Noémie Merlant
Noémie Merlant | |
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Born | Paris, France | 27 November 1988
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2008–present |
Noémie Merlant (French: [nɔ.emi mɛʁlɑ̃]; born 27 November 1988) is a French actress.[1][2][3] She has been nominated for her performances twice at the César Awards, including a nomination for her breakout role in Portrait of a Lady on Fire.
Career[]
Merlant was born on 27 November 1988 in Paris.[4] Both of her parents are real estate agents.[5] She was raised in Rezé near Nantes.[3]
Merlant began her career as a professional model before attending the Cours Florent acting school in Paris.[6]
She had her first breakthrough in the 2016 film Heaven Will Wait for which she was nominated for the César Award for Most Promising Actress.
In 2019 Merlant starred in Portrait of a Lady on Fire. She won the Lumières Award for Best Actress for her performance and was nominated for the César Award for Best Actress alongside her co-star Adèle Haenel.[7]
In 2020 she starred in Zoé Wittock's Jumbo. A film about a woman who falls in love with an Amusement Park ride.[8] She also starred in Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar's A Good Man.[9]
Directing[]
Merlant has directed two short films, the 2017 film Je suis une biche and the 2019 film Shakira.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | Death in Love | ||
2010 | Parigi | Short film | |
2011 | La Permission de minuit | Mathilde | |
2011 | L'Orpheline avec en plus un bras en moins | Éléonore | |
2011 | Juste avant l'aube | Laura | Short film |
2012 | Les Nerfs fument | Short film | |
2012 | Julie Lescaut | Lou de Salle | TV series |
2012 | Enquêtes réservées | Garance Lasarthe | TV series |
2013 | Pour le rôle | The secretary | Short film |
2013 | Lapsus | Angie | Short film |
2013 | Le Devoir | Agnes | Short film |
2013 | Dos au mur | TV series | |
2013 | L'Amour a la clé | Short film | |
2013 | Némésis | Short film | |
2013 | Paradise | ||
2014 | La Crème de la crème | The redhead | |
2014 | Des lendemains qui chantent | Sveltana | |
2014 | Once in a Lifetime | Mélanie | |
2014 | Le Voyage de monsieur Perrichon | Henriette | TV film |
2015 | One Wild Moment | Linda | |
2015 | Newcomer | Anja | |
2016 | Dieumerci ! | Audrey | |
2016 | Elles... Les Filles du Plessis | Brigitte | TV film |
2016 | The Brother | Claire | |
2016 | Twisting Fate | Claire | |
2016 | Heaven Will Wait | Sonia Bouzaria | Nominated—César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated—Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress |
2016 | The Law of Christophe | Katya Valle | TV film |
2017 | Unexpected | Agnès | Short film |
2017 | La Piscine | Short film | |
2017 | Je suis #unebiche | Short film Also director and writer | |
2017 | Plonger | The young artist | |
2018 | Return of the Hero | Pauline | |
2018 | La Fête des mères | Coco | |
2018 | Paper Flags | Charlie | |
2019 | Curiosa | Marie de Régnier | |
2019 | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Marianne | Lumières Award for Best Actress Nominated - César Award for Best Actress |
2020 | Jumbo | Jeanne | |
2020 | A Good Man | Benjamin | |
2021 | Paris, 13th District | Post-production |
Theatre[]
Year | Title | Director |
---|---|---|
2008 | Adriana Mater | Bertrand Dégremont |
2010 | Push Up | Suzanne Marot |
2011 | Les Lésions dangereuses | Julia Dunoyer |
Discography[]
Singles[]
- "Fate" (2016)[10]
References[]
- ^ "Noémie Merlant, du Plessis vers le ciel". Le Figaro. 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Noémie Merlant". La Louve Records. Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2016-08-28.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fleury, Anne-Lise (6 November 2014). "L'actrice Noémie Merlant est rezéenne". Ouest-France (in French). Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "Noémie Merlant". Voici (in French). Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Fam, Nagui (12 September 2019). "Céline Sciamma et Noémie Merlant pour "Portrait de la jeune fille en feu"". France Inter (in French). Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Mowe, Richard. "Wake up call for dreamer Noémie". Eye for Film. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott. "France's Lumiere Awards: 'Les Misérables' Wins Best Film, Roman Polanski Tapped as Best Director". Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "'Jumbo' Trailer: Noémie Merlant Falls In Love With An Amusement Park Ride In Dreamy Sundance Indie". theplaylist.net. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "'A Good Man' Review". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "[Clip] [Exclusivité] Noémie Merlant – Fate". Indiemusic. 15 June 2016.
External links[]
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- French film actresses
- French television actresses
- French stage actresses
- 21st-century French actresses
- Alumni of the Cours Florent
- Actresses from Paris
- Best Actress Lumières Award winners