Maïwenn - wikipedia Maïwenn Maïwenn Maïwenn at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival Maïwenn Le Besco ( 1976 - 04 - 17 ) 17 April 1976 ( age 41 ) Les Lilas, France Other names Ouin - Ouin ( nickname ) Occupation Actress, film director, screenwriter, producer Years active 1981 -- present Spouse ( s ) Luc Besson ( 1992 -- 1997 ) Jean - Yves Le Fur ( 2002 -- 2004 ) Children Shanna Besson ( Daughter, b. 1993 ) Diego ( Son ) Maïwenn ( sometimes credited as Maïwenn Besco or her birth name Maïwenn Le Besco, French : ( maj. wɛn lə bɛs. ko ) ; born 17 April 1976 ) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Contents 1 Early life 2 Life and career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Actress 4.2 Director / screenwriter / producer 4.3 Theatrical writer 5 References 6 External links Early life Maïwenn was born as Maïwenn Le Besco in Les Lilas, Seine - Saint - Denis, France. It is a suburban area East of Paris. Maïwenn is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese, French and Algerian descent. Her Algerian ancestry comes from her maternal grandfather. Maïwenn 's mother is Catherine Belkhodja. Life and career Maïwenn 's mother ushered her into the entertainment industry at a young age, an experience later chronicled by Maïwenn in her one - woman shows Le Pois Chiche ( The Chickpea ) and I 'm an Actress. Maïwenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress -- notably as `` Elle, as a child '' ( the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani ) in the 1983 hit film L'été meurtrier ( One Deadly Summer ). The 15 year old Maïwenn met director and producer Luc Besson in 1991. That same year, due to her difficult relationship with her parents, she decided to use only her given name professionally. She and Besson soon began a relationship, and Maïwenn gave birth to their daughter when she was 16. Having lost her motivation as an actress, she interrupted her career for several years, living in Beverly Hills with Besson and raising their daughter. During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part in Besson 's Léon ( 1994 ), in which she was credited as Ouin - Ouin. She also directed the film 's making - of. Perhaps Maïwenn 's most internationally - seen film role was her appearance as the alien Diva Plavalaguna in Besson 's The Fifth Element ( 1997 ). After her breakup with Luc Besson, Maïwenn returned to France and resumed her career as an actress. She performed as a standup comedian in an autobiographical one - woman - show, and reentered the movie business after several filmmakers saw her comedy routine in Paris. She appeared in several notable movies, including the horror film Haute Tension ( English title : High Tension ), in which she starred opposite Cécile de France. In 2006, she directed her first feature film, the semi-autobiographical Pardonnez - moi. Her 2011 film Polisse won the Jury Prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2015 film Mon roi was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Personal life In 1991, Maïwenn met director and producer Luc Besson. In January 1993, at age 16, Maïwenn gave birth to daughter Shanna with husband Luc Besson. She was 20 at the beginning of filming ( early 1996 ) for The Fifth Element, during which Besson left her for the film 's star, Milla Jovovich. In 2004, Maïwenn had a son, Diego, with Jean - Yves Le Fur, her second ex-husband who is a real estate developer. Filmography Maïwenn in 2009 at the Deauville American Film Festival. Actress Year Title Role Director Notes 1981 L'année prochaine... si tout va bien Prune Jean - Loup Hubert One Deadly Summer The Kid Jean Becker Cinéma 16 Albine Patrick Saglio TV Series ( 1 Episode ) Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret Colette Jean - Paul Sassy TV Series ( 1 Episode ) 1986 State of Grace Jacques Rouffio Double face The Kid Serge Leroy TV Movie L'autre nuit Joan Jean - Pierre Limosin Lacenaire Hermine Francis Girod La famille Ramdam Christiane Lehérissey TV Series ( 1 Episode ) La gamine Carole Lambert Hervé Palud Léon : The Professional Blond Babe Luc Besson The Fifth Element Diva Plavalaguna Luc Besson ( 2 ) 1998 Keskidi ? The Waitress Manuel Pouet Short Coquillettes Joséphine Flasseur Short 2000 La mécanique des femmes Jérôme de Missolz Le marquis Gilles Paquet - Brenner Short 8 rue Charlot Bruno Garcia Short L'oiseau rare Diane Didier Albert TV Movie 2002 Nestor Burma Jade Jacob Berger