Mélanie Laurent / Movies

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

As director, screenwriter, producer

As a voice/dubbing actor