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Sylvie Testud‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

star6.9

Sylvie Testud

Lyon, Rhône, France

Sylvie Testud

Lyon, Rhône, France

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1971-01-17

Popularity

star6.9

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. 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.

Movie Credits

Fan Club

Fan Club‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Beyond Silence

Beyond Silence‌
star6.9
calendar 1996

La Vie en Rose

La Vie en Rose‌
star7.4
calendar 2007

Annaluise & Anton

Annaluise & Anton‌
star7.1
calendar 1999

Scénarios sur la drogue

Scénarios sur la drogue‌
star5.0
calendar 2000

Flashback

Flashback‌
star5.9
calendar 2021

Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling‌
star6.4
calendar 2003

Labyrinth

Labyrinth‌
star6.6
calendar 2003

L'Heureux Stratagème

L'Heureux Stratagème‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

A Happy Man

A Happy Man‌
star4.5
calendar 2009

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke‌
star4.5
calendar 2009

The Round Up

The Round Up‌
star7.6
calendar 2010

Lourdes

Lourdes‌
star6.7
calendar 2009

Sagan

Sagan‌
star6.2
calendar 2008

Marée haute

Marée haute‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

The Château

The Château‌
star4.8
calendar 2001

The Vanishing Point

The Vanishing Point‌
star5.6
calendar 2007

Sisters

Sisters‌
star5.3
calendar 2009

Murderous Maids

Murderous Maids‌
star6.5
calendar 2000

Mumu

Mumu‌
star6.0
calendar 2010

The Captive

The Captive‌
star5.4
calendar 2000

Un moment de bonheur

Un moment de bonheur‌
star4.9
calendar 2002

Vengeance

Vengeance‌
star6.6
calendar 2009

Life Kills Me

Life Kills Me‌
star5.2
calendar 2002

Tout pour l'o$eille

Tout pour l'o$eille‌
star4.5
calendar 2004

The Night Clerk

The Night Clerk‌
star5.7
calendar 2011

Champagne !

Champagne !‌
star5.3
calendar 2022

Only Girls

Only Girls‌
star6.2
calendar 2003

La France

La France‌
star6.4
calendar 2007

Rebellion

Rebellion‌
star6.7
calendar 2011

La vie est à nous !

La vie est à nous !‌
star5.2
calendar 2005

Cause toujours !

Cause toujours !‌
star4.5
calendar 2004

Women or Children First

Women or Children First‌
star5.7
calendar 2002

A Loving Father

A Loving Father‌
star5.2
calendar 2002

Tomorrow We Move

Tomorrow We Move‌
star5.3
calendar 2004

Victoire

Victoire‌
star1.0
calendar 2004

The Rebel, Louise Michel

The Rebel, Louise Michel‌
star5.8
calendar 2010

Eat, for This Is My Body

Eat, for This Is My Body‌
star3.6
calendar 2007

The Dark Room

The Dark Room‌
star3.7
calendar 2000

Words in Blue

Words in Blue‌
star6.2
calendar 2005

Karnaval

Karnaval‌
star6.5
calendar 1999

Marinette

Marinette‌
star6.6
calendar 2023

Legacy

Legacy‌
star6.3
calendar 2006

A Song For Mama

A Song For Mama‌
star4.9
calendar 2013

Max

Max‌
star5.7
calendar 2013

Dead Man's Memories

Dead Man's Memories‌
star4.4
calendar 2003

Stolen Tangos

Stolen Tangos‌
star5.0
calendar 2002

Cocorico

Cocorico‌
star5.5
calendar 2024

For a Woman

For a Woman‌
star6.1
calendar 2013

Les Déferlantes

Les Déferlantes‌
star5.1
calendar 2013

My Name Is Hmmm...

My Name Is Hmmm...‌
star5.5
calendar 2013

Roxana's Hands

Roxana's Hands‌
star4.5
calendar 2013

Fire in Paradise

Fire in Paradise‌
star5.2
calendar 1997

96 heures

96 heures‌
star5.5
calendar 2014

Des mains en or

Des mains en or‌
star5.5
calendar 2023

Tout un poème

Tout un poème‌
star0.0
calendar

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir‌
star8.0
calendar 2022

French Women

French Women‌
star5.8
calendar 2014

Everyman's Feast

Everyman's Feast‌
star4.5
calendar 2002

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone‌
star5.7
calendar 2014

Ceux qui dansent sur la tête

Ceux qui dansent sur la tête‌
star5.3
calendar 2014

The Idiot

The Idiot‌
star6.5
calendar 2008

Two Women

Two Women‌
star6.8
calendar 2014

Spiderwebhouse

Spiderwebhouse‌
star5.9
calendar 2015

Elles deux

Elles deux‌
star0.0
calendar

Sur la dalle

Sur la dalle‌
star5.2
calendar 2024

The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed

The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed‌
star3.0
calendar 1994

