Roxane Mesquida

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

Roxane Mesquida
Mesquida at the Deauville American Film Festival on 3 September 2010
Born (1981-10-01) 1 October 1981
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Occupation
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1997–present
Spouse(s)
Frederic Da
​
(m. 2011)​
Children2 year old daughter, Lilya

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 she 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 was spotted by Elite Model Management when she was 14 and she has been working as a model since then. She currently is signed by worldwide modeling agency IMG Models.

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
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Mary from the Bay of Angels Mireille
1998 The School of Flesh Marine
2000 Gaïa N/A Short film
2001 Fat Girl Elena Pingot
2002 Âges ingrats The young girl Short film
2002 Sex Is Comedy The actress
2002 Very Opposite Sexes Hélène
2004 Le Grand Voyage Lisa (photo and voice)
2005 Les vagues Célia
2006 Sheitan Ève
2007 The Last Mistress Hermangarde
2009 La dérive N/A
2010 Adieu Molitor Jennifer Short film
2010 Kaboom Lorelei/Laura
2010 Rubber Sheila
2010 Sennentuntschi Sennentuntschi
2010 Dans ta bouche The girl from Los Angeles Direct-to-DVD
2011 Quand j'étais gothique Aurore Short film
2012 The Most Fun You Can Have Dying Sylvie
2012 Kiss of the Damned Mimi
2013 Wrong Cops Girl
2013 The Doors Liz Short film
2014 Reality Awards hostess
2015 Our Futures Virginie
2015 Despite the Night Lena
2017 Hallucinaut Beatrice Short film
2017 Mercury in Retrograde Isabelle
2018 Homesick Roxane In post-production
2018 Burning Shadow Summer
2019 Play or Die Chloe

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Les paradis de Laura Laura Television film
2006 Mentir un peu Irène Television film
2011–2012 Gossip Girl Béatrice Grimaldi Recurring role; 3 episodes
2012 XIII: The Series Betty Barnowsky Main role (season 2); 12 episodes
2019 Now Apocalypse Severine Bordeaux Main role

References
  1. Nededog, Jethro (22 June 2011). "'Gossip Girl' Casts French Actress Roxane Mesquida as Blair's Future In-Law". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 October 2011. ...French-American actress and model Roxane Mesquida, 29, has been cast in the recurring role of Blair's future sister-in-law...
  2. French interview in 2001 she said she was 19 years old http://www.ina.fr/ardisson/tout-le-monde-en-parle/video/I08112022/roxane-mesquida-pour-son-film-a-ma-soeur.fr.html
  3. http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=48544.html
  4. "ROXANE MESQUIDA". ISSUE Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2019. Where are you from? I’m from a very small town in the south of France called Le Pradet.
  5. Paper Airplane, Buck 65.
  6. Shark Ridden Waters, Gruff Rhys.
  7. Frédéric Da.
  8. Roxane in French Playboy.
  9. Roxane in Asos magazine.
  10. Roxane in Crash magazine.
  11. Roxane in Citizen K magazine.
  12. Roxane in Express Style.
  13. Roxane's photoshoots Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. Selection of photos.
  15. Roxane Mesquida – Selection of photos.
  16. Roxane Mesquida for Opening Ceremony.
  17. Roxane Mesquida for Jerome C. Rousseau Archived 23 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  18. Roxane Best-Dressed by American Vogue.
  19. Roxane Mesquida & MDNA DJing.
  20. Paris Match interview.
  21. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt4oytMHN40/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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