Mélanie Laurent
b. 1983 (age 43)
Paris, France
Actress
Director
Writer
Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, singer, pianist, screenwriter, and director, perhaps 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. Laurent is Jewish, and has both Ashkenazi and Tunisian Sephardic ancestry. Her grandfather survived deportation by the Nazis. Laurent had a long relationship with fellow French actor Julien Boisselier. She describes recording artist Damien Rice and Tarantino as her two "masters".
Known For
Filmography
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Mata
2026 Actress
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★ 5.7
The Hunt
2025 Actress
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★ 6.3
The Wonderers
2025 Actress
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★ 5.9
Freedom
2024 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
The Flood
2024 Actress
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Voir un ami
2024 Self
Director
Cinematographer
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★ 5.7
Murder Mystery 2
2023 Actress
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★ 5.7
Wingwomen
2023 Actress
Director
Writer
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★ 6.1
Ride Above
2022 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Mad Women's Ball
2021 Actress
Director
Writer
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Oxygène: Making of
2021 Self
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★ 7.6
Little America
2020 Actress
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★ 6.1
6 Underground
2019 Actress
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★ 6.5
Oxygen
2019 Actress
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★ 6.6
Operation Finale
2018 Actress
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★ 6.2
Galveston
2018 Director
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★ 6.5
Mia and the White Lion
2018 Actress
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★ 6.5
Return of the Hero
2018 Actress
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★ 6.2
The Hitchhiker
2018 Actress
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★ 5.8
My Son
2017 Actress
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★ 5.7
Diving
2017 Director
Writer
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★ 5.9
Paris Prestige
2017 Actress
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★ 5.5
Eternity
2016 Actress
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★ 5.3
By the Sea
2015 Actress
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★ 7.9
Tomorrow
2015 Self
Director
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★ 6.6
Boomerang
2015 Actress
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★ 7.0
Breathe
2014 Director
Writer
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★ 5.3
Aloft
2014 Actress
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★ 6.7
IMDb Enemy: Behind the Scenes
2014 Self
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★ 7.2
Now You See Me
2013 Actress
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★ 6.8
Enemy
2013 Actress
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★ 6.8
Night Train to Lisbon
2013 Actress
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★ 6.7
The Adopted
2011 Actress
Director
Writer
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★ 6.5
The Day I Saw Your Heart
2011 Actress
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★ 5.1
Requiem for a Killer
2011 Actress
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★ 7.2
Beginners
2010 Actress
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★ 7.1
The Round Up
2010 Actress
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★ 8.4
Inglourious Basterds
2009 Actress
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★ 7.5
The Concert
2009 Actress
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★ 6.0
Every Jack Has a Jill
2009 Actress
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★ 7.5
The End of the Line
2009 Actress
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★ 4.3
L'une chante, l'autre aussi
2009 Actress
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★ 6.8
Paris
2008 Actress
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★ 7.2
The Business Trip
2008 Actress
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★ 5.3
De moins en moins
2008 Director
Writer
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★ 6.3
Room of Death
2007 Actress
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★ 5.5
The Killer
2007 Actress
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★ 5.4
Hidden Love
2007 Actress
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★ 4.7
Beluga
2007 Actress
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★ 7.0
Days of Glory
2006 Actress
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★ 7.3
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006 Actress
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★ 6.8
Dikkenek
2006 Actress
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★ 7.2
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
2005 Actress
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★ 6.1
Les visages d'Alice
2005 Actress
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★ 6.0
The Last Day
2004 Actress
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★ 6.4
Rice Rhapsody
2004 Actress
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★ 3.5
Snowboarder
2003 Actress
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★ 6.8
Jean Moulin, une affaire française
2003 Actress
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★ 5.6
La faucheuse
2003 Actress
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★ 5.2
This Is My Body
2001 Actress
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★ 5.3
Route de nuit
2000 Actress
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★ 6.3
The Bridge
1999 Actress
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★ 7.3
Les malheurs de Sophie
1998 Actress
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Kristallnacht
Actress
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The Mother
Director