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Mélanie Thierry
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Biography:Gallic actress Mélanie Thierry began her ascent to fame as a much sought-after child and teen model in France, then moved into acting. She developed an early screen reputation (and seemed typecast in roles for a considerable period of time) as a siren-like waif with a mesmeric quality that invariably bewitched male characters. (For that reason, more than one source openly compared Thierry to onetime Vadim muse Brigitte Bardot.) She began with a series of roles in French productions that failed to travel abroad and thus confined the actress' recognition to her native country. Not long after, however, the actress scored an international crossover hit at age 18 as the lover of ship-bound Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon 1900 (Tim Roth), who very nearly lures him off of the boat where he resides, in Giuseppe Tornatore's "epic fable" The Legend of 1900 (1998); this arrived back to back with a similar turn as a... Full Biography
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Michelle Yeoh, left, Melanie Thierry and Vin Diesel in "Babylon A.D." (20th Century Fox)
Michelle Yeoh, left, Melanie Thierry and Vin Diesel in "Babylon A.D." (20th Century Fox)
Melanie Thierry at the Star! premiere in Cannes on May 15, 2005
Melanie Thierry at the Star! premiere in Cannes on May 15, 2005
Melanie Thierry at the Star! premiere in Cannes on May 15, 2005
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