Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

1983-02-21 Paris, France 72 Credits

Biography

Mélanie Laurent (French pronunciation: [melani loʁɑ̃]; 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 Brid...

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The Wonderers

The Wonderers

2025

as Madeleine Roussier

Acting

Set against the backdrop of a summer on the French riviera, the Roussier family and its fragile equilibrium is shaped by the uncertain diagnosis of 13...

The Flood

The Flood

2024

as Marie-Antoinette

5.9
Acting

1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour du Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris, a...

Voir un ami

Voir un ami

2024

Director

Directing
Freedom

Freedom

2024

6.4
Acting

Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in the 1980s. He led multiple heists, then captured pu...

Freedom

Freedom

2024

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in the 1980s. He led multiple heists, then captured pu...

Wingwomen

Wingwomen

2023

as Carole

6.1
Acting

Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with her partner in crime and a feisty new getaway driver.

Wingwomen

Wingwomen

2023

Director, Screenplay

6.1
Directing Writing

Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with her partner in crime and a feisty new getaway driver.

Murder Mystery 2

Murder Mystery 2

2023

as Claudette

6.4
Acting

After starting their own detective agency, Nick and Audrey Spitz land a career-making case when their billionaire pal is kidnapped from his wedding.

Ride Above

Ride Above

2022

as Marie

6.8
Acting

Growing up among horses at her parents' stud farm, Zoé dreams of becoming a jockey and forms a deep bond with a young horse. A terrible accident threa...

No Limit

No Limit

2022

Producer

6.1
Producing

Roxana Aubrey decides to drop her studies and escape her life in Paris for a free diving course in the south of France. She is quickly pulled into a l...

The Mad Women's Ball

The Mad Women's Ball

2021

as Geneviève Gleizes

7.1
Acting

A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles'...

The Mad Women's Ball

The Mad Women's Ball

2021

Screenplay, Director

7.1
Writing Directing

A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles'...

Oxygen

Oxygen

2021

as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen

6.6
Acting

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

6 Underground

6 Underground

2019

as Two

6.3
Acting

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a bold and bloody mission to take down a brutal dictator.

QT8: The First Eight

QT8: The First Eight

2019

as self (archive footage)

7.2
Acting

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda...

Inside The Operation

2018

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at Operation Finale.

Galveston

Galveston

2018

Director

6.1
Directing

After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galves...

Après Demain

Après Demain

2018

as Self

6.9
Acting

Two years after the phenomenal success of the documentary Demain, Cyril Dion looks back at the projects the film inspired. He is accompanied by Laure ...

Operation Finale

Operation Finale

2018

as Hanna Elian

6.7
Acting

In 1960, a team of Israeli secret agents is deployed to find Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust, supposedly hidden in Argent...

Mia and the White Lion

Mia and the White Lion

2018

as Alice Owen

7.3
Acting

A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

L'Autostoppeuse

L'Autostoppeuse

2018

6.0
Acting

Émilie leaves Paris behind the wheel of a car she can't drive. She hitchhikes the wrong way round and tries to find drivers who will take her to see t...

Return of the Hero

Return of the Hero

2018

as Elisabeth Beaugrand

6.3
Acting

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

Diving

2017

Director, Screenplay

6.2
Directing Writing

A restless photographer leaves her family to "find herself" and takes up deep-sea diving.

My Son

My Son

2017

as Marie Blanchard

5.8
Acting

The story of a busy man, who fills his time travelling to Africa, South America and the Middle East. His passion for his job has distanced him from hi...

Paris Prestige

Paris Prestige

2017

as Margot

5.8
Acting

Nasser, a 30-something Parisian with a troubled past, returns to Paris after some jail time. Margot, his probation officer, urges him to work at LE PR...

Eternity

Eternity

2016

as Mathilde

5.7
Acting

Valentine marries at the end of the 19th century, and love passes through her family from generation to generation.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

2015

as Self

7.8
Acting

Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow

2015

Director

7.8
Directing

Climate is changing. Instead of showing all the worst that can happen, this documentary focuses on the people suggesting solutions and their actions.

By the Sea

By the Sea

2015

as Lea

5.5
Acting

Set in France during the mid-1970s, Vanessa, a former dancer, and her husband Roland, an American writer, travel the country together. They seem to be...

Boomerang

Boomerang

2015

as Agathe Rey

6.2
Acting

When Antoine returns to the island of Noirmoutier, secrets kept in the past resurfaces and threatens to change his family’s present.

Breathe

Breathe

2014

Director, Screenplay

7.1
Directing Writing

Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new fr...

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

Lucid Dreams: The Making of Enemy

2014

as Self

Acting

The cast and crew of 'Enemy' guide the audience through the making of the film and the possible meanings behind its enigmatic imagery.

Enemy

Enemy

2014

as Mary

6.9
Acting

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Aloft

Aloft

2014

as Jannia Ressmore

5.4
Acting

As we follow a mother and her son, we delve into a past marred by an accident that tears them apart. She will become a renowned artist and healer, and...

Now You See Me

Now You See Me

2013

as Alma Dray

7.3
Acting

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with...

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

2013

as Young Estefania

6.5
Acting

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which...

The Adopted

The Adopted

2011

as Lisa

6.9
Acting

Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into the equation is Lisa’s young son, Leo. However, thei...

The Adopted

The Adopted

2011

Director, Screenplay

6.9
Directing Writing

Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into the equation is Lisa’s young son, Leo. However, thei...

Beginners

Beginners

2011

as Anna Wallace

6.8
Acting

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories ...

