Megan Northam is a French actress. She was nominated for the 2025 César Award for Best Female Revelation for her role in the film Rabia (2024). She was born and raised in Nantes, she is the daughter of an English scenographer at the Nantes Opera. Her mother is French and works as a graphic designer. At the age of 6, she started playing the cello. She spent a year studying performing arts at the University of Rennes, before dropping-out to move to Paris to perform music and take drama classes