Roxane Mesquida

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Roxane Mesquida
Roxane Mesquida Deauville 2010 (cropped).jpg
Mesquida in 2010
Born (1981-10-01) 1 October 1981 (age 43)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Frederic Da
(m. 2011)
Children2

Roxane Mesquida (born 1 October 1981) [1] [2] [3] is a French actress and model based in Los Angeles.

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Mesquida grew up in Le Pradet, [4] 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 speaks Spanish, Italian and German.

Acting career

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's 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, then settled in Los Angeles.

Mesquida then appeared in Kaboom by independent filmmaker Gregg Araki, as well as in Rubber by Quentin "Mr. Oizo" Dupieux. She also starred in Buck 65's music video "Paper Airplane", [5] and in Gruff Rhys's, "Shark Ridden Waters". [6]

From 2011 to 2012, Mesquida played Béatrice, the sister of Louis Grimaldi (Hugo Becker) in the fifth season of the American teen drama television series Gossip Girl . She also starred in the New Zealand film The Most Fun You Can Have Dying by Kirstin Marcon, as well as Kiss of the Damned by Alexandra Cassavetes (the daughter of John Cassavetes), and Homesick by young independent filmmaker Frédéric Da. [7] In 2012, she was cast in the Canadian action television series XIII: The Series , and appeared in Marilyn Manson's music video for "No Reflection".

Modeling

Mesquida has worked with photographers Karl Lagerfeld, Ellen von Unwerth for Russian Vogue , Corinne Day for French Vogue, she did the cover of Italian Vogue photographed by Paolo Roversi, the cover of French Playboy [8] photographed by François Rotger, as well as the covers of British Asos, [9] Crash magazine, [10] Citizen K, [11] Express Style, [12] among many others. She appeared in magazines, [13] [14] [15] such as Teen Vogue , Vanity Fair , Harper's Bazaar , Self Service, Rolling Stone , Italia, L'Uomo Vogue, Jalouse, L'Officiel , Above , Velvet, and No.

She appears in an art video for Opening Ceremony. [16] She is the muse of shoe designer Jerome C. Rousseau. [17]

Style

Mesquida's style has been praised by the American edition of Vogue. [18]

Personal life

Following her collaboration with Mr. Oizo and Justice's Gaspard Augé in Rubber , Mesquida started DJing with American rapper MDNA in fashion events. [19]

She lives in Charlie Chaplin's former house in West Hollywood. [20]

She married musician and filmmaker Frederic Da in February 2011. They have a daughter, Lilya. [21]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997Mary from the Bay of AngelsMireille
1998 The School of Flesh Marine
2000GaïaShort film
2001 Fat Girl Elena Pingot
2002Âges ingratsThe young girlShort film
Sex Is Comedy The actress
Very Opposite SexesHélène
2004 Le Grand Voyage Lisa (photo and voice)
2005Les vaguesCélia
2006 Sheitan Ève
2007 The Last Mistress Hermangarde
2009La dérive
2010Adieu MolitorJenniferShort film
Kaboom Lorelei/Laura
Rubber Sheila
Sennentuntschi Sennentuntschi
Dans ta boucheThe girl from Los AngelesDirect-to-DVD
2011Quand j'étais gothiqueAuroreShort film
2012 The Most Fun You Can Have Dying Sylvie
Kiss of the Damned Mimi
2013 Wrong Cops Girl
The DoorsLizShort film
2014 Reality Awards hostess
2015 Our Futures Virginie
2015 Despite the Night Lena
2017HallucinautBeatriceShort film
Mercury in Retrograde Isabelle
2018HomesickRoxaneIn post-production
2018Burning ShadowSummer
2019 Play or Die Chloe
TBA I Want Your Sex YvettePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Les paradis de LauraLauraTelevision film
2006Mentir un peuIrène
2011–2012 Gossip Girl Béatrice GrimaldiRecurring role; 3 episodes
2012 XIII: The Series Betty BarnowskyMain role (season 2); 12 episodes
2019 Now Apocalypse Severine BordeauxMain role

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