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| 3 | Maïwenn Le Besco (born April 17, 1976 in Les Lilas), more popularly known as [[OnlyOneName just]] Maïwenn[[note]]She hates that people would pronounce her family name, so she chose to be addressed at by her first name only[[/note]], is a French actress and filmmaker of Breton, Algerian and Vietnamese descent. |
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| 5 | Her StarMakingRole was [[TimeShiftedActor young Eliane]] in Jean Becker's ''One Deadly Summer'' in 1983. She went on to play in films by the likes of the Larrieux brothers, Creator/LucBesson and Claude Lelouch. She's perhaps best known to non-French audiences for playing Diva Plavalaguna in Besson's ''Film/TheFifthElement''. |
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| 7 | Speaking of Besson again, she married him at age 16 in 1992 (they had a {{romance on the set}} on ''Film/TheProfessional''). They divorced in 1997 when Besson dropped her for Creator/MillaJovovich. Actress Isild Le Besco is her younger sister. |
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| 9 | !!Her works include: [[note]]* indicates a film she's directed[[/note]] |
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| 11 | * ''Film/OneDeadlySummer'' (1983) as young Eliane |
| 12 | * ''Film/TheProfessional'' (1994) as Blonde Babe |
| 13 | * ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (1997) as Diva Plavalaguna |
| 14 | * ''Series/NestorBurma'' (2002) as Jade |
| 15 | * ''Series/CameraCafe'' (2002) as Irina Katostefia |
| 16 | * ''Film/HighTension'' (2003) as Alexia |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Polisse}}''* (2011) as Melissa |
| 18 | * ''Film/{{DNA}}''* (2020) as Neige |
| 19 | * ''Film/JeanneDuBarry'' (2023)* as Jeanne du Barry |
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| 21 | !!Tropes & Trivia about her works: |
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| 23 | * CreatorCouple: She's directed and played in several films that also starred her then-boyfriend, rapper/actor Creator/JoeyStarr (of Music/SupremeNTM fame). |
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