Sylvie Testud
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Sylvie Testud | |
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 Testud in 2018 | |
| Born | 17 January 1971 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Children | 2 |
| Honours | Ordre national du Mérite |
Sylvie Testud (born 17 January 1971) is a French actress whose film career began in 1991. She won the
La Vie en Rose (2007), and French Women
(2014).
Life and career
She grew up in the La Croix-Rousse quarter of Lyon, France. This was an area with many Portuguese, Spanish and Italian immigrants. Her mother immigrated from Italy in the 1960s. Her French father left the family when Sylvie was just two years old.[1]
In 1985, when she was 14, she saw
Les Blessures assassines (English title: Murderous Maids). The story concerned a young servant woman found guilty of the murder, with her sister's help, of her employer's wife and daughter; it had made sensational headlines in France in 1933.[citation needed
]
In 2003, she published the autobiographical book Il n'y a pas beaucoup d'étoiles ce soir, with anecdotes of her day-to-day life as an actress. The French edition featured a cover designed by her sister Ghislaine.[citation needed]
One of her most noted performances was as the star of the film Academy Award-winning film La Vie en rose, as Momone, Edith Piaf's best friend. In the 2008 film Sagan, she portrayed the writer Françoise Sagan, earning unanimous praise for her hauntingly accurate portrayal and for which she was again nominated for the César for best actress.[citation needed]
She was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre national du Mérite in March 2009.[2]
She has a son, Ruben, born on 15 February 2005, and a daughter Esther, born in January 2011.[3]
In 2012, she participated in Rendez-vous en terre inconnue.
Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Couples et amants | The young girl | John Lvoff | |
| 1994 | The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed | Girl at party offering food | Philippe Harel | |
| Marie's Song | Marie | Niko von Glasow | ||
| 1995 | Those Were the Days | Sylvie | Didier Haudepin | |
| 1996 | Beyond Silence | Lara | Caroline Link | German Film Awards – Best Actress
|
| 1997 | Fire in Paradise | Esther | Markus Imhoof | |
| 1998 | Sentimental Education | Julia | C. S. Leigh | |
| The Misadventures of Margaret | Young Nun | Brian Skeet | ||
| Petit Point & Antoine | Laurence | Caroline Link | ||
| Karnaval | Béa | Thomas Vincent | Nomination Most Promising Actress
| |
| 1999 | Annaluise & Anton | Laurence | Caroline Link | |
| In Heaven | Valeska | Michael Bindlechner | ||
| 2000 | La Captive
|
Ariane | Chantal Akerman | |
| Sade | Renée de Sade | Benoît Jacquot | ||
| Murderous Maids | Christine Papin | Jean-Pierre Denis | Most Promising Actress
| |
| La Chambre obscure | Azalaïs | Marie-Christine Questerbert | ||
| 2001 | The Chateau | Isabelle | Jesse Peretz | |
| Julies Geist | Julia | Bettina Wilhelm | ||
| I'm Going Home | Ariel | Manoel de Oliveira | ||
| 2002 | Everyman's Feast | Sophie | Fritz Lehner | |
| Un moment de bonheur | The teacher | Antoine Santana | ||
| Les Femmes... ou les enfants d'abord... | Virginie | Manuel Poirier | ||
| Tangos volés | Alice/Paula | Eduardo de Gregorio | ||
| A Loving Father | Virginia | Jacob Berger | ||
| Vivre me tue | Myriam | Jean-Pierre Sinapi | ||
| 2003 | Fear and Trembling | Amélie | Alain Corneau | -Best Actress |
| Sole Sisters | Tina | Pierre Jolivet | ||
| Dédales | Claude | René Manzor | ||
| 2004 | Tomorrow We Move | Charlotte | Chantal Akerman | |
| Tout pour l'oseille | Prune | Bertrand Van Effenterre | ||
| Cause toujours ! | Léa | Jeanne Labrune | ||
| Victoire | Victoire | Stéphanie Murat | ||
| Words in Blue | Clara | Alain Corneau | ||
| 2005 | It's Our Life! | Louise Delhomme | Gérard Krawczyk | |
| 2006 | L'Héritage | Patricia | Temur Babluani | |
| 2007 | La Vie en rose
|
Mômone (Simone Berteaut) | Olivier Dahan | Nomination César Award Best Supporting Actress
|
| La France | Camille | Serge Bozon | ||
| Ce que mes yeux ont vu | Lucie | Laurent de Bartillat | Nomination Lumières Award Best Actress | |
| 2008 | Sagan | Françoise Sagan | Diane Kurys | Best Actress |
| Mange, ceci est mon corps | Madame | Michelange Quay | ||
| 2009 | L'Idiot | Daria Alexeïevna | Pierre Léon | |
| Je ne dis pas non | Adèle | Iliana Lolic | ||
| Lucky Luke | Calamity Jane | James Huth | ||
| Vengeance | Irène Thompson | Johnnie To | ||
| A Happy Man (Le Bonheur de Pierre) | Catherine Martin | Robert Ménard | ||
