Biography
Noémie Merlant (born 27 November 1988) is a French actress. She has been nominated three times at the César Awards, including a nomination for her breakout role in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and a win for The Innocent (2022).
Known For
Complete Filmography
Les Misérables
2026
as Fantine
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me...
Duse
2025
The legendary Italian stage diva Eleonora Duse, through the latter part of her life and her legendary career is now long over.

Looking for Simone
2024
as Narrator
In 1949, philosopher and novelist Simone de Beauvoir wrote the groundbreaking The Second Sex, launching a disruptive discourse on women’s oppression a...

The Balconettes
2024
as Élise
As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighbourhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbours from their balcony. Unt...

The Balconettes
2024
Director, Writer
As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighbourhood to the boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbours from their balcony. Unt...

Emmanuelle
2024
as Emmanuelle
Will Sharpe, Noémie Merlant, and Naomi Watts star in this sultry tale of lost pleasure. While traveling, Emmanuelle meets Kei, a man who constantly el...

D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
2024
as Self - actress
« Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality, without taboo. This...

Lee
2024
as Nusch Eluard
The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War I...

A Difficult Year
2023
as Cactus
Compulsive spenders Albert and Bruno are in debt up to their necks. While seeking help from community workers to get their lives back on track, they r...

Soul Mates
2023
as Jeanne
Lieutenant of the French forces engaged in Mali, David Faber is seriously burned during the explosion of his armored vehicle. Repatriated to France fo...

Baby Ruby
2023
as Jo
After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mou...

One Year, One Night
2022
as Céline
Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive t...

The Innocent
2022
as Clémence Genièvre
Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman, has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The couple dream of starting again with a clean s...

TÁR
2022
as Francesca Lentini
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

Mi Iubita, Mon Amour
2022
as Jeanne
Jeanne is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino and his family. They are worlds away from one ...

Mi Iubita, Mon Amour
2022
Director, Screenplay
Jeanne is traveling to Romania to celebrate her bachelorette party with her friends when she meets Nino and his family. They are worlds away from one ...

A Good Man
2021
as Benjamin Adler
Benjamin and Aude have loved each other for 7 years. They live together on a small island in Brittany. Benjamin dreams of starting a family but the co...

Paris, 13th District
2021
as Nora
Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.

Jumbo
2020
as Jeanne
Jeanne, a shy young woman, works as a night guard at an amusement park and has a close relationship with her mother. While no man can compete with thi...

Shakira
2020
as The Saleswoman
While trying to save her family from a return to the street, Shakira, a young gypsy woman, meets Marius, a member of a robber gang.

Shakira
2020
Writer, Director
While trying to save her family from a return to the street, Shakira, a young gypsy woman, meets Marius, a member of a robber gang.

Republique: The Interactive
2019
as Nora
10pm on a summer's evening. The sun goes down over the Place de la République in Paris. Lucie and Rio embark on an "urbex", descending into the city's...

Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019
as Marianne
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Curiosa
2019
as Marie de Regnier
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Mari...

Paper Flags
2019
as Charlie
He is 30 and just got out of jail after 12 years of detention. She is almost 24 and has a simple life away from the city. One day, he comes to her and...

All About Mothers
2018
as Coco
They are possessive, benevolent, clumsy, absent, omnipresent, overwhelmed, guilty, indulgent, loving, fragile, in full possession of their wits, or lo...

Return of the Hero
2018
as Pauline
France, 1809. Captain Neuville is called to the front, leaving his future bride heartbroken. Her sister decides to write letters on his behalf to chee...

Diving
2017
as La jeune artiste
A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.

Unexpected
2017
as Agnes
Sebastian celebrates his birthday today. He does not know yet but some friends prepared him a surprise. A surprise that will unfold in a very unexpect...

I Am a Doe
2017
as Nina's friend
Nina, alias #Ninalabiche on Snapchat, is a young girl addicted to social media. To escape her anxieties and her lack of confidence, she invents a life...

I Am a Doe
2017
Director
Nina, alias #Ninalabiche on Snapchat, is a young girl addicted to social media. To escape her anxieties and her lack of confidence, she invents a life...

La Loi de Christophe, la Ligne blanche
2016
as Katya Valle

Heaven Will Wait
2016
as Sonia Bouzaria
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when s...

Twisting Fate
2016
as Claire
17-year-old Claire spends her vacation in South Africa with her family, when a tragic accident takes the lives of her parents and younger brother. By ...

Dieumerci !
2016
as Audrey
A 44 year old guy gets out of jail and wants to become an actor.

Young Mothers in the '70s
2016
as Brigitte
In the 1970s, the house of Plessis welcomes young pregnant minors. Even though these unborn children are the fruit of love or rape, in this institutio...

Newcomer
2015
as Anja
When a rookie operative's mistake costs the lives of his entire team, he's forced on the run and must piece together the truth by re-creating the even...

WEI or DIE
2015
During a French business school’s hazing weekend, the body of a drowned student is discovered on the banks of a lake. Police responding to the inciden...

One Wild Moment
2015
as Linda
Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Mari...

Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon
2014
as Henriette
A man goes on holiday with his wife and daughter to celebrate his retirement.

Once in a Lifetime
2014
as Mélanie
At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competit...

Smart Ass
2014
as Fille piège
Kelly, Dan and Louis are students at a prestigious business school, destined to become tomorrow's elite. The industrious trio are determined to start ...

The Audition
2013
François attends a casting. After a very strange interview, he finds out he is actually at the heart of the mysterious set up in which he is forced to...

The Duty
2013
as Agnes
A mother's illness sees two siblings returning home to face the closeted circumstances that drove them apart.
United
2013
as Actress (the woman who runs)
This short film is music video version of a teaser for the future website "1390 collective"

Nemesis
2013
as Ange
Four garbage collectors discover a disoriented young woman, hidden behind a heap of boxes. Charitable, they collect her and provide her with hospital...

Lapsus
2013
as Angie
Cid Story
2012
as Chimène
At the initiative of a festival adapting a play to the cinema, "Cid Story" is a short film that takes up act 3 scene 3 of Corneille's Le Cid. It is a ...

The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
2012
as Éléonore
Eléonore is a gorgeous twenty-year-old who has lost her parents and one of her arms in an accident. She lives in an orphanage in Burgandy.

The Moon Child
2011
David, a professor of dermatology, has been treating 13-year-old Romain since he was a baby. Afflicted with a rare skin condition, Romain must avoid s...
The Murderous Miss Highsmith
N/A
The film will reimagine the author’s life as a horror movie, focusing on the formative period just before she wrote her most celebrated work, The Tale...
Roma elastica
N/A
The story revolves around an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome in the 1980s.