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Sylvie Testud
Actor, Writer, DirectorBorn January 17, 1971 (54 years)
Sylvie Testud was born on January 17, 1971 in Lyon. Her parents separated when she was two years old. She spent her youth in the Lyon district of Croix-Rousse, raised by her mother, an accountant. In high school, she learned Chinese. Very early fascinated by the cinema, the young girl identifies in particular with the complexed teenager character embodied by Charlotte Gainsbourg in L'Effrontée. Having moved to Paris to study history, she soon embarked on acting by joining the free class at Cours Florent and then the Conservatory, where her teachers were Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel. She made her first screen appearance in 1994 in Couples et amants.
She decided to become an actress during her youth, after having admired actresses in films. She then took acting lessons in Lyon with the actor and director Christian Taponard. In 1989, she moved to Paris to study history, as well as drama lessons in free classes at Cours Florent, then at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art for three years, with Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel for teachers.
In the early 1990s, she obtained her first small roles in the cinema, then in feature films such as The Story of the Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed by Philippe Harel (1994), Le Plus Bel Age..., by Didier Haudepin (1995) or even Love, etc. by Marion Vernoux (1996).
In 1997, Sylvie Testud experienced her first great success at the cinema in Germany with the film Beyond Silence by Caroline Link, for which she learned German, the clarinet and sign language. She is rewarded as best actress by the German Film Prize (the equivalent of the César for best actress). In 1998, she played her first major role in French cinema and enjoyed great success in France with the role of Béa in Karnaval, the first feature film by Thomas Vincent, for which she was nominated for the César for best female hope and received the Michael Simon Prize. She then began an important acting career with a preference for auteur cinema.
In 2000, her performance in La Captive by Chantal Akerman (adaptation of the novel La Prisonnière by Marcel Proust) earned her a nomination as best actress at the European Film Prize. In 2001, she obtained, for her second nomination, the César for best female hope for the remarkable interpretation of Christine Papin, one of the Papin sisters, in Les Blessures assassines by Jean-Pierre Denis, based on a news item from 1933.
She decided to become an actress during her youth, after having admired actresses in films. She then took acting lessons in Lyon with the actor and director Christian Taponard. In 1989, she moved to Paris to study history, as well as drama lessons in free classes at Cours Florent, then at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art for three years, with Jacques Lassalle and Catherine Hiegel for teachers.
In the early 1990s, she obtained her first small roles in the cinema, then in feature films such as The Story of the Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed by Philippe Harel (1994), Le Plus Bel Age..., by Didier Haudepin (1995) or even Love, etc. by Marion Vernoux (1996).
In 1997, Sylvie Testud experienced her first great success at the cinema in Germany with the film Beyond Silence by Caroline Link, for which she learned German, the clarinet and sign language. She is rewarded as best actress by the German Film Prize (the equivalent of the César for best actress). In 1998, she played her first major role in French cinema and enjoyed great success in France with the role of Béa in Karnaval, the first feature film by Thomas Vincent, for which she was nominated for the César for best female hope and received the Michael Simon Prize. She then began an important acting career with a preference for auteur cinema.
In 2000, her performance in La Captive by Chantal Akerman (adaptation of the novel La Prisonnière by Marcel Proust) earned her a nomination as best actress at the European Film Prize. In 2001, she obtained, for her second nomination, the César for best female hope for the remarkable interpretation of Christine Papin, one of the Papin sisters, in Les Blessures assassines by Jean-Pierre Denis, based on a news item from 1933.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Sur la dalle (TV Series) · as Froissy |
| 2024 | Knok (TV Series) · as Blanche |
| 2024 | Cocorico · as Nicole Martin |
