Sylvie Testud
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieCocorico 2
2026
Nicole Martin
movieWhere Souls Go
2025
Stéphanie
tvSur la dalle
2024
Froissy
movieThe Two of Them
2024
Sandrine
tvKnok
2024
Blanche
movieCocorico
2024
Nicole Martin
movieMarinette
2023
Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach
tvA Case for Kin
2023
Capitaine Caroline Flament
tvClub Première
2022
Self - Guest
movieSimone: Woman of the Century
2022
Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)
movieTout le monde savait
2022
Valérie Bacot
movieChampagne !
2022
Joanna
tvWhat Pauline Is Not Telling You
2022
major de gendarmerie Marie Hermann
movieFlashback
2021
Olympe de Gouges
movieL'Heureux Stratagème
2021
La Comtesse
tvRunaway
2021
Isabelle
movieThe Grand Restaurant III
2021
The nymphomaniac's friend
movieI Love You Coiffure
2020
Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")
tvFear by the Lake
2020
Alice Wagner
movieMeet the Malawas
2019
Nathalie Dulac
tvKemps
2019
Self
movieDisclaimer
2019
Maïté
tvEden
2019
Hélène
movieQuand sort la recluse
2019
le lieutenant Froissy
tvQuand sort la recluse
2019
le lieutenant Froissy
movieWide Load
2019
Jennifer
movieDefiant Souls
2019
Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber
movieSuspiria
2018
Miss Griffith
movieDeux gouttes d'eau
2018
Valérie Laforge
movieA New Girl in Paris!
2018
Amandine
movieFinal Portrait
2017
Annette Giacometti
movieWedding Unplanned
2017
Clarisse
tvMaximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
2017
Charlotte de Savoye
movieTamara
2016
Amandine
movieThe Visitors: Bastille Day
2016
Charlotte de Robespierre
movieArrête ton cinéma !
2016
Sybille
tvCapitaine Marleau
2015
Salomé Revel
movieToo Close to the Sun
2015
Sophie Picard
movieThanks to my Friends
2015
Stéphane Brunge
movieSpiderwebhouse
2015
Sabine
movieTwo Women
2014
Elisaveta Bogdanovna
movie24 Days
2014
Brigitte Farell
movie96 heures
2014
Marion Reynaud
movieMy Name Is Hmmm...
2013
La mère de Céline
movieLes Déferlantes
2013
Louise
movieA Song For Mama
2013
Sylvie
movieRoxana's Hands
2013
Roxana Orlac
movieMax
2013
Nina
tv28 minutes
2012
Self
movieRebellion
2011
Chantal Legorjus
movieThe Night Clerk
2011
Sylvie Poncet
movieThe Rebel, Louise Michel
2010
Louise Michel
movieMumu
2010
Mumu
movieThe Round Up
2010
Bella Zygler
movieSisters
2009
Sybille adulte
movieLucky Luke
2009
Calamity Jane
movieLourdes
2009
Christine
tvC à vous
2009
Self / Self - Guest
movieVengeance
2009
Irene Costello
movieA Happy Man
2009
Catherine
movieThe Idiot
2008
Darya Alexeyevna
movieSagan
2008
Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan
movieThe Vanishing Point
2007
Lucie Audibert
movieLa France
2007
Camille
movieLa Vie en Rose
2007
Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut
movieLegacy
2006
Patricia
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006
Self - Guest
movieLa vie est à nous !
2005
Louise Delhomme
movieVictoire
2004
Victoire
movieTomorrow We Move
2004
Charlotte
movieMaking of Tomorrow We Move
2004
Self / Charlotte
movieLabyrinth
2003
Claude
movieDead Man's Memories
2003
Das Mädchen
movieA Loving Father
2002
Virginia
movieLife Kills Me
2002
Myriam
Stolen Tangos
2002
Alice / Paula
movieWomen or Children First
2002
Virginie
movieA Moment of Happiness
2002
L'institutrice
movieLes acteurs anonymes
2001
Self (uncredited)
movieThe Château
2001
Isabelle
movieThe Dark Room
2000
Azalaïs
movieMurderous Maids
2000
Christine Papin
movieThe Captive
2000
Ariane
movieScénarios sur la drogue
2000
Segment "Lucie"
movieBad Connection
2000
Laurence
movieIn Heaven
1999
Valeska
movieAnnaluise & Anton
1999
Laurence
Éternelles
1994
Nathalie
movieThe Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
1994
Girl at party offering food
Writing4
movieArrête ton cinéma !
2016
Novel, Screenplay
movieSisters
2009
Novel
Tout un poème
Screenplay
Directing3
Crew1
movieGigantic
1999
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