Melanie Doutey

Melanie Doutey is a French actress from Paris, Ile-de-France, France. She has been active in the industry since 1998, starting around age 19, and has built a career spanning over 28 years. She is known for films such as Post partum (2013), Nunca digas nunca (2005), and Le frère du guerrier (2002).

Doutey graduated from the CNSAD, the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique de Paris, in 2002. Her parents are Alain Doutey and Arielle Sémenoff, and she has a younger brother named Nicolas. She became a mother at age 30, welcoming her daughter Ava Lellouche on September 5, 2009, with her then-boyfriend Gilles Lellouche, whom she met on the set of L'adieu (2003). She is an ambassador for the NGO Intervida and counts Marion Cotillard, Melanie Laurent, and Alexandra Lamy as friends. She stands 5'7" with an average build, brown hair, and brown eyes.