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Born in Paris in 1965, Laurent Lucas enrolled as a student of Charles Dullin and quickly became one of the most promising students at the Strasbourg National Theatre.

He first appeared on the screen in 1996 in I Hate Love in which he delivered a riveting performance of a man who is HIV positive. Lucas next played in Pola X by Leos Carax, and then with Karin Viard, shot two outstanding films: The New Eve and Haut les Coeurs!, his performance for which won him a Cesar nomination for Best Aspiring Actor.

In 2000, Lucas rose to notoriety with his role as a young father in Harry, He`s Here to Help, and in 2003, appeared in three films presented at Cannes International Film Festival: Tiresia, Who Killed Bambi ? and Va petite ! Most recently, Lucas` performances in Lemming (2005) by Dominik Moll and Sur la trace d`Igor Rizzi (2006) by Noël Mitrani have definitively placed him at the head of his generation of French actors.