The Day I Saw Your Heart

The Day I Saw Your Heart

2011

as Justine Dhrey

5.8
Acting

Justine, struggles with commitment, listens to old David Bowie covers, and uses her employer’s private MRI machines to make “X-Ray Art” After a trail...

Requiem for a Killer

Requiem for a Killer

2011

as Lucrèce

5.0
Acting

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Sw...

The Round Up

The Round Up

2010

as Annette Monod

7.5
Acting

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

The Concert

The Concert

2009

as Anne-Marie Jacquet

7.2
Acting

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhne...

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

as Shosanna

8.2
Acting

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

Every Jack Has a Jill

Every Jack Has a Jill

2009

as Chloe

5.3
Acting

Jack is encouraged to take the romantic Paris vacation he won, despite just being dumped by his girlfriend. His trip soon devolves into chaos and adve...

The End of the Line

The End of the Line

2009

as Narrator for France (voice)

6.3
Acting

Examines the devastating effect that overfishing has had on the world's fish populations and argues that drastic action must be taken to reverse these...

The Business Trip

The Business Trip

2008

as Réceptioniste de Hôtel

5.5
Acting

A business man in his 30s, with an expense account, checks into a hotel, exchanging smiles and pleasantries with the desk clerk, a woman of beauty and...

Souvenir

Souvenir

2008

as Party guest

2.7
Acting

After spending the night together with her idol, Sinclair, Léa hopes to see him again soon. She still finds it difficult to quite grasp what has happe...

Paris

Paris

2008

as Laetitia

6.5
Acting

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has...

The Killer

The Killer

2008

as Stella

5.3
Acting

Leo Zimmermann, a business man from Paris dotes on his daughter. He proposes a strange offer to his killer when he is in town to execute Zimmermann.

Less and Less

Less and Less

2008

Writer, Director

4.2
Writing Directing

Lisa, a young woman, tries to remember moments of her life with the help of her doctor. Voices resonate, images intermingle... moments of happiness su...

Hidden Love

Hidden Love

2007

as Sophie

4.5
Acting

A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.

Room of Death

Room of Death

2007

as Lucie Hennebelle

6.3
Acting

While on a joyride with the headlights turned off, two men hit and kill another man carrying a satchel full of money. The two men decide to take the m...

Days of Glory

Days of Glory

2006

as Margueritte village Vosges

6.7
Acting

1943. They have never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Said, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlist in the French Army, alon...

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

Don't Worry, I'm Fine

2006

as Élise 'Lili' Tellier

7.2
Acting

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.

Dikkenek

Dikkenek

2006

as Natacha

6.7
Acting

Jean-Claude is a loud-mouthed, know-it-all and full time boor who is best friends with Stef, a self-styled lady killer who would do better with the fa...

Les Visages d'Alice

2005

as Alice

4.0
Acting

Directed by David Ungaro

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

2005

as Minskov's Girlfriend

6.9
Acting

A ruthless real estate agent discovers a passion for piano and auditions with help from a young virtuoso, but the pressures of his corrupt career thre...

The Last Day

The Last Day

2004

as Louise

4.7
Acting

At Christmas time, 19-year-old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While S...

Rice Rhapsody

Rice Rhapsody

2004

as Sabine

5.9
Acting

With her elder two sons being gay, a traditionally-minded mother fears her youngest son could be too, thereby losing her last chance to have any grand...

Une vie à t'attendre

Une vie à t'attendre

2004

as la jeune fille à l'usine

4.5
Acting

A married Frenchwoman living in Brazil returns to her native country to visit her ailing elderly mother. There, she ends up rekindling a love affair w...

Snowboarder

Snowboarder

2003

as Célia

3.8
Acting

Gaspard, un jeune snowboarder talentueux mais peu ambitieux, vit et travaille à l'Alpe d'Huez, dans le magasin de surf de Beshop, un ancien entraîneur...

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

Jean Moulin, une affaire française

2003

as Alice Arguel (jeune)

7.0
Acting

Drama set in the Second World War, focused on Jean Moulin, hero, martyr and symbol of the French resistance and the patriotism during the dark years o...

La faucheuse

2003

as Isabelle

2.0
Acting

Directed by Vincenzo Marano, Patrick Timsit

Le Grand Mezze

Le Grand Mezze

2002

4.0
Acting
Summer Things

Summer Things

2002

as Carole

5.9
Acting

Two couple of friends, one very rich, the other almost homeless, decide to go on Holiday. Julie, a single mother, joins them too. Once at seaside, it ...

This Is My Body

This Is My Body

2001

as Clara

4.5
Acting

Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial director’s film. He learns that the role had prev...

The Bridge

The Bridge

1999

as Lisbeth

5.5
Acting

Mina is a movie buff with a husband, Georges, who's out of work, and a 15-year-old son, Tommy. While Mina works part-time as a domestic for Claire Dab...

Rosa Bonheur

N/A

as Rosa Bonheur

Acting

Based on the life of Rosa Bonheur, a trailblazing feminist and artist who rose to fame in 19th century France.

Mata

N/A

as India

Acting

Wounded while on a clandestine operation in Niger, French secret agent Mata loses track of her colleague Antoine, captured on the spot. Upon her retur...

The Mother

N/A

Director

Directing

An immigrant mother and businesswoman tries to make a new life for her family in America. But when her two teenage sons stumble into trouble with a Bo...

The Nightingale

The Nightingale

N/A

Director

Directing

The lives of two French sisters are torn apart by the onset of World War II.