Maïwenn

Acting · Born 1976-04-17 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Fifth Element as Diva
• Polisse as Melissa
• Léon: The Professional as Blond Babe
• The Cranberries - Stars: The Best Videos 1992-2002 as Scarecrow (segment "Promises")
• High Tension as Alexia
• All About Actresses as Maïwenn
• Jeanne du Barry as Jeanne Du Barry
• State of Grace
• Pardonnez-moi as Violette
• The Courage to Love as Shaa

TV

• Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
• Quotidien as Self - Guest
• Zone interdite as Self
• Nox as Julie Susini
• On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest