Laura Smet (born 15 November 1983, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French actress. She is the daughter of rock musician Johnny Hallyday and actress Nathalie Baye. In 1986 Jean-Jacques Goldman wrote the song "Laura", which Johnny Hallyday later recorded.
Early life
She changed schools numerous times growing up, and that she was sometimes picked on - for example for the fact that at a time when rap music was the fashion, her father was an old-fashioned rock'n'roller. She wanted initially to be a theatrical agent like her godfather, Dominique Besnehard. In 1999 she left school and began studying theatre with Raymond Acquaviva
Career
In 2002 she began her acting career when Xavier Giannoli, on the recommendation of Olivier Assayas, cast her in the role of Charlotte, a young cancer patient in Les corps impatients, and for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress. In 2003 she starred in Claude Chabrol's film adaptation of the Ruth Rendell novel, The Bridesmaid (La Demoiselle d'Honneur).
In 2004, Smet won the Prix Romy Schneider. Romy Schneider is an actress she greatly admires. In 2006 she played in Le Passager de l'été, a film written and directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin, the daughter of Jean Gabin. In 2007 she played Caroline in L'Heure zéro, Pascal Thomas's film adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel.
Filmographie 2002 : Les Corps impatients (Eager Bodies), directed by Xavier Giannoli 2003 : La Femme de Gilles, directed by Frédéric Fonteyne 2004 : La Demoiselle d'honneur, directed by Claude Chabrol 2006 : Le Passager de l'été, directed by Florence Moncorgé-Gabin 2007 : UV, directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner 2007 : L'Heure zéro, directed by Pascal Thomas 2008 : La Frontière de l'aube, directed by Philippe Garrel 2010 : Pauline et François, directed by Renaud Fély 2010 : Insoupçonnable, directed by Gabriel Le Bomin
