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Sylvie Testud
Actor

Sylvie Testud

17 Jan 1971Born
55Age
122Credits
Lyon, Rhône, FranceBirthplace

Biography

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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 122 credits.

  1. TBATout un poèmeFilm: Director, Screenplay
  2. 2026Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the TarahumaraFilm: Mathilde
  3. 2026Cocorico 2Film: Nicole Martin
  4. 2026LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden HourFilm: Sylvie
  5. 2025Where Souls GoFilm: Stéphanie
  6. 2025Proust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive"Film: archive image
  7. 2024Sur la dalleSeries: Froissy (2 episodes)
  8. 2024The Two of ThemFilm: Sandrine
  9. 2024KnokSeries: Blanche (6 episodes)
  10. 2024CocoricoFilm: Nicole Martin
  11. 2023MarinetteFilm: Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach
  12. 2023Des mains en orFilm: Rose
  13. 2023A Case for KinSeries: Capitaine Caroline Flament (5 episodes)
  14. 2022The Grand Restaurant IVFilm
  15. 2022Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormirFilm: Sophie, Director
  16. 2022Simone: Woman of the CenturyFilm: Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)
  17. 2022Le Figaro La NuitSeries (1 episode)
  18. 2022Tout le monde savaitFilm: Valérie Bacot
  19. 2022Champagne !Film: Joanna
  20. 2022What Pauline Is Not Telling YouSeries: major de gendarmerie Marie Hermann (4 episodes)
  21. 2021FlashbackFilm: Olympe de Gouges
  22. 2021L'Heureux StratagèmeFilm: La Comtesse
  23. 2021RunawaySeries: Isabelle (6 episodes)
  24. 2021The Grand Restaurant IIIFilm: The nymphomaniac's friend
  25. 2020I Love You CoiffureFilm: Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")
  26. 2020Fear by the LakeSeries: Alice Wagner (6 episodes)
  27. 2019Meet the MalawasFilm: Nathalie Dulac
  28. 2019DisclaimerFilm: Maïté
  29. 2019EdenSeries: Hélène (6 episodes)
  30. 2019Quand sort la recluseFilm: le lieutenant Froissy
  31. 2019Quand sort la recluseSeries: le lieutenant Froissy (2 episodes)
  32. 2019Wide LoadFilm: Jennifer
  33. 2019Defiant SoulsFilm: Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber
  34. 2018Deutsch-Les-LandesSeries: Odile (10 episodes)
  35. 2018SuspiriaFilm: Miss Griffith
  36. 2018Deux gouttes d'eauFilm: Valérie Laforge
  37. 2018Fan ClubFilm: Anna
  38. 2018A New Girl in Paris!Film: Amandine
  39. 2018Kings for a DayFilm: Val
  40. 2017Final PortraitFilm: Annette Giacometti
  41. 2017Wedding UnplannedFilm: Clarisse
  42. 2017Maximilian and Marie De BourgogneSeries: Charlotte de Savoye (6 episodes)
  43. 2017Mörderische StilleFilm: Elena
  44. 2016TamaraFilm: Amandine
  45. 2016The Exchange StudentFilm: Eloïse
  46. 2016The Visitors: Bastille DayFilm: Charlotte de Robespierre
  47. 2016Arrête ton cinéma !Film: Sybille, Novel, Screenplay
  48. 2015Capitaine MarleauSeries: Salomé Revel (1 episode)
  49. 2015Too Close to the SunFilm: Sophie Picard
  50. 2015Thanks to my FriendsFilm: Stéphane Brunge
  51. 2015SpiderwebhouseFilm: Sabine
  52. 2014Two WomenFilm: Elisaveta Bogdanovna
  53. 2014Ceux qui dansent sur la têteFilm: Catherine
  54. 2014Papa Was Not a Rolling StoneFilm: Nadiège
  55. 2014French WomenFilm: Sam
  56. 201424 DaysFilm: Brigitte Farell
  57. 201496 heuresFilm: Marion Reynaud
  58. 2013À votre bon cœur, mesdamesFilm: Lolita
  59. 2013My Name Is Hmmm...Film: La mère de Céline
  60. 2013Les DéferlantesFilm: Louise
  61. 2013For a WomanFilm: Anne
  62. 2013A Song For MamaFilm: Sylvie
  63. 2013Roxana's HandsFilm: Roxana Orlac
  64. 2013MaxFilm: Nina
  65. 2012Another Woman's LifeFilm: Director, Writer
  66. 2011RebellionFilm: Chantal Legorjus
  67. 2011The Night ClerkFilm: Sylvie Poncet
  68. 2011L'Amour, la Mort, les FringuesFilm
  69. 2010The Rebel, Louise MichelFilm: Louise Michel
  70. 2010MumuFilm: Mumu
  71. 2010The Round UpFilm: Bella Zygler
  72. 2010Sentiments provisoiresFilm: Hélène
  73. 2009SistersFilm: Sybille adulte, Novel
  74. 2009Lucky LukeFilm: Calamity Jane
  75. 2009LourdesFilm: Christine
  76. 2009Can't Say NoFilm: Adèle
  77. 2009VengeanceFilm: Irene Costello
  78. 2009A Happy ManFilm: Catherine
  79. 2008The IdiotFilm: Darya Alexeyevna
  80. 2008SaganFilm: Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan

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