Mélanie Laurent
French actress, model, director and writer
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Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, model, director, and writer who has worked across multiple creative fields. She is notable for her versatility in entertainment and her involvement in various aspects of filmmaking and storytelling.
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Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983 in Paris, France) is a French actress, director, singer and writer, perhaps best known to international audiences for her role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film "Inglourious Basterds". On May 2, 2011, Laurent released her debut album "En t'attendant" in France on Atmosphériques. She worked with Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice on the album; he also appears singing on two songs, "Everything You're Not Supposed to Be" and "Uncomfortable
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Mélanie Laurent ( French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃] ; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. She has received two César Awards and a Lumière Award. Internationally, Laurent is 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 her 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.
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