Laura Smet
Actor
Biography
Laura Huguette Smet (born 15 November 1983) is a French actress. She is the daughter of rock musician Johnny Hallyday and actress Nathalie Baye. In 1986, Johnny Hallyday recorded in her honor the song "Laura", written by Jean-Jacques Goldman.
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.
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.
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As Director
Filmography
Yves Saint Laurent
as Loulou de la Falaise 2014
Carbone
as Noa Van Strecht 2017
Eden
as Margot 2014
The Guardians
as Solange 2017
96 heures
as Camille Kancel 2014
The Bridesmaid
as Senta 2004
First Growth
as Marie 2015
Towards Zero
as Caroline Neuville 2007
Frontier of Dawn
as Carol 2009
Eager Bodies
as Charlotte 2003
One Summer
as Jeanne Gaillard, daughter of Monique 2006
The Holy Family
as Marie-Laure 2019
Gilles' Wife
as Victorine 2004
French Dolls
as Lili 2014
The Odd Girl
as Céline / Héloise 2017
Duplicity
as Alice 2017
UV
as Julie 2007