Mélanie Laurent

Biography
Actress Mélanie Laurent is a daughter of a French voice actor and a dance teacher. Although she had no intention of engaging in performance, she had the opportunity to meet the actor Gerard Depardieu in 1998, who invited her to participate in the film The Bridge (1999). Between 2002 and 2005 she participated in several films that caught the attention of film critics, especially Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002) and The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005), with which suported her reputation as a dramatic actress. With the drama Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006) she won the César Award for Best Actress, Lumière Award in the category of Best Actress, and Etoile d'Or in the category of Best Actress. They are highly prestigious awards within the film industry i France. Paris premiere in 2008, a drama about the life of a professional dancer named Pierre who suffers serious heart disease and awaiting a transplant so they can save your life. The main protagonists were the Oscar winner Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris.

The next job was the most acclaimed Laurent where she had acted before. Quentin Tarantino had the presence of French actress to star in his work Inglourious Basterds (2009) alongside a cast of luxury, which were Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz. The war film was awarded in multiple international film festivals. Laurent changed the registration in her latest film project, a musical comedy directed by Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu entitled The Concert (2009), a story based on true events starring a Soviet conductor, Andreï Filipov, who was fired for hiring musicians Jews. Laurent shares her life with the Irish singer Damien Rice, besides being a great friend of Marion Cotillard and Melanie Doutey.

Actress

 * 2009 - Inglourious Basterds (Shosanna Dreyfus)

Saturn Award

 * Nominated
 * 2010 - Best Actress for 'Inglourious Basterds