Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud
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.
Directed Movies
Director: Sylvie Testud
Writers: Claire Lemaréchal,
Cast: Aure Atika, Danièle Lebrun, Dean Constantin, François Berléand, Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Kassovitz, Nilton Martins, Vernon Dobtcheff, Yvi Dachary-Le Beon,
Acted Movies
Director: Julien Hervé
Writers: Julien Hervé,
Cast: Chloé Coulloud, Christian Clavier, Didier Bourdon, Johann Dionnet, Julien Pestel, Loïc Rojouan, Marianne Denicourt, Patrick Préjean, Sophie Froissard, Sylvie Testud,
Director: Virginie Verrier
Writers: Virginie Verrier,
Cast: Alban Lenoir, Caroline Proust, Émilie Dequenne, Franck Andrieux, Frankie Wallach, Fred Testot, Garance Marillier, Gore Abrams, June Benard, Sylvie Testud,
Director: Caroline Vigneaux
Writers: Caroline Vigneaux,
Cast: Caroline Vigneaux, Emy LTR, Florent Peyre, Gad Elmaleh, Issa Doumbia, Julien Pestel, Marion Creusvaux, Sophia Aram, Suzanne Clément, Sylvie Testud,
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Writers: David Kajganich,
Cast: Angela Winkler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christine Leboutte, Dakota Johnson, Elena Fokina, Ingrid Caven, Mia Goth, Renée Soutendijk, Sylvie Testud, Tilda Swinton,
Director: Audrey Dana
Writers: Raphaëlle Desplechin,
Cast: Alice Belaïdi, Alice Taglioni, Audrey Dana, Audrey Fleurot, Géraldine Nakache, Isabelle Adjani, Julie Ferrier, Laetitia Casta, Sylvie Testud, Vanessa Paradis,
Director: Alexandre Arcady
Writers: Antoine Lacomblez,
Cast: Éric Caravaca, Jacques Gamblin, Kevin Elarbi, Matthieu Boujenah, Olivier Barthélémy, Olivier Sitruk, Pascal Elbé, Sylvie Testud, Syrus Shahidi, Zabou Breitman,
Director: Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Writers: Philippe Isard,
Cast: Anne Consigny, Cyril Lecomte, Gérard Lanvin, Laura Smet, Niels Arestrup, Pierre Kiwitt, Rachel Khan, Slimane Dazi, Sylvie Testud,
Director: Stéphanie Murat
Writers: Vincent Cappello,
Cast: Dominique Besnehard, François Berléand, Jean-Pierre Marielle, JoeyStarr, Mathilde Seigner, Shana Castera, Sylvie Testud, Zinedine Soualem,
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Writers: Serge Frydman,
Cast: Alexandre Steiger, Daniel Martin, Iabe Lapacas, Jean-Philippe Puymartin, Malik Zidi, Mathieu Kassovitz, Patrick Fierry, Philippe Torreton, Steeve Une, Sylvie Testud,
Director: Roselyne Bosch
Writers: Roselyne Bosch,
Cast: Gad Elmaleh, Hugo Leverdez, Jean Reno, Mathieu Di Concetto, Mélanie Laurent, Oliver Cywie, Raphaëlle Agogué, Rebecca Marder, Romain Di Concetto, Sylvie Testud,
Director: Johnnie To
Writers: Wai Ka-Fai,
Cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eddie Cheung, Felix Wong Yat-Wah, Gordon Lam Ka-Tung, Johnny Hallyday, Lam Suet, Michelle Ye Xuan, Simon Yam, Sylvie Testud, Vincent Sze Cho-Lam,
Director: Alain Corneau
Writers: Alain Corneau,
Cast: Bison Katayama, Eri Sakai, Gen Shimaoka, Heileigh Gomes, Kaori Tsuji, Sokyu Fujita, Sylvie Testud, Tar? Suwa, Yasunari Kondo,
Director: Chantal Akerman
Writers: Chantal Akerman,
Cast: Anna Mouglalis, Aurore Clément, Bérénice Bejo, Françoise Bertin, Liliane Rovère, Olivia Bonamy, Stanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Xavier Morange,