Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent French pronunciation melani loʁɑ 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 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 supporting work in several French films including the comedy Dikkenek 2006 for which she won Étoiles dOr for Best Female Newcomer Her breakthrough role came in the 2006 drama film Dont Worry Im 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 Tarantinos 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 comedydrama 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 arthouse drama The Round Up 2010 the comedydrama 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 Additionally she starred in Chris Weitzs 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 Bedoss 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 attendant Waiting For You in 2011 Description above from the Wikipedia article Mélanie Laurent licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia