Sara Forestier

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Sara Forestier (2013)

Sara Forestier (born October 4, 1986 in Copenhagen , Denmark ) is a French actress .

Life

Forestier (April 2011)

At the age of thirteen, Sara Forestier accompanied a friend to an audition. This was her entry into the acting business and she got a number of small roles in TV and film productions, including 2001 in Martine Dugowsons Les fantômes de Louba . A year later she was part of the ensemble of actors in Yolande Zauberman's war drama The War in Paris alongside Élodie Bouchez and Jérémie Renier . In 2003 followed the female lead in the TV film Unter Uns . In the drama by Virginie Sauveur , she plays the young Alice , whose lives and that of her two older brothers suddenly change when their parents are killed in a serious accident.

Forestier's collaboration with Abdellatif Kechiche also followed in 2003 . The French director of Tunisian descent had initially refused to engage the former student of the well-known Parisian drama school Cours Florent in his tragicomedy not yes, not no ( L'esquive ) , which was cast with amateur actors . In the film, Forestier plays the young and ambitious Lydia, who is rehearsing for a theatrical performance with classmates from the Parisian suburbs. Not yes, not no was a great success with critics and cinema audiences in France and was awarded the most important French film prize César as the best production of the year in 2005 and in three other categories. One of the winners was Sara Forestier, who received the award for the best young actress .

Sara Forestier, who is now one of the most talented mimes in French cinema, lives in Paris in order to devote more time to her career. After the great success of Not yes, not no , she worked on five film projects in 2005, including Bertrand Blier's tragic comedy Combien tu m'aimes? alongside Monica Bellucci and Gérard Depardieu , Claude Lelouch's Le courage d'aimer with Mathilde Seigner , and Michel Deville's romantic comedy Un fil à la patte . In the same year, she made her second leading role as Hell in the Bruno Chiche drama of the same name . In the film adaptation of a novel by Lolita Pille is Nicolas Duvauchelle her film partner. In 2006 Forestier was part of the acting ensemble of the international large-scale production The Perfume - The Story of a Murderer , the film adaptation of the successful novel by Patrick Süskind of the same name . She also starred in Santiago Amigorena's film Quelques jours en septembre (2006) alongside Juliette Binoche , John Turturro and Nick Nolte . The drama, set in the days before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , is about a CIA agent who has disappeared without a trace and who is tracked down by his daughter.

For the lead role in the love comedy The Name of the People (2010), she was awarded her first César for Best Actress . In Michel Leclerc's comedy, Forestier plays a political activist who is passionate about fighting for marginalized groups. At the same time, the young and attractive woman sleeps with politically right-wing men in order to turn them around ideologically. Also in 2010, she took the part of France Gall in Joann Sfars biopic Gainsbourg - The Man Who Loved Women .

Sara Forestier, who left school at the age of 16, loves, among others, Al Pacino , Leonardo DiCaprio , Marion Cotillard , Pierre Richard , Jamel Debbouze , Charlize Theron , Abdellatif Kechiche and Sabrina Ouazani ; with the latter actress she was seen together in Not yes, not no . The hobbies of the French actress, who is known for her frankness and has two siblings, include writing and painting. In parallel to her acting career, Forestier directed several short films.

Filmography (selection)

Forestier ( Cannes 2011 )

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Sara Forestier  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sara Forestier. In: imdb.com. (English).
personal data
SURNAME Forestier, Sara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french actress
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen , Denmark