Maïwenn
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1976-04-17 (49 years old)
Place of Birth
Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Also known As
Maïwenn Le Besco
Maiwen Lebesco
Maiwen
מייוון
Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco
Maïwenn
Biography
Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco, known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Maïwenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress—notably as "Elle, as a child" (the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani) in the 1983 hit film L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer). Following her marriage to director Luc Besson and the birth of their daughter in 1993, Maïwenn interrupted her career for several years. During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part in Besson's Léon (1994), in which she was credited as Ouin-Ouin. She also directed the film's making-of. Perhaps Maïwenn's most internatio...
Acting
1997
as Diva
1988
as Joan
2002
as Scarecrow (segment "Promises")
2011
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Alexia
2009
as Maïwenn
2023
as Jeanne Du Barry
2011
as Melissa
1986
2006
as Violette
2005
as Shaa
2004
as une amie à la fête
2004
2012
as Yasmina
2022
as Emma
1992
as Carole Lambert
2013
as Anna Eggbaum
2023
as Marianne Bellage
2024
as Delphine
1987
as la fillette
1994
as Blond Babe
2004
as Isabelle, the mother
2017
as Linda
1983
as Eliane, child
2001
as Diane
2019
as Paloma
2021
as Norah
1990
as Hermine
2020
as Chloe
2020
as Neige
2021
as Barbara
Production
2009
as Director
2009
as Writer
2006
as Writer
2006
as Director
2011
as Director
2011
as Screenplay
2023
as Writer
2022
as Writer
2015
as Director
2015
as Screenplay
2023
as Director
2019
as Adaptation
2019
as Screenplay
2004
as Director
2004
as Screenplay
2020
as Director
2020
as Writer
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