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Mélanie Laurent
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French actress, model, director and writer
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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Film & TV
Paris, France
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…
Known for
- Mata — India2026
- The Good Lawyer2026
- The Hunt — Krystel2026
- The Wonderers — Madeleine Roussier2025
- The Flood — Marie-Antoinette2024
- Freedom2024
- Murder Mystery 2 — Claudette2023
- Wingwomen — Carole2023
- Beau geste — Self2023
- Fright Krewe — Fiona Bunrady (voice)2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 13th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Inglourious Basterds
- Participant in
- 2014 Cannes Film Festival
- Image
- Melanie Laurent 2013 avp.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Mélanie Laurent
- date of birth
- 1983-02-21
- social media followers
- 18142
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Mélanie Laurent
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- birth name
- Mélanie Eugénie Laurent
- number of viewers/listeners
- 293921
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Encyclopedic overview
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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