| 2023 | Marinette · as Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie Coach |
| 2023 | Hands of Gold · as Rose |
| 2023 | Flair de famille (TV Series) · as Capitaine Caroline Flament |
| 2022 | Mom, Don't Let Me Fall Asleep · as Sophie |
| 2022 | Simone: Woman of the Century · as Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979) |
| 2022 | Champagne! · as Joanna |
| 2022 | What Pauline Is Not Telling You (TV Series) · as Major De Gendarmerie Marie Hermann |
| 2021 | Runaway (TV Series) · as Isabelle |
| 2021 | Flashback · as Olympe De Gouges |
| 2021 | The Grand Restaurant III · as The Nymphomaniac's Friend |
| 2020 | I Love You Coiffure · as Geneviève (segment "l'addition") |
| 2020 | Fear by the Lake (TV Series) · as Alice Wagner |
| 2019 | Meet the Malawas · as Nathalie Dulac |
| 2019 | Disclaimer · as Maïté |
| 2019 | Eden (2019) (TV Series) · as Hélène |
| 2019 | Quand sort la recluse · as Le Lieutenant Froissy |
| 2019 | Heavy Duty · as Jennifer |
| 2019 | Defiant Souls · as Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber |
| 2018 | Deutsch-les-Landes (TV Series) · as Odile |
| 2018 | Suspiria · as Miss Griffith |
| 2018 | Dead Ringer · as Valérie Laforge |
| 2018 | Tamara Vol. 2 · as Amandine |
| 2017 | Kings for a Day · as Val |
| 2017 | Final Portrait · as Annette Giacometti |
| 2017 | Wedding Unplanned · as Clarisse |
| 2017 | Maximilian (TV Series) · as Charlotte De Savoye |
| 2016 | Tamara · as Amandine |
| 2016 | Mörderische Stille · as Elena |
| 2016 | Le correspondant · as Eloïse |
| 2016 | Arrête ton cinéma! · as Sybille |
| 2016 | The Visitors: Bastille Day · as Charlotte De Robespierre |
| 2015 | Too Close to Our Son · as Sophie Picard |
| 2015 | Thanks to My Friends · as Stéphane Brunge |
| 2015 | The Spiderwebhouse · as Sabine |
| 2014 | Captain Marleau (TV Series) · as Salomé Revel |
| 2014 | Two Women · as Elisaveta Bogdanovna |
| 2014 | Ceux qui dansent sur la tête · as Catherine |
| 2014 | Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone · as Nadiège |
| 2014 | French Women · as Sam |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | 96 heures · as Marion Reynaud |
| 2013 | Les déferlantes · as Louise |
| 2013 | My Name Is Hmmm... · as La Mère De Céline |
| 2013 | For a Woman · as Anne |
| 2013 | A Song for Mama · as Sylvie |
| 2012 | Max · as Nina |
| 2012 | Roxana's Hands · as Roxana Orlac |
| 2012 | The Scapegoat · as Bela |
| 2011 | Rebellion · as Chantal Legorjus |
| 2011 | The Night Clerk · as Sylvie Poncet |
| 2010 | Mumu · as Mumu |
| 2010 | The Round Up · as Bella Zygler |
| 2009 | The Rebel, Louise Michel · as Louise Michel |
| 2009 | Sisters · as Sybille Adulte |
| 2009 | Lucky Luke · as Calamity Jane |
| 2009 | Lourdes · as Christine |
| 2009 | Can't Say No · as Adèle |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | A Happy Man · as Catherine |
| 2008 | L'idiot · as Darya Alexeyevna |
| 2008 | Sagan · as Françoise Quoirez Dite Sagan |
| 2007 | What My Eyes Have Seen · as Lucie Audibert |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Eat, for This Is My Body · as Madame |
| 2007 | Don't Do This, Don't Do That (TV Series) · as Sylviane Chinsky |
| 2007 | La Vie En Rose · as Simone "mômone" Berteaut |
| 2007 | Collection Fred Vargas (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Froissy |
| 2006 | L'héritage · as Patricia |
| 2005 | It's Our Life! · as Louise Delhomme |
| 2005 | Some Kind of Blue · as Clara |
| 2004 | Cause toujours! · as Léa |
| 2004 | Tout pour l'oseille · as Prune |
| 2004 | Tomorrow We Move · as Charlotte |
| 2003 | Labyrinth · as Claude |
| 2003 | Dead Man's Memories · as Das Mädchen |
| 2003 | Only Girls · as Tina |
| 2003 | Fear and Trembling · as Amélie |
| 2002 | A Loving Father · as Virginia |
| 2002 | Life Kills Me · as Myriam |
| 2002 | Women or Children First · as Virginie |
| 2002 | Jedermanns Fest · as Sophie |
| 2001 | A Moment of Happiness · as L'institutrice |
| 2001 | Stolen Tangos · as Alice / Paula |
| 2001 | I'm Going Home · as Ariel |
| 2001 | The Château · as Isabelle |
| 2000 | The Dark Room · as Azalaïs |
| 2000 | Murderous Maids · as Christine Papin |
| 2000 | The Captive · as Ariane |
| 2000 | Sade · as Renée De Sade |
| 1999 | Annaluise & Anton · as Laurence |
| 1999 | Karnaval · as Béa |
| 1999 | |
| 1998 | The Misadventures of Margaret · as Young Nun |
| 1997 | Flammen im Paradies · as Esther |
| 1996 | Beyond Silence · as Lara |
| 1996 | Love, etc. · as Cast |
| 1995 | Those Were the Days · as Sylvie |
| 1994 | L'histoire du garçon qui voulait qu'on l'embrasse · as Girl At Party Offering Food |
| 1994 | Maries Lied · as Marie |