Melissa Mars

Biography

Melissa Mars (born 3 September 1979) is a French singer, songwriter and actress. She 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.

Biography

Mars started acting at the age of 13 in her hometown of Marseille, France. At 16, she moved to Paris with her single mother and continued acting while pursuing a curriculum of math and science at 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 and Albert Cohen. Melissa Mars played the role of Aloysia for 346 shows for around 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).
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 Children's Day, printed on canvas, and measuring nearly six feet long.

Studio albums

2003: Et alors! (Polydor, #104 France)
2005: La Reine des abeilles (Polydor, two versions)
2007: À la recherche de l'amour perdu (Polydor, #93 France)
2009–2010: Mozart, l'opéra rock, cast musical studio album (Warner, #2 in France)

EPs

2006: Remixes (including Apocalips)
2011: Et je veux danser (single and remixes)
2011: Just Only Wanna Dance (single and remixes)
2014: Tweet N' Roll (single and remixes)
2016: I Will Rise (single and remix)

Collaborations

2002: Garonne, she performs 4 songs in Garonne TV miniseries soundtrack
2005: Les Homéricains, duet with Lara Fabian, released on Lara Fabian 9
2006: La Machine, duet with Pascal Obispo, released on Les Fleurs du Bien (#5 in France)
2006: 1980, duet with Pascal Obispo, released on Les Fleurs du Bien (#5 in France)
2006: Les Frôleuses, duet with Louis Bertignac
2007: Eden Log, she performs on 2 tracks of the movie Eden Log's soundtrack
2009: Mozart, l'opéra rock, musical studio album (#2 in France)
2010: Digital, Duet with Riot in Paris
2012: Week-end Love, duet with Dogwalker
2012: Je reprends ma route, with 40 other French artists, they record the single for the children's organisation Les voix de l'enfant
2012: Dead Flower, she composes the score for the short movie Glimpse, and performs the closing credits song.
2014: Staying Alive, she records the closing credits song for the movie The Cabining
2016: I Will Rise, she records the closing credits song for the movie Curse of Mesopotamia