Mélanie Laurent

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1983-02-21 (42 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

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...

Acting

2006

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

as Élise 'Lili' Tellier

2005

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

as Minskov's Girlfriend

2006

Days of Glory

as Margueritte village Vosges

2002

Summer Things

as Carole

2008

Paris

as Laetitia

2006

Dikkenek

as Natacha

2004

The Last Day

as Louise

2009

The Concert

as Anne-Marie Jacquet

2007

Room of Death

as Lucie Hennebelle

2022

Ride Above

as Marie

2010

The Round Up

as Annette Monod

2009

2024

The Flood

as Marie-Antoinette

2011

2008

The Killer

as Stella

2019

QT8: The First Eight

as self (archive footage)

2023

Murder Mystery 2

as Claudette

2011

The Day I Saw Your Heart

as Justine Dhrey

2011

Beginners

as Anna Wallace

2008

The Business Trip

as Réceptioniste de Hôtel

2013

Now You See Me

as Alma Dray

2011

2007

Hidden Love

as Sophie

2004

Une vie à t'attendre

as la jeune fille à l'usine

2004

Rice Rhapsody

as Sabine

1999

The Bridge

as Lisbeth

2013

Night Train to Lisbon

as Young Estefania

2014

Enemy

as Mary

2014

Aloft

as Jannia Ressmore

2003

2008

Souvenir

as Party guest

2023

Wingwomen

as Carole

2003

La faucheuse

as Isabelle

2015

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Rosa Bonheur

as Rosa Bonheur

2015

Boomerang

as Agathe Rey

2015

Tomorrow

as Self

2016

Eternity

as Mathilde

2009

The End of the Line

as Narrator for France (voice)

2001

2017

2017

My Son

as Marie Blanchard

2018

Return of the Hero

as Elisabeth Beaugrand

2018

Operation Finale

as Hanna Elian

2018

2019

2018

2021

Oxygen

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen

2021

The Mad Women's Ball

as Geneviève Gleizes

2003

Snowboarder

as Célia

2025

The Wonderers

as Madeleine Roussier

-

Mata

as India

Production

2008

Less and Less

as Writer

2021

2011

The Adopted

as Screenplay

2011

The Adopted

as Director

2014

Breathe

as Director

2014

Breathe

as Screenplay

2023

Wingwomen

as Director

2023

Wingwomen

as Screenplay

2022

No Limit

as Producer

2015

Tomorrow

as Director

2008

Less and Less

as Director

-

The Mother

as Director

2018

Galveston

as Director

2017

Diving

as Director

2017

Diving

as Screenplay

2024

Freedom

as Writer

2024

Freedom

as Director

-

The Nightingale

as Director

2021

2024

Voir un ami

as Director

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