Roxane Mesquida
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Mesquida at the Deauville American Film Festival on 3 September 2010
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1 October 1981 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Website | rmesquida |
Roxane Mesquida (born 1 October 1981) is a French actress and model based in Los Angeles.
Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, a little town located in southern France. Her mother, writer Françoise Mesquida, is French/Spanish and her father is Italian/American, but Mesquida never got to know him. Mesquida is fluent in English and French, and she also speaks Spanish, Italian and German.
She was discovered at the age of 11, while walking on a road with her mom, by French director Manuel Pradal who was in the middle of the casting process for his movie Marie from the Bay of Angels (Marie Baie des Anges) at the time. She took part in the shooting during the summer after their encounter.
In 1998, she also played opposite Isabelle Huppert in The School of Flesh (L'École de la Chair) by Benoît Jacquot. A few years later, she crossed paths with the renowned director who would make her well-known and, according to Roxane, who made her learn her craft: Catherine Breillat. First they collaborated in Fat Girl (À ma sœur !), then in Sex Is Comedy, and they worked together again in 2006 on The Last Mistress, with Asia Argento.
In 2006, Mesquida played alongside Vincent Cassel in Sheitan, by Kim Chapiron, after which she decided to move to the United States. She spent several months in New York, where she attended The Barrow Group with Anne Hathaway, before settling in Los Angeles.
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