M\u00e9lanie Laurent\u00a0(French pronunciation:\u00a0[melani\u00a0lo\u0281\u0251\u0303]; 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\u00a0C\u00e9sar Awards and a\u00a0Lumi\u00e8res Award. Internationally, Laurent is best known for her roles in\u00a0Inglourious Basterds\u00a0(2009),\u00a0Now You See Me\u00a0(2013),\u00a0Operation Finale\u00a0(2018) and\u00a06 Underground\u00a0(2019).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Laurent began acting at age sixteen, cast by\u00a0G\u00e9rard Depardieu\u00a0in a small role in the romantic drama\u00a0The Bridge\u00a0(1999). She gained wider recognition for supporting work in several French films, including the comedy\u00a0Dikkenek (2006), for which she won\u00a0\u00c9toiles d’Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film\u00a0Don’t Worry, I’m Fine, for which she won the\u00a0C\u00e9sar Award for Most Promising Actress\u00a0and the\u00a0Prix Romy Schneider. Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the role of Shosanna Dreyfus in\u00a0Quentin Tarantino’s blockbuster war film\u00a0Inglourious Basterds. Her performance won the\u00a0Online Film Critics Society and the\u00a0Austin Film Critics Association\u00a0Best Actress Awards.<\/p>\n
While she has worked mainly in\u00a0independent films, including\u00a0Paris\u00a0(2008) and\u00a0Enemy\u00a0(2013), Laurent also appeared in commercially successful international films, including the comedy-drama\u00a0Beginners\u00a0(2011) and the caper film\u00a0Now You See Me\u00a0(2013), the former earning her a nomination at the\u00a0San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable works include the art-house drama\u00a0The Round Up\u00a0(2010), the comedy-drama\u00a0The Day I Saw Your Heart\u00a0(2011), and the mystery thriller\u00a0Night Train to Lisbon\u00a0(2013). She is also known for voicing Mary Katherine and Disgust in the French dubs of\u00a0Epic\u00a0(2013) and\u00a0Inside Out\u00a0(2015). Additionally, she starred in\u00a0Chris Weitz’s 2018 drama\u00a0Operation Finale, telling the story of the capture of\u00a0Nazi\u00a0Adolf Eichmann.<\/p>\n
In addition to her film career, Laurent has appeared in stage productions in France. She made her\u00a0theatre\u00a0debut in 2010 in\u00a0Nicolas Bedos’s\u00a0Promenade de sant\u00e9. The short film\u00a0De moins en moins\u00a0(2008) marked her debut as a filmmaker. Her feature film directorial debut is\u00a0The Adopted (2011).\u00a0Respire\u00a0(2014), her second production as a director, was screened in the\u00a0Critics’ Week section at the\u00a02014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album, En attendant (Waiting For You), in 2011.<\/p>\n
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