Melissa Mars

French actress and singer

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Melissa Mars is a French singer, songwriter, and actress who rose to prominence in the early 2000s for her performances on stage.

Hailing from Marseille, France, Melissa Mars displayed an early interest in the performing arts. She embarked on her career as a singer, debuting with her single "Elle" in 2003. Over the years, she released three solo albums under Universal Music and collaborated on duets, notably "1980," which achieved No. 5 on the charts. Mars also appeared in the production of Mozart, l'opéra rock.[1]

Biography

Mars started acting at the age of 13 in her hometown, Marseilles. At 16, she moved to Paris with her single mother and continued acting while pursuing a curriculum of math and science at the Lycée Louis-Le-Grand.

She made her film debut in the Laurent Heynemann feature, One Way Ticket. She became a singer-songwriter, partnering with Lilas Klif, her mother, to co-author lyrics. She released three solo albums with Polydor and Universal Music, and several duets. Her single from 1980 reached No. 5 in the charts.

In 2009, she played a leading role in the rock musical Mozart, l'opéra rock, directed by Dove Attia,Albert Cohen. Melissa Mars played the role of Aloysia for 346 shows for 1.5 million spectators, resulting in three NRJ Music Awards, a diamond record (over 700,000 sales), and a 3D movie filmed by FX guru Mark Weingartner (The Matrix, Inception).[citation needed]

She appeared in the Super Bowl spot for From Paris with Love alongside John Travolta. Five more American feature films followed in less than a year, in which she starred alongside the likes of Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan), David Proval (Mean Streets, The Sopranos), and Vinnie Jones (Snatch, X-Men).

In November 2014, Mars role in The Cabining garnered a Best Supporting Actress Award at the FANtastic Horror Film Festival in San Diego, California.

She made her American TV debut on Lifetime in Deadly Delusions, a thriller alongside Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite) and Teri Polo (Meet the Parents, The Fosters).

Her series of Children of China portraits was exhibited in Paris for a month during International Children’s Day, printed on canvas, and measuring nearly six feet long.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Year Title Album
2000 "T'am – Tam" (single)
2000 "Qu'Elles Aillent Se Faire Voir" (single)
2003 "Papa M'Aime Pas" (#70 France) Et alors!
2003 "Et Alors!" Et alors!
2003 "Quelqu'un" Et alors!
2005 "And ... I Hate You" La Reine des abeilles
2005 "Dans Ma Bulle Antisismique" La Reine des abeilles
2006 "Apocalips" La Reine des abeilles
2006 "1980" (duet with Pascal Obispo) (#3 Belgique, #5 France, #43 Suisse) Les Fleurs du bien
2007 "Love Machine" (#93 France) À la recherche de l'amour perdu
2007 "Horror Movies" À la recherche de l'amour perdu
2008 "Et Si Nous 2" ((feat. Pascal Obispo) À la recherche de l'amour perdu
2009 "Army of Love" À la recherche de l'amour perdu
2010 "Digital" feat Riot in Paris (single)
2011 "Et Je Veux Danser"
2011 "Just Only Wanna Dance" Just Only Wanna Dance E.P
2012 "Week-End Love", duet with Dogwalker (single)
2014 "Beautiful" (Coca-Cola Music) 52 Songs of Happiness Vol. 1
2014 "Tweet n' Roll"
2016 "I Will Rise" Curse of Mesopotamia soundtrack

Collaborations

Filmography

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Melissa Mars: ""Mozart, l'Opéra rock, le Concert" est un spectacle plein de magie et d'émotion"". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 23 September 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ^ "The Cabining Opens in January". Dread Central. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

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