Mélanie Laurent as actress, director and screenwriter
Mélanie Laurent was born February 21, 1983 in Paris, France. She is the daughter of Annick Laurent, a ballet teacher, and Pierre Laurent, a voice actor, who is most recognized for the French version of The Simpsons (1989). She has a younger brother, Mathieu, and has both Sephardi Jewish (from Tunisia) and Ashkenazi Jewish (from Poland) ancestry. In 1998, Laurent was visiting the set of Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999) with a friend when she caught the attention of Gérard Depardieu. He offered her a role in his next film The Bridge (1999). She only played a small role, but it was enough to further Mélanie’s interest in acting.
Mélanie Laurent gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son Léo on September 30, 2013. Returned to work 6 months after giving birth to her son Léo to begin filming Boomerang (2015). In 2019 she gave birth to second child, a girl named Mila. As of 2019, the family lives in Los Angeles.
Selected filmography as actrees
Le Déluge (The Flood)
2024
Voleuses (Wingwomen)
2023
Murder Mystery 2
2023
Tempête (Ride Above)
2022
Le Bal des folles
2021
Oxygène
2021
Little America: The Silence
2020
6 Underground
2019
Operation Finale
2018
Mia et le lion blanc
2018
The Hitchhiker
2018
Le retour du héros
2018
Mon garçon (My Son)
2017
Les derniers Parisiens
2016
Éternité (Eternity)
2016
Demain (Tomorrow)
2015
By the Sea
2015
Boomerang
2015
Aloft
2014
Enemy
2013
Now You See Me
2013
Night Train to Lisbon
2013
Les adoptés (The Adopted)
2011
Et soudain, tout le monde me manque
2011
Requiem pour une tueuse
2011
La rafle (The Round Up)
2010
Beginners
2010
Le concert (The Concert)
2009
Inglourious Basterds
2009
Jusqu'à toi
2009
Voyage d'affaires
2008
Objet Trouvé
2008
Paris
2008
La chambre des morts
2007
Le tueur (The Killer)
2007
L'amore nascosto
2007
Indigènes (Days of Glory)
2006
Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas
2006
Dikkenek
2006
Les visages d'Alice
2005
De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté
2005
Hainan ji fan
2004
The Last Day
2004
Une vie à t'attendre
2004
Snowboarder
2003
Embrassez qui vous voudrez
2002
Ceci est mon corps
2001
Un pont entre deux rives
1999
- Mata (2025)
- The Wonderers (2025)
- À l'ombre des forêts (2025)
- Le Déluge / The Flood (2024)
- Voleuses / Wingwomen (2023)
- Murder Mystery 2 (2023)
- Tempête / Ride Above (2022)
- Le bal des folles / The Mad Women's Ball (2021)
- Oxygène / Oxygen (2021)
- Little America — episode S01 E04 The Silence (2020)
- 6 Underground (2019)
- Operation Finale (2018)
- Mia et le lion blanc / Mia and the White Lion (2018)
- L'autostoppeuse / The Hitchhiker (2018)
- Le retour du héros / Return of the Hero (2018)
- La Vida Breve from de Falla (2017)
- Mon garçon / My Son (2017)
- Les derniers Parisiens / Paris Prestige (2016)
- Éternité / Eternity (2016)
- Demain / Tomorrow (2015)
- By the Sea (2015)
- Boomerang (2015)
- Aloft (2014)
- Enemy (2014)
- Now You See Me (2013)
- Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
- Les adoptés / The Adopted (2011)
- Et soudain, tout le monde me manque / The Day I Saw Your Heart (2011)
- Requiem pour une tueuse / Requiem for a Killer (2011)
- Vous les femmes — episode S03 E08 Vieille connaissance (2010)
- Beginners (2010)
- La rafle / The Round Up (2010)
- Jusqu'à toi / Every Jack Has a Jill (2009)
- L'une chante, l'autre aussi (2009)
- Le concert / The Concert (2009)
- Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- Objet Trouvé (2008)
- The Business Trip / Voyage d'affaires (2008)
- Paris (2008)
- La chambre des morts / Room of Death (2007)
- Le tueur / The Killer (2007)
- Beluga (2007)
- L'amore nascosto / Hidden Love (2007)
- Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas / Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2007)
- Dikkenek (2006)
- Indigènes / Days of Glory (2006)
- Les visages d'Alice (2005)
- De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté / The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
- Le dernier jour / The Last Day (2004)
- Hainan ji fany (2004)
- Une vie à t'attendre (2004)
- La faucheuse (2003)
- Snowboarder (2003)
- Jean Moulin, une affaire française — episodes S01 E01, S01 E2 (2003)
- Embrassez qui vous voudrez / Summer Things (2002)
- Ceci est mon corps / This Is My Body (2001)
- Route de nuit (2000)
- Un pont entre deux rives / The Bridge (1999)
As director, screenwriter, producer
Libre (Freedom)
2024
Voleuses (Wingwomen)
2023
Mylène Farmer: Rallumer les étoiles
2023
Sous emprise
2022
Le Bal des folles
2021
Galveston
2018
Diving (Plonger)
2017
Demain (Tomorrow)
2015
Respire (Breathe)
2014
Les adoptés (The Adopted)
2011
De moins en moins
2008
- The Mother (2025)
- The Nightingale (2025)
- Voir un ami (2024)
- Libre / Freedom (2024) + writer
- Voleuses / Wingwomen (2023) + writer
- Mylène Farmer: Rallumer les étoiles (2023)
- Sous emprise / No Limit (2022) (producer)
- Le bal des folles / The Mad Women's Ball (2021) + writer
- Galveston (2018)
- La Vida Breve from de Falla (2017) (editor)
- Plonger / Diving (2017) + screenplay
- Demain / Tomorrow (2015)
- Respire / Breathe (2014) + writer
- Surpêche (2012) + writer, editor, producer
- Les adoptés / The Adopted (2011) + scenario and dialogue
- X-femmes — episode S1.E6 À ses pieds (2008) + writer
- De moins en moins (2008) + scenario and dialogue
As a voice/dubbing actor
- Nature Is Speaking — episode The Amazon (2021)
- Inside Out (2015)
- Les malheurs de Sophie (1998)