Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu

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Véro Tshanda Beya at the Berlinale (2017)

Véronique Tshanda Beya Mputu is a Congolese actress. She won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress for the title role in the 2017 film Félicité .

origin

Mputu was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She spent her formative years in Kinshasa .

Career

In 2017 she played the leading role in the film Felicité by the French - Senegalese director Alain Gomis , who won the Grand Jury Prize at the 67th Berlinale . She reported that she was enthusiastic about the idea of ​​being able to portray such an independent woman, independent of men. She had to audition for Alain Gomis four times to convince him that she was the right person for it. The Times criticized her performance as one of the film's highlights and described her as "heroic and award-worthy."

Félicité was the first Senegalese film to be nominated for the competition for the best foreign language film at the 2018 Academy Awards .

In 2018, Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu was a member of the jury at the Festival international du film de femmes de Salé .

Appreciations

  • 2017 “Best Actress” at the Journées cinématographiques de Carthage
  • 2017 “Best Actress” at the African Movie Academy Award
  • 2018 “Best Actress” at the Trophées francophones du cinéma

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu, from the streets of Kinshasa to "Félicité" .
  2. ^ Film data sheet from the Berlinale archive on Félicité .
  3. ↑ Félicité: An interview with the star Véro Tshanda Beya Mputu .
  4. ↑ Film review in The Times: Félicité .
  5. ↑ Daniel Orubo: Presentation of all African films that apply for the Oscar for the best foreign language film in 2018 .
  6. ↑ http://aujourdhui.ma/culture/cinema/festival-international-du-film-de-femmes-de-sale-le-cinema-bresilien-a-lhonneur Siham Jadraoui: Festival international du film de femmes de Salé: Le cinéma brésilien à l'honneur , Aujourd'hui le Maroc, 15 September 2018
  7. ↑ https://www.cnc.fr/cinema/actualites/palmares-de-la-28eme-edition-des-journees-cinematographiques-de-carthage_111588 accessed on August 10, 2020
  8. ↑ Véro Tshanda wins the title of best actress for “Félicité” at the 2017 AMAA .
  9. ↑ http://www.aps.sn/actualites/culture/cinema/article/veronique-tshanda-beya-mputu-remporte-le-trophee-francophone-de-l-interpretation-feminine Véronique Tshanda Beya Mputu remporte le Trophée francophone de l'interprétation féminine , APS (Agence de Presse Sénégalaise), December 9, 2018
  10. ↑ https://plus.lesoir.be/195325/article/2018-12-12/trophees-francophones-du-cinema-dans-notre-monde-la-difference-est-une-tare-ici Gaëlle Moury: Trophées francophones du cinéma: Dans notre monde la différence est une tare. Ici c'est une richesse , Le Soir, 12 December 2018
personal data
SURNAME Mputu, Véro Tshanda Beya
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mputu, Véronique Tshanda Beya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese actress
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century