TV Series ( 1 Episode ) Caméra Café Irina Katostefia Francis Duquet TV Series ( 1 Episode ) 2003 Osmose A Girl Raphaël Fejtö High Tension Alexia Alexandre Aja Les parisiens Shaa Claude Lelouch I 'm an actrice Isabelle Maïwenn Short 2005 Le courage d'aimer Shaa Claude Lelouch Star Stuff Grégory Hervelin Short 2006 Pardonnez - moi Violette Maïwenn ( 2 ) Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress 2009 All About Actresses Maïwenn Maïwenn ( 3 ) Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress 2011 Polisse Melissa Maïwenn ( 4 ) 2012 Télé gaucho Yasmina Michel Leclerc 2013 Love Is the Perfect Crime Anna Arnaud Larrieu & Jean - Marie Larrieu 2017 The Price of Success Director / screenwriter / producer Year Title Role Box Office Notes I 'm an actrice Director & Writer Short 2006 Pardonnez - moi Director, Writer & Producer Nominated - César Award for Best First Feature Film 2009 All About Actresses Director & Writer $4,948,702 2011 Polisse Director & Writer $20,334,081 Cannes Film Festival - Jury Prize Lumières Award for Best Director Cinemania Film Festival - Audience Award Sarasota Film Festival - Best in World Cinema Nominated - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated - César Award for Best Director Nominated - César Award for Best Film Nominated - César Award for Best Original Screenplay Nominated - Globes de Cristal Award - Best Film Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Screenplay Nominated - Stockholm International Film Festival - Best Film Nominated - CinEuphoria Award - Best Film - International Competition Nominated - CinEuphoria Award - Best Director - International Competition 2015 Mon Roi Director & Writer Nominated -- César Award for Best Film Nominated -- César Award for Best Director Nominated - Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated -- Lumières Award for Best Director Theatrical writer 2003 : Café de la Gare : Le pois chiche References Jump up ^ Maïwenn tout court, M, le magazine du Monde 7 October 2011 Jump up ^ Maïwenn Le Besco interview, Tout le monde en parle, France 2, 29 September 2001 Jump up ^ `` Léon : The Professional ( 1994 ) '' -- via www.imdb.com. Jump up ^ `` Festival de Cannes : Awards ''. Cannes. Retrieved 22 April 2011. Jump up ^ `` 2015 Official Selection ''. Cannes. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015. Jump up ^ Shanna Besson Jump up ^ The Fifth Element, Special Features of both the Ultimate Edition DVD and the remastered Blu - ray Disc. Jump up ^ JP. `` Le Bal des actrices ( 2009 ) - JPBox - Office ''. www.jpbox-office.com. Jump up ^ JP. `` Polisse ( 2011 ) - JPBox - Office ''. www.jpbox-office.com. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maïwenn. Maïwenn on IMDb Films directed by Maïwenn Pardonnez - moi ( 2006 ) All About Actresses ( 2009 ) Polisse ( 2011 ) Mon Roi ( My King ) ( 2015 ) Lumières Award for Best Director Mathieu Kassovitz ( 1996 ) Cédric Klapisch ( 1997 ) Luc Besson ( 1998 ) Erick Zonca ( 1999 ) Luc Besson ( 2000 ) Agnès Jaoui ( 2001 ) Patrice Chéreau ( 2002 ) François Ozon ( 2003 ) Alain Resnais ( 2004 ) Jean - Pierre Jeunet ( 2005 ) Philippe Garrel ( 2006 ) Pascale Ferran ( 2007 ) Abdellatif Kechiche ( 2008 ) François Dupeyron ( 2009 ) Jacques Audiard ( 2010 ) Roman Polanski ( 2011 ) Maïwenn ( 2012 ) Jacques Audiard ( 2013 ) Abdellatif Kechiche ( 2014 ) Abderrahmane Sissako ( 2015 ) Arnaud Desplechin ( 2016 ) Paul Verhoeven ( 2017 ) VIAF : 5132545 LCCN : no2006043790 ISNI : 0000 0001 1466 6581 GND : 1017335249 SUDOC : 145546489 BNF : cb14037654m ( data ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Maïwenn&oldid = 803138158 '' Categories : 1976 births Living people People from Les Lilas French film actresses French film directors French people of Algerian descent French people of Breton descent French people of Vietnamese descent 20th - century French actresses 21st - century French actresses French women film directors French screenwriters French women screenwriters French women writers Best Director Lumières Award winners Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from June 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Use dmy dates from August 2014 Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Italiano Malagasy Nederlands 日本 語 Polski Português Русский Suomi Svenska Türkçe Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 30 September 2017, at 17 : 58. 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