| Gamines | Sibylle | Éléonore Faucher | ||
| Lourdes | Christine | Jessica Hausner | European Film Awards-Best Actress | |
| 2010 | The Round Up | Bella Zygler | Roselyne Bosch | |
| Mumu | Mumu | Joël Séria | ||
| Avant l'aube | Sylvie Poncet | Raphaël Jacoulot | ||
| 2011 | Rebellion | Chantal Legorjus | Mathieu Kassovitz | |
| 2012 | The Scapegoat | Bela | Charles Sturridge | |
| À votre bon cœur, mesdames | Lolita | Jean-Pierre Mocky | ||
| Les Mains de Roxana | Roxana Orlac | Philippe Setbon | ||
| 2013 | Max | Nina | Stéphanie Murat | |
| Une chanson pour ma mère | Sylvie | Joël Franka | ||
| For a Woman | Anne | Diane Kurys | ||
| Je m'appelle Hmmm... | Céline's mother | agnès b. | ||
| 2014 | 96 hours
|
Marion Reynaud | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | |
| 24 Days | Brigitte Farell | Alexandre Arcady | ||
| French Women | Sam | Audrey Dana | ||
| Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone | Nadège | Sylvie Ohayon | ||
| Géographie du cœur malchanceux | Sophie | David Allain Alexandra Billington |
||
| 2015 | Le Talent de mes amis | Stéphane Brunge | Alex Lutz | |
| Au plus près du Soleil | Sophie Picard | Yves Angelo | ||
| Deux femmes | Elisaveta Bogdanovna | Vera Glagoleva | ||
| 2016 | Arrête ton cinéma | Sybille Teyssier | Diane Kurys | |
| The Visitors: Bastille Day | Charlotte de Robespierre | Jean-Marie Poiré | ||
| Le Correspondant | Eloïse (Malo's mother) | Jean-Michel Ben Soussan | ||
| Tamara | Amandine (Tamara's mother) | Alexandre Castagnetti | ||
| 2017 | Jour J | Clarisse | Reem Kherici | |
| Final Portrait | Annette Arm | Stanley Tucci | ||
| 2018 | Suspiria | Miss Griffith | Luca Guadagnino | |
| Comme des rois | Val | Xabi Molia | ||
| Tamara Vol. 2 | Amandine (Tamara's mother) | Alexandre Castagnetti | ||
| 2021 | Flashback | Olympe de Gouges | Caroline Vigneaux |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Lettre ouverte à Lili | Virginie | Jean-Luc Trotignon |
| Le Nid tombé de l'oiseau | Laurence | Alain Schwartzstein | |
| 2009 | L'une chante, l'autre aussi | Herself | Olivier Nicklaus |
| 2010 | Louise Michel | Louise Michel | Sólveig Anspach |
| 2011 | Le Grand Restaurant | A Client | Gérard Pullicino |
| 2012 | Rendez-vous en terre inconnue | Herself | |
| 2013 | Les Déferlantes | Louise | Éleonore Faucher |
| 2014 | Ceux qui dansent sur la tête | Catherine | Magaly Richard-Serrano |
| Fais pas ci, fais pas ça | Sylviane Chinsky, the marriage therapist | Pascal Chaumeil | |
| 2017 | Maximilian | Charlotte de Savoie | Andreas Prochaska |
| 2018 | Germanized
|
Odile | Denis Dercourt |
Director
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Je veux descendre | Short |
| 2012 | Another Woman's Life |
Decorations
Awards and nominations
Deutscher Filmpreis
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Beyond Silence | Best Actress | Won |
César Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Karnaval | Most Promising Actress
|
Nominated |
| 2001 | Murderous Maids | Most Promising Actress
|
Won |
| 2004 | Fear and Trembling | Best Actress | Won |
| 2008 | La Vie en rose
|
Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2009 | Sagan | Best Actress | Nominated |
Lumières Award
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Fear and Trembling | Best Actress | Won |
| 2008 | Ce que mes yeux ont vu | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2009 | Sagan | Best Actress | Nominated |
Globes de Cristal Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sagan | Best Actress | Won |
European Film Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lourdes | Best Actress | Won |
References
- ^ Paris Match No. 2834, September 2003
- ^
"Décret du 14 novembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination". JORF(in French). 2008 (266): 17476. 15 November 2008. PREX0823631D. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
- ^ "Paris Match, 26 January 2011".
- ^ "Flux". Culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sylvie Testud.
- Sylvie Testud at IMDb
- Sylvie Testud at AlloCiné (in French)
- Sylvie Testud at Actricesdefrance.org
- CSOJ – Alain Badiou Sylvie Testud appears on French television's program Ce Soir (En direct, channel 3) in conversation with militant philosopher Alain Badiou. The topic of this episode is "Faut-il réinventer l'amour?". Ms. Testud appears 46:18 minutes into the program and is in conversation with Badiou and the program host for about 24 minutes (no commercials, this show is in French).
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