Mélanie Thierry

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[needs update]}

Filmography

• 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 — Gabrielle — Nominated - 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 — Afikoman — —.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a — Short film; as director and screenwriter
• 2020 — Da 5 Bloods — Hedy
• 2021 — Tralala — Jeannie
• 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 Linhart
• 2023 — Captives — Fanni Devander — Won Best Actress Award at the 54th International Film Festival of India
• 2023 — Suddenly — Laura
• 2026 — A Woman's Life — Frida
• 2026 — The Diary of a Chambermaid — Marguerite Donnadieu
• 2026 — Le Faux Soir
• TBC — La chambre de Mariana (Mariana's Room) — Mariana