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Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

Birthday: 1983-02-21 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, singer, pianist, screenwriter, and director, best known to international audiences for her role in "Inglourious Basterds" (2009). Laurent was born in Paris, the daughter of Annick, a ballerina, and Pierre Laurent, a voiceover actor. She is Jewish, and has both Ashkenazi and Tunisian Sephardic ancestry. Her grandfather survived deportation by the Nazis. She had a long relationship with fellow French actor Julien Boisselier. She describes recording artist Damien Rice and Tarantino as her two "masters."

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Oxygen

as    Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen

2021
The Mad Women's Ball

as    Geneviève Gleizes

2019
Mia and the White Lion

as    Alice Owen

2019
6 Underground

as    Two

2018
Operation Finale

as    Hanna Elian

2017
My Son

as    Marie Blanchard

2015
Boomerang

as    Agathe Rey

2015
Aloft

as    Jannia Ressmore

2015
By the Sea

as    Lea

2014
Enemy

as    Mary

2013
Now You See Me

as    Alma Dray

2013
Night Train to Lisbon

as    Young Estefania

2011
Beginners

as    Anna Wallace

2011
Requiem for a Killer

as    Lucrèce

2010
The Concert

as    Anne-Marie Jacquet

2010
The Round Up

as    Annette Monod

2009
Every Jack Has a Jill

as    Chloe

2009
The End of the Line

as    Narrator for France (voice)

2009
Inglourious Basterds

as    Shosanna

2008
Paris

as    Laetitia

2007
Room of Death

as    Lucie Hennebelle

2007
Hidden Love

as    Sophie

2006
Don't Worry, I'm Fine

as    Lili

2006
Days of Glory

as    Margueritte village Vosges

2006
Dikkenek

as    Natacha

2005
The Last Day

as    Louise

2005
The Beat That My Heart Skipped

as    Minskov's Girlfriend

2004
Rice Rhapsody

as    Sabine

2001
This Is My Body

as    Clara