Mélanie Laurent
Biography
Mélanie Laurent is a French actress who has also directed films and recorded music. Born in Paris, she started acting at sixteen when Gérard Depardieu cast her in The Bridge (1999). Her breakthrough came with the 2006 drama Don't Worry, I'm Fine, which earned her the César Award for Most Promising Actress; that period also brought the cult comedy Dikkenek and an Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer. Her Hollywood debut as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) won her Best Actress awards from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association. She later appeared in Now You See Me (2013), Operation Finale (2018), and 6 Underground (2019). Laurent also directs: her feature debut was The Adopted (2011), Respire screened at Cannes Critics' Week in 2014, and Tomorrow won her a César for Best Documentary. She released the album En t'attendant in 2011.
43years old
Turns 44 on February 21in 102 days
- Born 13th arrondissement of Paris
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Mélanie Eugénie Laurent (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 21 years2002 to 2023
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A role that slipped away
Laurent was set to direct Mi-cuit cœur pistache, her first play, at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris. She gave up the project after being cast as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
A role that slipped away
Laurent offered the first role in Putain de pluie!, a film she co-wrote and planned to direct, to Natalie Portman, who turned it down because of the script's language.
Languages
Laurent was cast as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds, a Parisian seeking revenge on Nazis. The part was in French, but she picked up English for a few scenes.
Beyond film
Laurent's singing debut came in May 2011 with the studio album En t'attendant, released by Atmosphériques and produced by Joel Shearer. Five of its twelve songs were co-written and co-produced by Damien Rice.
Mélanie Laurent movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together5 more actors
- Sami BouajilaDays of Glory (2006) and Summer Things (2002)
- Niels ArestrupBy the Sea (2015) and The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
- Thibault de MontalembertDays of Glory (2006) and Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
- Martine ChevallierThe Mad Women's Ball (2021) and Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
- Lior Raz6 Underground (2019) and Operation Finale (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mélanie Laurent's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$773 million
11 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 11 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 6Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$352M45.5% of the total
- 2$321M41.6% of the total
- 3$24M3.0% of the total
- 4$23M3.0% of the total
- 5$18M2.3% of the total
- 6$14M1.9% of the total
- 7$9.3M1.2% of the total
- 8$8.7M1.1% of the total
$3.8 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 2006 to 2022.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Officer of Arts and Letters | Won | |
| 2017 | Knight of the National Order of Merit | Won | |
| 2016 | César Award for Best Documentary Film | Won | |
| 2016 | Honorary doctor of the University of Namur | Honorary | |
| 2014 | Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres | Won | |
| 2007 | César Award for Best Female Revelation | Won | |
| 2007 | Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation | Won | |
| 2006 | Prix Romy Schneider | Won | |
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