- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 17, 1976
- Place of Birth
- Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Maïwenn
Maïwenn Aurélia Nedjma Le Besco, known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Maïwenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress—notably as "Elle, as a child" (the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani) in the 1983 hit film L'été meurtrier (One Deadly Summer). Following her marriage to director Luc Besson and the birth of their daughter in 1993, Maïwenn interrupted her career for several years. During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part in Besson's Léon (1994), in which she was credited as Ouin-Ouin. She also directed the film's making-of. Perhaps Maïwenn's most internationally-seen film role was her appearance as the alien Diva Plavalaguna in Besson's The Fifth Element (1997). After she and Besson divorced, Maïwenn returned to France. She performed as a stand-up comedian in an autobiographical one-woman-show, and re…
Filmography
movieBreaking Point
2024 · Delphine
movieJeanne du Barry
2023 · Jeanne Du Barry, Writer, Director, Producer
movieNeneh Superstar
2023 · Marianne Bellage
movieOur Ties
2022 · Emma, Writer
movieTralala
2021 · Barbara
movieSisters
2021 · Norah
movieDNA
2020 · Neige, Director, Writer
movieThe Man in the Hat
2020 · Chloe
moviePerfect Nanny
2019 · Screenplay, Adaptation
movieAll Inclusive
2019 · Paloma
tvNox
2018 · Julie Susini
tvParis etc.
2017 · Idea
movieThe Price of Success
2017 · Linda
tvQuotidien
2016 · Self - Guest
movieMy King
2015 · Director, Screenplay
movieLove Is the Perfect Crime
2013 · Anna Eggbaum
moviePirate TV
2012 · Yasmina
moviePolisse
2011 · Melissa, Director, Screenplay
movieAll About Actresses
2009 · Maïwenn, Director, Writer
moviePardonnez-moi
2006 · Violette, Writer, Director
tvSalut les Terriens !
2006 · Self - Guest
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
movieThe Courage to Love
2005 · Shaa
movieLe genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
2004 · Shaa
movieOsmosis
2004 · une amie à la fête
movieI'm an actrice
2004 · Isabelle, the mother, Screenplay, Director
movieHigh Tension
2003 · Alexia
movieThe Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002
2002 · Scarecrow (segment "Promises")
movieL'Oiseau rare
2001 · Diane
movieThe Fifth Element
1997 · Diva
movieLéon: The Professional
1994 · Blond Babe
tvZone interdite
1993 · Self
movieLa Gamine
1992 · Carole Lambert
movieThe Elegant Criminal
1990 · Hermine
movieThe Other Night
1988 · Joan
movieDouble Face
1987 · la fillette
movieState of Grace
1986
movieOne Deadly Summer
1983 · Eliane, child