24 Days

24 Days‌
star6.7
calendar 2014

The Misadventures of Margaret

The Misadventures of Margaret‌
star5.2
calendar 1998

The Visitors: Bastille Day

The Visitors: Bastille Day‌
star4.1
calendar 2016

The Grand Restaurant IV

The Grand Restaurant IV‌
star8.0
calendar 2022

Les acteurs anonymes

Les acteurs anonymes‌
star5.0
calendar 2001

Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara

Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara‌
star4.0
calendar 2024

Arrête ton cinéma !

Arrête ton cinéma !‌
star4.6
calendar 2016

Too Close to the Sun

Too Close to the Sun‌
star5.6
calendar 2015

Julies Geist

Julies Geist‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

I’m Going Home

I’m Going Home‌
star6.9
calendar 2001

The Exchange Student

The Exchange Student‌
star5.4
calendar 2016

Tamara

Tamara‌
star6.3
calendar 2016

Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage)

Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage)‌
star0.0
calendar 2004

Suspiria

Suspiria‌
star6.9
calendar 2018

Thanks to my Friends

Thanks to my Friends‌
star5.0
calendar 2015

Can't Say No

Can't Say No‌
star0.0
calendar 2009

Mörderische Stille

Mörderische Stille‌
star5.5
calendar 2017

Marie's Song

Marie's Song‌
star5.0
calendar 1994

Wedding Unplanned

Wedding Unplanned‌
star6.1
calendar 2017

Final Portrait

Final Portrait‌
star6.0
calendar 2017

Kings for a Day

Kings for a Day‌
star5.7
calendar 2018

A New Girl in Paris!

A New Girl in Paris!‌
star6.4
calendar 2018

Bad Connection

Bad Connection‌
star6.0
calendar 2000

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues‌
star7.0
calendar 2011

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show‌
star6.6
calendar 2015

Disclaimer

Disclaimer‌
star4.7
calendar 2019

Deux gouttes d'eau

Deux gouttes d'eau‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher

Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Wide Load

Wide Load‌
star4.1
calendar 2019

Defiant Souls

Defiant Souls‌
star6.4
calendar 2019

Quand sort la recluse

Quand sort la recluse‌
star5.3
calendar 2019

À votre bon cœur, mesdames

À votre bon cœur, mesdames‌
star5.0
calendar 2013

Meet the Malawas

Meet the Malawas‌
star4.4
calendar 2019

Sentiments provisoires

Sentiments provisoires‌
star6.0
calendar 2010

Éternelles

Éternelles‌
star0.0
calendar 1994

In Heaven

In Heaven‌
star0.0
calendar 1999

Sentimental Education

Sentimental Education‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

I Love You Coiffure

I Love You Coiffure‌
star3.9
calendar 2020

Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days‌
star5.9
calendar 1995

The Grand Restaurant III

The Grand Restaurant III‌
star5.3
calendar 2021

Simone: Woman of the Century

Simone: Woman of the Century‌
star8.0
calendar 2022

Où vont les âmes?

Où vont les âmes?‌
star0.0
calendar

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

A Day in the Life of French Cinema‌
star0.0
calendar 2002

Tv Credits

C à vous

C à vous‌
star4.0
calendar 2009

Runaway

Runaway‌
star6.3
calendar 2021

La Parenthèse inattendue

La Parenthèse inattendue‌
star8.5
calendar 2012

What Pauline Is Not Telling You

What Pauline Is Not Telling You‌
star6.0
calendar 2022

28 minutes

28 minutes‌
star2.5
calendar 2012

Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne

Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne‌
star6.9
calendar 2017

Kem's

Kem's‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Deutsch-Les-Landes

Deutsch-Les-Landes‌
star8.0
calendar 2018

Flair de famille

Flair de famille‌
star7.0
calendar 2023

Deutscher Filmpreis

Deutscher Filmpreis‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Eden

Eden‌
star7.8
calendar 2019

Club Première

Club Première‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

Knok

Knok‌
star3.0
calendar 2024

Capitaine Marleau

Capitaine Marleau‌
star5.8
calendar 2015

Fear by the Lake

Fear by the Lake‌
star6.5
calendar 2020

Panique dans l'oreillette

Panique dans l'oreillette‌
star6.4
calendar 2008

Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land

Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land‌
star6.9
calendar 2004

Sur la dalle

Sur la dalle‌
star5.0
calendar 2024