She garnered critical acclaim for her performance and won the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics Association Best Actress Awards.
Laurent's other notable works include the art-house drama The Round Up 2010 , the comedy drama Et soudain, tout le monde me manque 2011 , and Night Train to Lisbon 2013.
Laurent made her Hollywood debut in 2009 with the starring role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's blockbuster war film Inglourious Basterds.
Respire 2014 , her second feature film as a director, was screened at the International Critics' Week section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.