Noémie Merlant
Acting
Biography
Noémie Merlant (born 27 November 1988) is a French actress. She has been nominated three times at the César Awards, including a nomination for her breakout role in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and a win for The Innocent (2022).
Born: November 27, 1988
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Looking for Simone
In 1949, philosopher and novelist Simone de Beauvoir wrote the groundbreaking The Second Sex, launching a disruptive discourse on women’s oppression and second-class citizenship. This film dissects the origins and relevance of this bible of feminism, charting de Beauvoir’s fact-finding journey across the US to research her book. The timely and fascinating film honors de Beauvoir’s brilliance and limitations, connecting her revolutionary ideas to the pressing issues women face today.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
D'Emmanuelle à Emmanuelle
« Emmanuelle » was released 50 years ago. Its main character, played by the young Sylvia Kristel, delve freely into her sexuality, without taboo. This bold movie became one of the great success of french cinema in the 70s, and Emmanuelle became the face of sexual liberation. Through the gaze of a woman, the character is back on the screen in 2024. This new Emmanuelle, written by Audrey Diwan, go in quest of a lost pleasure.
Once in a Lifetime
At Léon Blum High School in Créteil, France, a history teacher decides to have her weakest 10th grade class participate in a national history competition.
The Audition
François attends a casting. After a very strange interview, he finds out he is actually at the heart of the mysterious set up in which he is forced to take part...
TÁR
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
Paper Flags
He is 30 and just got out of jail after 12 years of detention. She is almost 24 and has a simple life away from the city. One day, he comes to her and she let him stay with her. That's complicated when your older brother needs to get back to a normal life. Between tenderness and bursts of laughter, his anger is sometimes out of control. However, she wants to help him. As for him, he wants to meet with his sister again.
Lee
The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
The Duty
A mother's illness sees two siblings returning home to face the closeted circumstances that drove them apart.
Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir
Published in 1949, The Second Sex became the bible of global feminism. An essential work that passionately advocates for gender equality, women's independence, and the liberation of morals. Today, how does this seminal work continue to resonate in our contemporary world? Conceived as an initiatory journey to the origins of Simone de Beauvoir's thinking, the film The Second Sex: In the Footsteps of Simone de Beauvoir takes us to the United States, to the places that inspired the philosopher and nourished her theories. An American road trip bringing together the worst and the best, predatory capitalism and mad love. A unique reinterpretation in the company of the great thinkers of our century.
Filmography
as Fantine
as Self - Guest
as Enrichetta Checchi
as Narrator & Voice over
as Narrator
as Élise
as Emmanuelle
as Self - actress
as Nusch Eluard
as Cactus
as Jeanne
as Jo
as Self
as Céline
as Clémence Genièvre
as Francesca Lentini
as Jeanne
as Benjamin Adler
as Nora
as Jeanne
as The Saleswoman
as Nora
as Marianne
as Marie de Regnier
as Charlie
as Coco
as Pauline
as La jeune artiste
as Self
as Agnes
as Nina's friend
as Katya Valle
as Self - Guest
as Sonia Bouzaria
as Claire
as Audrey
as Brigitte
as Anja
as Linda
as Henriette
as Mélanie
as Trap girl
as Agnes
as Ange
as Self - Guest
as Angie
as Éléonore
as Mathilde
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest