Roxane Mesquida

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Roxane Mesquida is a French actress born on October 1, 1981 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

She grew up in Le Pradet though, a little town located between Hyères and Toulon in the Var département.

She was discovered at the age of 13, while walking on a road in her region, by the French director Manuel Pradal who was in the middle of the casting process for his movie "Marie Baie des Anges" (Mary from the Bay of Angels with Vahina Giocante and Emmanuelle Béart) at the time. She took part in the shooting during the next summer after their encounter.

In 1998, she played in "L'École de la chair" by Benoît Jacquot and crossed paths with the controversial director who will make her well-known and, according to Mesquida, who made her learn her craft: Catherine Breillat. First they collaborated in "À ma sœur!" (Fat girl), then in Sex is comedy, and they will work together again during the spring of 2006.

She wanted to go to Arts School (the Beaux-Arts) but finally abandonned the idea to pursue her career in acting. She is still passionate by Arts and says she spends a lot of times in museums. Her favourite painting is The Scream by Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch which was stollen and lost until recently.

Among actors of her generation, she admires Romain Duris and Scarlett Johansson.

She says she's fiercely opposed to the idea of ever becoming financially dependant to cinéma and that she'd rather do baby-sitting than accept a role in a commercial movie she wouldn't like.