminist and artist who rose to fame in 19th centu
Boomerang
2015-09-23
When Antoine returns to the island of Noirmoutier, secrets kept in the past resurfaces and threatens
Tomorrow
2015-11-15
Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on t
Eternity
2016-09-07
Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation
The End of the Line
2009-06-12
Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues
This Is My Body
2001-08-29
Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial
Paris Prestige
2017-02-22
Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time. Margot,
My Son
2017-09-20
The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East.
Return of the Hero
2018-02-14
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sis
Operation Finale
2018-08-29
In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi archi
Mia and the White Lion
2018-08-02
A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.
6 Underground
2019-12-10
After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold an
Après Demain
2018-09-21
Two years after the phenomenal success of the documentary Demain, Cyril Dion looks back at the proje
Inside the Operation
2018-12-04
A behind-the-scenes look at Operation Finale.
Oxygen
2021-05-12
A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way
The Mad Women's Ball
2021-09-12
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of
Snowboarder
2003-04-02
Gaspard, un jeune snowboarder talentueux mais peu ambitieux, vit et travaille à l'Alpe d'Huez, dans
The Wonderers
2025-05-15
Set against the backdrop of a summer on the French riviera, the Roussier family and its fragile equi
Le Grand Mezze
2002-09-29
Freedom
2024-11-01
Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in t
Mata
Wounded while on a clandestine operation in Niger, French secret agent Mata loses track of her colle
Kristallnacht
Set in Berlin on the eve of war, police lieutenant Wilhelm Krützfeld over the course of 24 hours nav
Epic
2013-05-15
A teenager finds herself transported to a deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of g