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MΓ©lanie LaurentΒ (French pronunciation:Β [melaniΒ loΚΙΜ]; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is an accomplished actress in the French film industry and the recipient of twoΒ CΓ©sar Awards and aΒ LumiΓ¨res Award. Internationally, Laurent is best known for her roles inΒ Inglourious BasterdsΒ (2009),Β Now You See MeΒ (2013),Β Operation FinaleΒ (2018) andΒ 6 UndergroundΒ (2019).Β
Laurent began acting at age sixteen, cast byΒ GΓ©rard DepardieuΒ in a small role in the romantic dramaΒ The BridgeΒ (1999). She gained wider recognition for supporting work in several French films, including the comedyΒ Dikkenek (2006), for which she wonΒ Γtoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama filmΒ Don't Worry, I'm Fine, for which she won theΒ CΓ©sar Award for Most Promising ActressΒ and theΒ Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role of Shosanna Dreyfus inΒ Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war filmΒ Inglourious Basterds. Her performance won theΒ Online Film Critics Society and theΒ Austin Film Critics AssociationΒ Best Actress Awards.
While she has worked mainly inΒ independent films, includingΒ ParisΒ (2008) andΒ EnemyΒ (2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful international films, including the comedy-dramaΒ BeginnersΒ (2011) and the caper filmΒ Now You See MeΒ (2013), the former earning her a nomination at theΒ San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable works include the art-house dramaΒ The Round UpΒ (2010), the comedy-dramaΒ The Day I Saw Your HeartΒ (2011), and the mystery thrillerΒ Night Train to LisbonΒ (2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs ofΒ EpicΒ (2013) andΒ Inside OutΒ (2015). Additionally, she starred inΒ Chris Weitz's 2018 dramaΒ Operation Finale, telling the story of the capture ofΒ NaziΒ Adolf Eichmann.
In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made herΒ theatreΒ debut in 2010 inΒ Nicolas Bedos'sΒ Promenade de santΓ©. The short filmΒ De moins en moinsΒ (2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut isΒ The Adopted (2011).Β RespireΒ (2014), her second production as a director, was screened in theΒ Critics' Week section at theΒ 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album, En attendant (Waiting For You), in 2011.
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