Maïwenn
Sign in to saveMaïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1976-04-17
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Seed of the White Dragon
- Finn Jones and the Scourge of Darkness
- Murder?
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Film & TV
Acting · Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
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…
Known for
- Breaking Point — Delphine2024
- Jeanne du Barry — Jeanne Du Barry2023
- Neneh Superstar — Marianne Bellage2023
- Our Ties — Emma2022
- Sisters — Norah2021
- Tralala — Barbara2021
- The Man in the Hat — Chloe2020
- DNA — Neige2020
- All Inclusive — Paloma2019
- Nox — Julie Susini2018
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 240
- Total plays
- 940
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Maïwenn
- Person.image
- Maïwenn Cannes 2011 2 (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Maïwenn in 2011
- Person.birth_name
- Maïwenn Le Besco
- Person.birth_place
- Les Lilas, France
- Person.other_names
- Ouin-Ouin
- Person.yearsactive
- 1981–present
- Person.children
- 2; including Shanna Besson and Diego Le Fur
- Person.parents
- Catherine Belkhodja (mother)
- Person.relatives
- Isild Le Besco (sister)Jowan Le Besco (brother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 17 April 1976
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Les Lilas
- Spouse
- JoeyStarr
- Mother
- Catherine Belkhodja
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Jury Prize
- Participant in
- 2023 Cannes Film Festival
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11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- As filmmaker
- As actress
- Television
- Short film
- Theatrical writer
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Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker.
== Early life == Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja and linguist Patrick Le Besco. After her parents' divorce, she reported "she was abused by both her parents after their separation, having been beaten physically and verbally by her father around the age of seven or eight, and then by her mother during her adolescence"; this experience informed her films Pardonnez-moi (2006) and Polisse (2011). She stated that her mother "is a poison for me. She poisoned my life."
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