Laura Smet

Early life

She wanted initially to be a theatrical agent like her godfather, Dominique Besnehard. In 1999, she left school and began studying theatre with Raymond Acquaviva.

Career

In 2002, she began her acting career when Xavier Giannoli, on the recommendation of Olivier Assayas, cast her in the role of Charlotte, a young cancer patient in Les corps impatients, and for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. In 2003 she starred in Claude Chabrol's film adaptation of the Ruth Rendell novel, The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle d'Honneur).

In 2004, Smet won the Prix Romy Schneider. In 2006 she played in Le Passager de l'été, a film written and directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin, the daughter of Jean Gabin. In 2007 she played Caroline in L'Heure zéro, Pascal Thomas's film adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel.

Filmography

2002: Les Corps impatients (Eager Bodies), directed by Xavier Giannoli

2003: La Femme de Gilles, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne

2004: La Demoiselle d'honneur, directed by Claude Chabrol

2006: Le Passager de l'été, directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin

2007: UV, directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner

2007: L'Heure zéro, directed by Pascal Thomas

2008: La Frontière de l'aube, directed by Philippe Garrel

2010: Pauline et François, directed by Renaud Fély

2010 : Insoupçonnable, directed by Gabriel Le Bomin

2014: Yves Saint Laurent, directed by Jalil Lespert

2014: Eden, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve

2014: 96 hours, directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer

2014: Tiens-toi droite, directed by Katia Lewkowicz

2015: Call My Agent ! (1 episode, in which her mother, Nathalie Baye, also appeared)

2017: The Guardians, directed by Xavier Beauvois

2017: Carbon

2017: Capitaine Marleau

2019: The Holy Family

2022: Fauda - Season 4