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Mélanie Laurent (born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, model, director, singer and writer. She initially rose to prominence for her performance in the 2006 French drama film ''Don't Worry, I'm Fine'' for which she later won the César Award for Most Promising Actress and the Prix Romy Schneider as well. Laurent further became known to international audiences for her starring role as Shoshanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds'', for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association and then also starred in one of 2013's top-grossing Hollywood films, ''Now You See Me''. Laurent's other notable works include ''Dikkenek'' (2006), a Franco-Belgian comedy film for which she won Étoiles d'Or for Best Female Newcomer, French war film ''Days of Glory'' (2006), Cédric Klapisch's ''Paris'' (2008) with an ensemble cast, ''The Round Up'' (2010), a French movie depicting the true story of a Jewish boy amidst the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, Mike Mills' comedy drama ''Beginners'' (2011) for which was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress category at the San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, comedy drama ''Et soudain, tout le monde me manque'' (2011) which won her the Best Actress Award at the Newport Beach Film Festival , French-American nature documentary ''Wings of Life'' (2011) serving as narrator, ''Night Train to Lisbon'' (2013), Canadian-Spanish psycho thriller ''Enemy'' (2013) an adaptation of José Saramago's novel ''The Double'', and drama film ''Aloft'' (2014). In addition she has acted in a number of French movies receiving numerous accolades including the Étoiles d'or du cinéma français (Gold Star of French Cinema). In her first theater appearance Laurent teamed up with French theatre director Nicolas Bedos and shared the stage with actor Jérôme Kircher in 2010 for ''Promenade de santé''. Apart from her acting career, she has also directed French movies such ''X Femmes'', a short-film series, and ''Respire'', an adaptation of Anne-Sophie Brasme's novel of the same name that screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. She made her singing debut with a studio album ''En t'attendant'' in May 2011, the album contains twelve songs, five of which are co-written and co-produced by Irish folk musician Damien Rice. The album peaked at no. 22 and no. 35 at the ''Belgian Albums Charts'' and ''French Albums Charts'' respectively. ==Early life== Laurent was born in Paris, the daughter of Annick, a ballerina,〔 and Pierre Laurent, a voiceover actor (who dubs the character Ned Flanders in the French version of ''The Simpsons'').〔 〕 She is Jewish, of both Ashkenazi (from Poland) and Sephardic (from Tunisia) ancestry.〔 〕 Her grandfather survived deportation by the Nazis.〔 Her maternal grandparents were film poster editors.〔 〕 She grew up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, and was immersed in the arts from birth.〔 Laurent's acting career began when actor Gérard Depardieu, seeing her while she watched her best friend's father working on the set of ''Asterix and Obelix'', asked her if she wanted to be in films. Laurent replied, "Why not?" and the next week his assistant called her. He strongly advised her not to take drama classes because, according to him, she already had the necessary skills. When Laurent was 16, Depardieu gave her a part in ''The Bridge'', a drama he starred in and co-directed with Fréderic Auburtin.〔( "Laurent interview with Kaleem Aftab, 'In it for the drama and the danger (2 July 2010) ''The Independent'' )〕 She only played a small role, but it was enough to further Mélanie's interest in acting.〔http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0491259/bio?ref_=m_mn_ov_bio〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mélanie Laurent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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