Mélanie Thierry (born 17 July 1981) is a French actress, model, film director, and screenwriter.
Early life and career Mélanie Thierry began her career as a model in France, then moved into acting. She began with a series of roles in French productions, and at the age of 17 appeared in the internationally distributed The Legend of 1900. She also appeared opposite Rufus Sewell in two episodes of the BBC costume drama Charles II: The Power and the Passion, playing the king's French mistress Louise de Kérouaille.
Thierry made her Hollywood début in the 2008 film Babylon A.D., as Aurora.
Mélanie Thierry has been the President of the 2021 Camera d'Or that awarded a first feature film selected at the Festival de Cannes.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1996 L'amerloque (Yankee) Henriette TV-film 1998 The Legend of 1900 The Girl English language 1999 Quasimodo d'El Paris Agnès / Esméralda 2000 The Inverse Canon – Making Love (Canone Inverso) Sophie Levy Italian production, English dialogue 2002 Jojo La Frite (Jojo The Fry) 2003 Charles II: The Power and The Passion Louise de Kéroualle a.k.a. The last King (BBC TV mini-series) 2007 Chrysalis Manon 2007 Pu-239 Oxsana 2008 Babylon A.D. Aurora 2008 Largo Winch Naomi 2009 You'll Miss Me Ornella 2009 One for the Road Magali a.k.a. Le dernier pour la routeCésar Award for Most Promising Actress 2010 Dumas (L'Autre Dumas) Charlotte Desrives 2010 The Princess of Montpensier Marie de Montpensier 2011 Unforgivable (Impardonnables) Alice 2012 Henry V Princess Katherine BBC Two film, part of The Hollow Crown 2012 Just Like Brothers (Comme des frères) Charlie 2013 Back in Crime Hélène Batistelli 2013 For a Woman (Pour une femme)Léna 2014 The Zero Theorem Bainsley English language film 2014 An Eye for Beauty Stéphanie 2015 A Perfect Day Sophie English language 2015 A Decent Man Karine 2016 The Dancer GabrielleNominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2017 2017 See You Up There Pauline Nominated - César Award for Best Supporting Actress 2018 2017 Memoir of War Marguerite Duras 2018 With the Wind Pauline 2018 AfikomanShort film; as director and screenwriter 2020 Da 5 BloodsHedy 2021 TralalaJeannie 2021 La vraie famille (The Real Family)Anna Winner of Valois actress prize at the Festival du film francophone d’Angoulême 2023 L'établi (The Workbench)Nicole Linhart2023CaptivesFanni DevanderWon Best Actress Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India2023SuddenlyLaura 2026A Woman's Life Frida The Diary of a Chambermaid Marguerite Donnadieu Le Faux SoirTBCLa chambre de Mariana (Mariana's Room)Mariana
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