---
name: "Mélanie Laurent"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melanie-laurent"
fi1m_id: "melanie-laurent"
imdb_id: "nm0491259"
tmdb_id: 19119
wikidata_id: "Q234581"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-16T04:18:17.457494+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mélanie Laurent

## Identity

Mélanie Laurent

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melanie-laurent
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melanie-laurent
- **IMDb ID:** nm0491259
- **TMDB ID:** 19119
- **Wikidata ID:** Q234581
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234581, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19119

Actor. Born 21 February 1983 in Paris, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1983, Paris, France
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 66 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Romance 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $687m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q234581, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491259/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19119

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Inglourious Basterds*](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) (92)
- **Netflix:** [*Beginners*](https://film.one/film/beginners.md) (79)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Now You See Me*](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md) (53)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mélanie Laurent is a French actress and filmmaker. Born in Paris on 21 February 1983, she began acting at the age of sixteen after being cast by Gérard Depardieu in a small role in the film *The Bridge* (1999).

She gained wider recognition in French cinema with supporting roles, including in *Dikkenek* (2006). Her breakthrough came with the lead in the drama *Don't Worry, I'm Fine* (2006), for which she won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider.

Laurent made her international debut as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's *Inglourious Basterds* (2009). She has since appeared in films including *Now You See Me* (2013), *Enemy* (2014) and *6 Underground* (2019). She has received two César Awards and a Lumière Award, and has also directed feature films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, as Sylviane — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Now You See Me* (2013), Fi1m 53, as Alma Dray — [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md)
- *Beginners* (2011), Fi1m 79, as Anna Wallace — [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md)
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Fi1m 92, as Shosanna — [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Good Lawyer* (2026), Actor — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-lawyer.md)
- *Mata* (2026), as India
- *The Hunt* (2026), series, as Krystel
- *The Wonderers* (2025), as Madeleine Roussier
- *The Flood* (2024), as Marie-Antoinette
- *Voir un ami* (2024), Director
- *Freedom* (2024), Writer, Director
- *Wingwomen* (2023), as Carole · Director, Screenplay
- *Fright Krewe* (2023), series, as Fiona Bunrady (voice)
- *Murder Mystery 2* (2023), as Claudette
- *Ride Above* (2022), as Marie
- *No Limit* (2022), Producer
- *The Mad Women's Ball* (2021), as Geneviève Gleizes · Screenplay, Director
- *Oxygen* (2021), as Elizabeth 'Liz' Hansen
- *Little America* (2020), series, as Sylviane — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *6 Underground* (2019), as Two
- *Galveston* (2018), Director
- *Operation Finale* (2018), as Hanna Elian
- *Mia and the White Lion* (2018), as Alice Owen
- *L'Autostoppeuse* (2018), as Emilie
- *Return of the Hero* (2018), as Elisabeth Beaugrand
- *Diving* (2017), Director, Screenplay
- *My Son* (2017), as Marie Blanchard
- *Paris Prestige* (2017), as Margot
- *Eternity* (2016), as Mathilde
- *Tomorrow* (2015), Director
- *By the Sea* (2015), as Lea
- *Boomerang* (2015), as Agathe Rey
- *Breathe* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *Enemy* (2014), as Mary
- *Aloft* (2014), as Jannia Ressmore
- *Now You See Me* (2013), as Alma Dray — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/now-you-see-me.md)
- *Night Train to Lisbon* (2013), as Young Estefania
- *The Adopted* (2011), as Lisa · Director, Screenplay
- *Beginners* (2011), as Anna Wallace — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md)
- *The Day I Saw Your Heart* (2011), as Justine Dhrey
- *Requiem for a Killer* (2011), as Lucrèce
- *A Short Film About Making Beginners* (2011), Actor
- *The Round Up* (2010), as Annette Monod
- *The Concert* (2009), as Anne-Marie Jacquet
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), as Shosanna — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *Every Jack Has a Jill* (2009), as Chloe
- *The End of the Line* (2009), as Narrator for France (voice)
- *X Femmes* (2008), series, Director, Screenplay
- *The Business Trip* (2008), as Réceptioniste de Hôtel
- *Souvenir* (2008), as Party guest
- *Paris* (2008), as Laetitia
- *The Killer* (2008), as Stella
- *Less and Less* (2008), Writer, Director
- *Hidden Love* (2007), as Sophie
- *Room of Death* (2007), as Lucie Hennebelle
- *Days of Glory* (2006), as Margueritte
- *Don't Worry, I'm Fine* (2006), as Élise 'Lili' Tellier
- *Dikkenek* (2006), as Natacha
- *Les Visages d'Alice* (2005), as Alice
- *The Beat That My Heart Skipped* (2005), as Minskov's Girlfriend
- *Rice Rhapsody* (2005), as Sabine
- *The Last Day* (2004), as Louise
- *I've Been Waiting So Long* (2004), as la jeune fille à l'usine
- *Snowboarder* (2003), as Célia
- *Jean Moulin, une affaire française* (2003), as Alice Arguel (jeune)
- *Jean Moulin, une affaire française* (2003), series, as Alice Arguel (young)
- *La faucheuse* (2003), as Isabelle
- *Le Grand Mezze* (2002), Actor
- *Summer Things* (2002), as Carole
- *This Is My Body* (2001), as Clara
- *The Bridge* (1999), as Lisbeth
- *Sophie's Misfortunes* (1998), series, as Camille de Fleurville (voix)
- *La grande*, series, Director
- *The Mother*, Director
- *Rosa Bonheur*, as Rosa Bonheur
- *Kristallnacht*, as Berta Krützfeld
- *La rage*, Director, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-4e70a9b7843b.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/MKr377930_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_%28Qui_brille_au_combat%2C_Cannes_2025%29.jpg/1280px-MKr377930_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_%28Qui_brille_au_combat%2C_Cannes_2025%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-7a32f2548684.jpg) Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-10.jpg/1280px-Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-d8e3a2e433cb.jpg) Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-4.jpg/1280px-Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-4.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-a35169326424.jpg) Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-5.jpg/1280px-Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-9fac1750dcc7.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Image via TMDB
- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-36126c21c6de.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Image via TMDB
- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-26790c3579ba.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Image via TMDB
- ![Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-243f9b3edb60.jpg) Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-6.jpg/1280px-Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-6.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-d02d31e8d08b.jpg) Carole Bouquet and Mélanie Laurent, actresses, at 83rd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film Un bon avocat (The Good Lawyer). (2026) — LucaFazPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-7.jpg/1280px-Carole_Bouquet%2C_M%C3%A9lanie_Laurent_at_83rd_Venice_International_Film_Festival-7.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-3c83ad5116d4.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Image via TMDB
- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-7ac72e48d6ca.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Image via TMDB
- ![Mélanie Laurent](https://film.one/media/person/9043/gallery-bd7f3e9a8ab8.jpg) Mélanie Laurent — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 8 won

- Officer of Arts and Letters 2022: Officer of Arts and Letters (won)
- Knight of the National Order of Merit 2017: Knight of the National Order of Merit (won)
- César Award for Best Documentary Film 2016: César Award for Best Documentary Film (won)
- honorary doctor of the University of Namur 2016: honorary doctor of the University of Namur (won)
- Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 2014: Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- César Award for Best Female Revelation 2007: César Award for Best Female Revelation (won)
- Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation 2007: Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation (won)
- Prix Romy Schneider 2006: Prix Romy Schneider (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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