“[Laurent] is responsible for the only measurable amount of warmth the film exudes.”
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Mélanie Laurent
Mélanie Laurent is a French actress, filmmaker, and singer. She has received two César Awards and a Lumière Award. Internationally, Laurent is known for her roles in Inglourious Basterds (2009), Now You See Me (2013), Operation Finale (2018) and 6 Underground (2019).
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entertainment · French actress, director and singer (born 1983) · film director · screenwriter · model · film actor · singer · actor · also Mélanie Laurent, Laurent
Born 21 February 1983 · Q234581
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2025· 1 entry
Laurent will star in Joséphine Japy's directorial debut, The Wonderers
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2023· 1 entry
And Libre for Amazon Prime Video in 2024
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (2022).
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2021· 10 entries
Published video “Je connais”.
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Published video “Insomnie”.
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Published video “Circus”.
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Published video “Fin”.
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Published video “Kiss”.
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Published video “Uncomfortable (with Damien Rice)”.
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Published video “En t'attendant”.
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Published video “Pardon”.
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Published video “Début”.
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Published video “Everything You're Not Supposed to Be (with Damien Rice)”.
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2019· 1 entry
Gave birth to their second child together, a girl named Mila
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2018· 1 entry
With Galveston, the film adaptation of Nic Pizzolatto's novel of the same name
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2017· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the National Order of Merit (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Namur (2016).
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Awarded César Award for Best Documentary Film (2016).
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2015· 1 entry
Laurent starred alongside Laurent Lafitte, in François Favrat's French drama film Boomerang adapted from the bestseller entitled A Secret Kept by Tatiana De Rosnay
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2014· 3 entries
Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2014).
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Laurent admitted that she loves writing: "[Writing is] especially super exciting because you have everything to do and most of your ideas come from that first part
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Laurent appeared in Aloft, a 2014 drama film written and directed by Claudia Llosa, alongside Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy
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2011· 3 entries
Released album “En t’attendant”.
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Directed and self-starred in her first feature film, The Adopted
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Teamed with Mike Mills, appearing opposite Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer in Beginners, a comedy drama that marked Laurent's second English-speaking role in Hollywood
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2010· 1 entry
Laurent starred in The Round Up, a French film directed by Roselyne Bosch, and produced by Alain Goldman, alongside Jean Reno, Sylvie Testud, and Gad Elmaleh
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2009· 1 entry
With the role of Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film Inglourious Basterds
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation (2007).
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Awarded César Award for Best Female Revelation (2007).
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Laurent appeared in films including Le tueur and Hidden Love
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Prix Romy Schneider (2006).
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When she played a sullen 19-year-old who longed for her lost twin brother, in Philippe Lioret's Don't Worry, I'm Fine
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1983· 1 entry
Born 1983-02-21.
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