West made her acting début at the age of 12 when she appeared in the 1999 film
Joan Of Arc, directed by
Luc Besson. She later on starred in the short film ''I'm an Actrice
directed by Maïwenn. She also starred in the third season of the Canadian television series, 15/Love''. West later went on to star in the French television shows
Ben & Thomas,
Trouble Paradis,
R.I.S. Police Scientifique and
Josephine Ange Gardien which was followed by her second film role in
King Guillaume, co-starring alongside
Florence Foresti. In 2009, West starred in
Paradis Criminel, a two-part thriller mini-series entitled
Who Killed Little Red Riding Hood as Louisa. The mini-series was written and directed by Serge Meynard and went on to win "Best mini-series" at the 2009 La Rochelle TV Film Festival, and garnered 3 million viewers on
France 2 on 22 August 2012. The mini-series thus ranks as 8th best-rated fiction of the year on the channel. In 2010, West had a role in the French mini-series
Maison Close, in which she starred as Rose, a young country girl forced to work for her freedom in a brothel. She stars alongside
Anne Charrier and
Valérie Karsenti. West played
Isabelle Lightwood in
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, a film adaptation of the first book in
The New York Times best-selling series
The Mortal Instruments, written by
Cassandra Clare. West co-starred alongside
Lily Collins,
Jamie Campbell Bower, and
Robert Sheehan. The film was released on 21 August 2013. ==Filmography==