Noémie Merlant

Acting

Noémie Merlant

Born November 27, 1988 · Paris, France (age 37)

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).

Known For

Portrait of a Lady on FirePortrait of a Lady on Fire · 2019
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
★ 8.12019
MovieDramaRomance
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.
LeeLee · 2024
Lee
★ 7.02024
MovieHistoryDrama
The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.
TÁRTÁR · 2022
TÁR
★ 7.12022
MovieMusicDrama
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
Paris, 13th DistrictParis, 13th District · 2021
Paris, 13th District
★ 6.92021
MovieDramaRomance
Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy – They're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
One Year, One NightOne Year, One Night · 2022
One Year, One Night
★ 5.92022
MovieDrama
Ramón and Céline are a young couple that attended a concert at the Bataclan theatre in Paris on the fateful night of November 13, 2015. They survive the attack, but when they leave the theatre, they are no longer the same. That night leaves a deep scar on both their lives and each tries to cope.
EmmanuelleEmmanuelle · 2024
Emmanuelle
★ 4.72024
MovieDramaRomance
While traveling, Emmanuelle meets Kei, a man who constantly eludes her. Though she indulges in the many alluring distractions, she can’t shake their chance encounter. Will she submit to her basest desires to forge a deeper relationship?
The InnocentThe Innocent · 2022
The Innocent
★ 6.72022
MovieComedyCrime
Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman, has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The couple dream of starting again with a clean slate by opening a flower shop. But Sylvie’s son Abel, convinced that Michel will fall into a life of crime, disapproves of this relationship.
The BalconettesThe Balconettes · 2024
The Balconettes
★ 6.12024
MovieComedyHorror
As a heat wave brings a Marseille neighborhood to a boil, three roommates gleefully meddle in the lives of their neighbors from their balcony. Until a late night drink turns into a bloody affair.

Filmography

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Les Misérables · 2026
Les Misérables
★ 7.32026
MovieHistoryRomance
After enduring 19 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread, Jean Valjean emerges a hardened man. He seeks redemption by reinventing himself as a respected dignitary under a new identity. He promises Fantine, a dying factory worker, to rescue and protect her daughter Cosette, who is being exploited and mistreated by the deceitful Thénardier family. As Valjean raises Cosette as his own, he is relentlessly pursued by Inspector Javert. Admist the social unrest shaking France, the fates of Valjean, Cosette, her lover Marius, and Javert become intertwined in a turbulent, revolutionary Paris. Through struggles, sacrifices, and a deep yearning for justice, Valjean strives to complete his journey of redemption and offer Cosette a future of love and freedom.

Fantine

Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de BeauvoirLe deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir · 2025
Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir
★ 6.02025
MovieDocumentary
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.

Narrator & Voice over