2007

» JANUARY

Interview with Mélanie Laurent, Actress – Cineuropa.org, January 16
At 23, Mélanie Laurent was thrust into the spotlight last autumn for her lead role in Philippe Lioret’s “Don’t Worry, I’m Fine”.


2009

» APRIL

Mélanie Laurent – Interview Magazine, April
French actress Mélanie Laurent was hard at work buying knickers for a porno film when Quentin Tarantino called to confirm that she’d landed a part in his spell-check unfriendly World War II extravaganza “Inglourious Basterds”.

» MAY

French Made: Interview With Mélanie Laurent – Women’s Wear Daily, May 27
CANNES, France — When Quentin Tarantino landed in Paris last year to cast a French girl in his audacious World War II action movie, “Inglourious Basterds”, he sparked a mad scramble among the city’s actresses desperate to land the role.

» AUGUST

Mad For Melanie – Dazed & Confused, August
French actress Mélanie Laurent is about to take on hollywood with Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”. Rosamund Witcher met her in Cannes to talk nasty Nazis, porn films and musical dreams.

Inglourious Basterds Interview: Mélanie Laurent – Askmen.com, August
Why is she famous? – Unless acquiring a taste for French cinema is one of your pastimes, you probably never heard of Mélanie Laurent before Quentin Tarantino cast her as the lead in “Inglourious Basterds”.

Mélanie Laurent Gets “Inglourious” – Popcornreel.com, August 11
BEVERLY HILLS – “Do you mind if I smoke?”, Mélanie Laurent asks, cigarette in hand on a hot, sunny Sunday afternoon on the seventh floor suite of a plush hotel here.

Laurent Is Happy to Be the Face of “Jewish Vengeance” – Contactmusic.com, August 14
French actress Mélanie Laurent was determined to land a role in Quentin Tarantino’s new World War II movie “Inglourious Basterds” because she wanted to avenge the Nazis on behalf of her Jewish family.

Glorious Women – Boston Globe, August 16
LOS ANGELES – Don’t be deceived by the delicate bones and honey blond hair. Sure their shoes are great, and both of their faces glow with the naturalness only professional makeup artists can achieve.

Playlist – Mélanie Laurent of “Inglourious Basterds” – Artistdirect.com, August 17
“There are so many emotions in Inglourious Basterds,” says Mélanie Laurent. “[It's] so funny, violent, cruel and dramatic!”

Interview: Mélanie Laurent for Inglourious Basterds – Screencrave.com, August 17
Earlier today, we kicked off our series of “Inglourious Basterds” interviews with “The Little Man” himself B.J. Novak. Now we’re moving on to the heart of the film, the Jewish-French damsel who will be sure to sweep you off your feet and surprise you, Mélanie Laurent.

Mélanie Laurent on Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds: ‘To Survive On That Set, You Learn Fast!’ – Movieline.com, August 19
As we told you yesterday in our review, though Brad Pitt gives “Inglourious Basterds” its marquee value, Mélanie Laurent provides its heart and soul.

300 Words* From a Beautiful Woman On……French Porn, American Cigarettes and Killing Nazis – Urbandaddy.com, August 19
You may not have a vision of French ingenue Mélanie Laurent burned in your brain just yet, but Quentin Tarantino’s Nazi deathpic “Inglourious Basterds” should help.

Inglourious Basterds Interview Part 5: Mélanie Laurent – Geektyrant.com, August 21
The next part of our “Inglourious Basterds” roundtable discussions was with beautiful French actress Mélanie Laurent who plays Shoshanna in Tarantino’s World War II film.

Mélanie Laurent Interview: On Inglourious Basterds And Loving France – Cinemablend.com, August 22
Mélanie Laurent is the epitome of French. I don’t mean that in the condescending “Freedom Fries” sort of way.

Mélanie Laurent: All the hoopla hardly fazes French star – USA Today, August 23
NEW YORK — Most folks would get starstruck around Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Not Mélanie Laurent, Pitt’s French co-star in the war flick “Inglourious Basterds”.

» SEPTEMBER

Mélanie Laurent N’Existe Pas – Flaunt Magazine, September
Mélanie Laurent is a firecracker in France. She’s a celebrity and burgeoning sex symbol. But for we English speakers, Laurent doesn’t exist. Not yet.

» NOVEMBER

Mélanie Laurent: Contender Q&A – LA Times Blog, November 12
Few actresses this year have enjoyed such an incendiary role on screen — both literally and figuratively — as Mélanie Laurent in Quentin Tarantino’s meta-WWII movie “Inglourious Basterds.”

» UNKNOWN

Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds – OK! Online, 2009
French actress Mélanie Laurent got her big international film break playing Shosanna Dreyfus in this Quentin Tarantino movie. Mélanie chats about working with the famed director.

2010

» JULY

Mélanie Laurent on The Concert – Elle, July 28
Best known for her riveting turn as a vengeful cinema owner in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Mélanie Laurent is reason alone to see The Concert. (…) We talked to Laurent about her latest role, her musical pursuits, and where to go after working with Tarantino.

2011

» JUNE

We’ve Got A New Celeb Style Crush: Beginners’ Mélanie Laurent – Glamour, June 2
You know how much we love a fresh face to style-stalk here at STF, so when we started to see French actress Mélanie Laurent out and about we immediately noticed (and fell in love with) her cool, laid-back style. We loved her style so much in fact, that we had to sit down with her to pick her fashion-y brain.

Beginners’ Mélanie Laurent on Heeding Quentin Tarantino’s Advice and Loving Cats – NYMag, June 2
This weekend, Mélanie Laurent, the 28-year-old French actress known to American audiences for playing the fierce Shoshana in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, co-stars in her second American film, Mike Mills’s Beginners. (…) We spoke with the accented Laurent about the movie (which co-stars a dog), roller coasters, and looking out for the right post-Basterds project.

Mélanie Laurent Has More Than ‘Beginners’ Luck – NextMovie, June 2
Blunt and beautiful, Laurent is just the woman Hollywood needs right now, and she wasn’t shy about telling us why she auditioned with a fake dog, or exactly what she thinks of director Lars von Trier.

‘Beginners’ Star Mélanie Laurent Talks Working With Ewan McGregor, Mike Mills & A Hateful Dog – Indiewire, June 3
Last week we talked to Laurent about “Beginners,” working with the sensitive and thoughtful Mike Mills, her desire to make beautiful movies, the relationship between her music and her film work, and why the cute (sometimes talking) dog, Arthur, from “Beginners” hated her guts.

Beginner’s Luck – Papermag, June 27
Between puffs of Gauloises and sips of espresso, the patently French Mélanie Laurent recounts her recent gig as Master of Ceremonies at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. “It was a big moment,” Laurent scoots in to say. “I was super stressed out because there were lights everywhere. It was very impressive.”