About

Known credits:
11
Birthday:
1993-01-03
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Shanna Besson

Overview

Shanna Leila Besson (born 3 January 1993) is a French actress and photographer. She is the only child of French film directors Maïwenn and Luc Besson.

Shanna Besson was born 3 January 1993 when her mother was 16 years old and her father, Luc Besson, was 33; her parents had married the previous year. The family lived in Los Angeles during her early years. Her father was working as a director in Hollywood.

In 1995, during the filming of The Fifth Element, her father left her mother for young actress Milla Jovovich, who was appearing in it. As a result, her mother Maïwenn returned to Paris, taking Shanna with her. Jovovich and Luc Besson married, but divorced two years later.

Shanna's maternal aunt is French actress Isild Le Besco. She has a younger half-brother Diego Le Fur, child of her mother's relationship with Jean-Yves Le Fur.

Through her father, Shanna has four siblings, including an older half-sister, Juliette, from his first marriage to actress Anne Parillaud. Her three younger half-siblings are children of his fourth and last marriage, to producer Virginie Silla. She is of French, Algerian and Vietnamese descent through her mother.

When she was 10 years old, Besson made her acting debut in her mother's directorial debut, a short film I'm an Actress. In the semi-autobiographical work, she played a girl forced to be a child star by her mother. The film was based on Maïwenn's own experiences of being pressured into acting by her mother.

Besson later began a career behind the scenes in film. She directed a behind the scenes "making-of" featurette on her father's film The Lady (2011).

She later began work as a still photographer, working for each of her parents: Taken 2 was produced by her father and Mon roi was directed by her mother.

Source: Article "Shanna Besson" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Known for

Acting

2004 I'm an actrice Actor Baba N/A
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Camera

2025 Dracula Camera Still Photographer 59
Average
2025 Cassandre Camera Still Photographer 58
Average
2024 Emilia Pérez Camera Still Photographer 64
Fair
2023 Dogman Camera Still Photographer 72
Good
2021 Paris, 13th District Camera Still Photographer 62
Fair
2021 Deception Camera Still Photographer 57
Average
2019 Anna Camera Still Photographer 65
Fair
2018 The Sisters Brothers Camera Still Photographer 66
Fair
2015 My King Camera Still Photographer 66
Fair
2012 Taken 2 Camera Still Photographer 63
Fair