Melanie Laurent
Melanie Laurent
Mélanie Laurent; born 21 February 1983) is a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. Born in Paris to a Jewish family, she was introduced to acting at the age of sixteen by French filmmaker Gérard Depardieu, who cast her in a minor role in the romantic drama The Bridge. The recipient of two César Awards, a Étoiles d'or du cinéma français, and a Lumières Award, Laurent has established herself as an accomplished actress in the French film industry...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth21 February 1983
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.
I didn't really want to act. Gerard Depardieu discovered me when I was 14 and asked if I wanted to make movies and I said, 'Why not?
I always choose my movie because of a director and a story and a, a character.
France is an old country that needs to wake up.
A good director has to be a captain - he has to work with a lot of people every day.
Holiday? Is like, what? I'm a hyperactive girl, so it may be boring for me to be on the beach doing nothing. I just need to find a place for three weeks and work but sleep in the morning, maybe write a little bit, have a glass of red wine. That's my perfect holiday.
I'm not scared of growing old, I'm just scared of not achieving everything that I want to do.
I never took any theater lessons. So when I started to do movies, I was 14.
I'm taking a break from music... everyone was so mean about it and it was so hard that I wanted to die.
I think that everything is part of creativity - the more you create, the more you have ideas, and the more you meet people.
I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.
I'm not a crazy old cat lady!
I'm really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.
When I was shooting with Tarantino and Mike Mills and amazing directors, it made me think that I would never be a director. It's obviously too hard.