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Name: Roxane Mesquida
Age: 28
Birth Date: October 1, 1981
Birth Place: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Dark Brown
Nationality: French
Current Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Short Biography
Roxane Mesquida was born October 1st, 1981 in Marseille, France. She entered the world of cinema when discovered walking down the street by director Manuel Pradal, who offered her a role in his film “Marie Baie des Anges.” It wasn’t until she was discovered by director Catherine Breillat, however, that Roxane truly made her big break into French cinema. She starred in Breillat’s 2000 film “À ma soeur!”, and it is through Breillat and that film that Roxane felt she truly learned how to act.
Catherine Breillat and Roxane worked together again only 2 years later for 2002’s “Sex Is Comedy”, a fictionalized making-of of “À ma soeur!” and in particular the difficulty of shooting the sex scene. Roxane participated in smaller projects after the film, but it wasn’t until the release of 2007’s “Une vieille maîtresse” that the director and actress united for a third time. Breillat cites Roxane as both like a daughter and a muse to her, and the two have a close personal relationship as well as a working one.
Apart from her work with Breillat, Roxane is known for her participation in 2006’s horror film “Sheitan”, where she acted alongside superstar Vincent Cassel.
Roxane currently lives in Los Angeles with boyfriend Brady Corbet, and although now a veteran actress she is still a rising star worth keeping an eye on. She once declared she would rather babysit than take on a bad film for the sake of the money, and if one thing is for certain it is that her future in cinema will continue to involve brave, challenging roles that set her apart from the rest.
Complete Biography
Roxane Mesquida was born October 1st, 1981 in Marseille, France, although her childhood was spent in the lesser-known nearby small village of Pradet. She was raised by her mother, a “May 1968 hippie,” and young Roxane had no great ambitions of becoming an actress, instead aspiring to be an English teacher. She looked to examples like Marilyn Monroe and Romy Schneider as what being an actress meant: alone, unhappy, and finally suicidal. It was only by chance she entered the business, when director Manuel Pradal, in the middle of casting the film “Marie Baie des Anges,” encountered Roxane in the street. He offered her a role in the film, and with her mother’s permission, she shot the film the next summer. It was a small role, but the experience was positive and convinced Roxane to further pursue cinema.
“Marie Baie des Anges” was released in 1997, and she had another small role the year after in Benoît Jacquot’s “L’École de la chair.” Although the film saw her act alongside the likes of Isabelle Huppert, her big break didn’t come until her photograph was passed onto controversial director Catherine Breillat, who was casting her next film “À ma soeur!”. After seeing Roxane, Breillat declared that if she knew how to act, she didn’t need to see any other actresses. Her reading went well, and it was the beginning of a working (and personal) relationship that would continue for years to come.
It was through Breillat that Roxane truly learned her craft, particularly while shooting a difficult 15-minute long scene during which her character Elena loses her virginity. Breillat said to Roxane “I know this is very hard”; Roxane’s response was “but no, I’ve just been born an actress.” The shooting of that scene in “À ma soeur!” would later become the basis for Breillat’s 2002 film “Sex Is Comedy”, a fictionalized making-of. Roxane reprised the equivalent of her old role, although in “Sex Is Comedy” it was simply billed as “The Actress.”
In addition to “Sex Is Comedy”, 2002 saw Roxane hold small parts in three other films: “Âges ingrats”, “Le Paradis de Laura”, and “Sexes très opposés”. It wasn’t until 2006, however, that Roxane finally landed a lead role in a higher-profile production. She was cast as Eve in Kim Chapiron’s horror film “Sheitan”, which also starred the film’s co-producer, Vincent Cassel. The film was well-received among fans of the genre abroad as well as at home and brought greater media attention to the young actress.
Later in 2006, Roxane took a sharp departure from her role as Eve to collaborate for the third time with Catherine Breillat, this time in period film “Une vieille maîtresse”. Roxane plays the young — and blonde — Hermangarde, who was 16 to Roxane’s 25. Breillat initially had doubts about casting Roxane in the role due to the age gap, but after the two screened “À ma soeur!” and “Sex Is Comedy” together, she told Roxane “Oh my God, you’re exactly the same! You haven’t changed!” The film competed at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was Breillat’s first to be in competition at the festival.
In 2007, Roxane met young American actor Brady Corbet on the set of a photoshoot for magazine Teen Vogue, and the pair have been together ever since. They were seen on screen together in 2009’s “La Dérive”.
Roxane shot 2 other films in the year 2009, the thriller “Début”, in which Roxane plays a young mother in difficult circumstances, and “Sennentuntschi”, a Swiss-German production in which Roxane plays a feral woman. Both films are to be released no earlier than 2010.
Roxane currently lives in Los Angeles with boyfriend Brady, and although now a veteran actress she is still a rising star worth keeping an eye on. She once declared she would rather babysit than take on a bad film for the sake of the money, and if one thing is for certain it is that her future in cinema will continue to involve brave, challenging roles that set her apart from the rest.
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