Aïssa Maïga

Aïssa Maïga 2007 at the Cannes Film Festival

Aïssa Maïga (born May 25, 1975 in Dakar ) is a Senegalese - French actress , screenwriter and director .

Life

Aïssa Maïga was born in Dakar to a Malian father and a Senegalese- Gambian mother . When she was four years old, the family moved to Paris . After graduating from high school, Maïga decided to study theater in Saint-Denis , which she finished after a few months because she found the lessons too theoretical. After working as a waitress for a while , she starred in the musical La nuit la plus longue . She got her first film role in the short film Le Royaume du Passage and starred in Saraka Bo on the side of Yvan Attal and Richard Bohringer . She quickly rose to become a star of French cinema and played a. a. in films by directors Michael Haneke ( Caché ) , Claude Berri and Alain Tanner . She directed the film Il faut quitter Bamako . For her role in The Last Judgment of Bamako , Aïssa Maïga was nominated in 2007 for the César as best young actress.

Filmography (selection)

• 1997: Saraka Bo
• 1998: La revanche de Lucy
• 1999: Jonas et Lila, à demain
• 2000: Lise et André
• 2001: Voyage à Ouaga
• 2003: Les Baigneuses
• 2003: Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres
• 2005: Caché
• 2005: L'un reste, l'autre part
• 2005: Travaux, on sait quand ça commence ...
• 2005: L'auberge espagnole - reunion in St. Petersburg
• 2006: Paris, je t'aime
• 2006: Don't worry, I'm fine (Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas)
• 2006: Une famille parfaite
• 2006: Il faut quitter Bamako
• 2006: The Last Judgment of Bamako (Bamako)
• 2006: Prête-moi ta main
• 2006: Mamadou il est où?
• 2006: Demba
• 2007: L'Âge d'homme… maintenant ou jamais!
• 2008: Bianco e Nero
• 2008: Under attack (Les insoumis)
• 2008: Sexe, Gombo et beurre salé
• 2009: Diamond 13 (Diamond 13)
• 2010: Ensemble, c'est trop
• 2010: Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
• 2010: L'Avocat
• 2012: Aujourd'hui
• 2013: The foam of the days (L'écume des jours)
• 2016: A village looks black (Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont)
• 2016: Similar to confusion (Il a déjà tes yeux)
• 2016: Love Is Dead (Rupture pour tous)
• 2018: The Tower (speaking role)
• 2019: The boy who caught the wind (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind)
• 2019: Brother (Mon frère)
• 2020: Il A Déjà Tes Yeux (TV series)

Web links

Commons : Aïssa Maïga  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aissa Maiga in the Internet Movie Database (English)