Laurent, Mélanie, 1983-

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Name (Hebrew)
לורן, מלאני, 1983-
Name (Latin)
Laurent, Mélanie, 1983-
Date of birth
1983-02-21
Field of activity
Acting
Motion picture authorship
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Occupation
Producers and directors
Actors
Actresses
Motion picture producers and directors
Screenwriters
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 19468250
Wikidata: Q234581
Library of congress: no2007118696
HAI10: 000694285
Sources of Information
  • Indigenes, 2007, c2006:title frame (Melanie Laurent)
  • IMDB, Oct. 1, 2007(Melanie Laurent; actress; b. Feb. 21, 1983 in Paris, France)
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Wikipedia description:

Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃] ; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress and filmmaker. The recipient of two César Awards and a Lumières Award, she is an accomplished actress in the French film industry. 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 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. While she has worked mainly in independent films, including Paris (2008) and Enemy (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful international films, including the comedy drama Beginners (2011), and the caper film Now You See Me (2013), the former earning her a nomination at the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up (2010), the comedy drama The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011), and the mystery thriller Night Train to Lisbon (2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs of Epic (2013) and Inside Out (2015) respectively. Additionally, she starred in Chris Weitz's 2018 drama Operation Finale, telling the story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann. In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made her theatre debut in 2010 in Nicolas Bedos's Promenade de santé. The short film De moins en moins (2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut is The Adopted (2011). Respire (2014), her second production as a director, was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album En t'attendant (Waiting For You) in 2011.

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