Ma?wenn

Ma?wenn (sometimes credited as Ma?wenn Besco or her birth name Ma?wenn Le Besco, born 17 April 1976) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter.Ma?wenn Le Besco was born in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, a suburban area east of Paris. Ma?wenn is of mixed Breton, Vietnamese, French, and Algerian descent. Her Algerian ancestry comes from her maternal grandfather. Ma?wenn's mother, Catherine Belkhodja, introduced her to the entertainment industry at a young age, an experience later chronicled by Ma?wenn in her one-woman shows Le Pois Chiche (The Chickpea) and I'm an Actress.Ma?wenn starred in several films as a child, then teen, actress--notably as the child version of the lead role played by Isabelle Adjani in the hit film One Deadly Summer (1983).Following her marriage to director Luc Besson and the birth of their daughter in 1993, Ma?wenn interrupted her career for several years. During this period, she only appeared in a supporting part in Besson's L��on: The Prof... [Details Intro]