Mini Biography
Laura Weissbecker (born October 3, 1979) is a multilingual French actress who has worked in France, Germany, USA and China, with directors such as Jackie Chan, Cedric Klapisch, Elie Chouraqui, Thierry Binisti and Tonie Marshall. Laura Weissbecker was handpicked by Jackie Chan for one of the leading roles in the film CZ12, starring and directed by Jackie Chan.
Laura grew up in the east of France, in the city of Strasbourg, surrounded by a very heteroclite and European environment. She has a brother and a sister, who is a solo aerial artist with Cirque du Soleil.
She began her film career in 2002, when director Tonie Marshall (winner of the 2000 Cesar French Academy Award for best film, best director and best screenwriter) offered her a small role opposite Francois Cluzet in her feature film France Boutique.
In France, Laura is best known for her role in ‘’Versailles, the Dream of a King’’ directed by Thierry Binisti, a high profile TV movie which aired on France 2, Japan (NHK) and UK (BBC), and her role in ‘’The Russian Dolls” directed by Cedric Klapisch (also starring Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris, Cecile de France) .
As a European actress, Laura was featured in a German TV movie ‘’Achtung Arzt’’ directed by German TV director Rolf Silber, which was shot in Berlin.
Laura Weissbecker has recently appeared in CZ12 starring and directed by Jackie Chan in which she has one of the leading roles. [wikipedia]
Filmography
2012 Chinese Zodiac
Catherine de Sichel
2012 Malgré-elles (TV movie)
Justine
2012 Summer in Provence
Cecile
2011 Arena (video)
Reporter
2011 Achtung Arzt! (TV movie)
Maharani
2010 Look (TV series)
Ms Pardue
2009 Le mystère Joséphine (TV movie)
Lekabel
2009 Ligne de feu (TV series)
Isabelle Larramendy / Isabelle
2009 La vie est à nous (TV series)
Caro
2009 Paris 16ème (TV series)
La chauffeuse blonde
2009 Ah! La libido
La mère du bébé
2008 Grossesses et macarons (short)
Irma
2008 Duval and Moretti (TV series)
Caroline
2008 Hard (TV series)
Chrystal / Christal
2008 Alicja Wonderland (short)
Catherine
2008 La résistance (TV mini-series documentary)
Camille Laborde
2008 Versailles, le rêve d'un roi (TV movie)
Melle de la Vallière
2007 Dombais et fils (TV movie)
Cécile Dombais
2006 O Jerusalem
Agnieska
2006 Femmes de loi (TV series)
Aurélie
2005 Le juge est une femme (TV series)
Sylvie
2005 Russian Dolls
Odile
2004 Le proc (TV series)
Mélanie Doucet
2004 Rue des sans-papiers
2003 Action Justice (TV series)
Laetitia Archambaud
2003 France Boutique
Fille en collant #3 (as Laure Weissbecker)
