Acting
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.
Filmography
Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara
Film · 2026
Cocorico 2
Film · 2026
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour
Film · 2026
Where Souls Go
Film · 2025
Proust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive"
Film · 2025
Cocorico
Film · 2024
The Two of Them
Film · 2024
Knok
Series · 2024
Sur la dalle
Series · 2024
Marinette
Film · 2023
Des mains en or
Film · 2023
A Case for Kin
Series · 2023
Champagne !
Film · 2022
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Film · 2022
The Grand Restaurant IV
Film · 2022
Simone: Woman of the Century
Film · 2022
Tout le monde savait
Film · 2022
What Pauline Is Not Telling You
Series · 2022
Club Première
Series · 2022
The Unexpected Getaway
Series · 2022
Le Figaro La Nuit
Series · 2022
Flashback
Film · 2021
L'Heureux Stratagème
Film · 2021
The Grand Restaurant III
Film · 2021
Runaway
Series · 2021
Un monde, un regard
Series · 2021
I Love You Coiffure
Film · 2020
Fear by the Lake
Series · 2020
Disclaimer
Film · 2019
Wide Load
Film · 2019
Defiant Souls
Film · 2019
Quand sort la recluse
Film · 2019
Meet the Malawas
Film · 2019
Kemps
Series · 2019
Eden
Series · 2019
Quand sort la recluse
Series · 2019
Fan Club
Film · 2018
Suspiria
Film · 2018
Kings for a Day
Film · 2018
A New Girl in Paris!
Film · 2018
Deux gouttes d'eau
Film · 2018
Deutsch-Les-Landes
Series · 2018
Mörderische Stille
Film · 2017
Wedding Unplanned
Film · 2017
Final Portrait
Film · 2017
Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
Series · 2017
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Film · 2016
Arrête ton cinéma !
Film · 2016
The Exchange Student
Film · 2016
Tamara
Film · 2016
Spiderwebhouse
Film · 2015
Too Close to the Sun
Film · 2015
Thanks to my Friends
Film · 2015
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Film · 2015
Capitaine Marleau
Series · 2015
96 heures
Film · 2014
French Women
Film · 2014
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
Film · 2014
Ceux qui dansent sur la tête
Film · 2014
Two Women
Film · 2014
24 Days
Film · 2014
A Song For Mama
Film · 2013
Max
Film · 2013
For a Woman
Film · 2013
Les Déferlantes
Film · 2013
My Name Is Hmmm...
Film · 2013
Roxana's Hands
Film · 2013
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
Film · 2013
The Unexpected Getaway
Series · 2012
28 minutes
Series · 2012
The Night Clerk
Film · 2011
Rebellion
Film · 2011
L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues
Film · 2011
The Round Up
Film · 2010
Mumu
Film · 2010
The Rebel, Louise Michel
Film · 2010
Sentiments provisoires
Film · 2010
A Happy Man
Film · 2009
Lucky Luke
Film · 2009
Lourdes
Film · 2009
Sisters
Film · 2009
Vengeance
Film · 2009
Can't Say No
Film · 2009
C à vous
Series · 2009
C à vous
Series · 2009
Sagan
Film · 2008
The Idiot
Film · 2008
Panique dans l'oreillette
Series · 2008
La Vie en Rose
Film · 2007
The Vanishing Point
Film · 2007
La France
Film · 2007
Eat, for This Is My Body
Film · 2007
Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher
Film · 2007
Legacy
Film · 2006
On n'est pas couché
Series · 2006
La vie est à nous !
Film · 2005
Words in Blue
Film · 2005
Tout pour l'oseille
Film · 2004
Cause toujours !
Film · 2004
Tomorrow We Move
Film · 2004
Victoire
Film · 2004
Making of Tomorrow We Move
Film · 2004
Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land
Series · 2004
Fear and Trembling
Film · 2003
Labyrinth
Film · 2003
Only Girls
Film · 2003
Dead Man's Memories
Film · 2003
A Moment of Happiness
Film · 2002
Life Kills Me
Film · 2002
Women or Children First
Film · 2002
A Loving Father
Film · 2002
Stolen Tangos
Film · 2002
Everyman's Feast
Film · 2002
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Film · 2002
The Château
Film · 2001
Les acteurs anonymes
Film · 2001
Julies Geist
Film · 2001
I’m Going Home
Film · 2001
Scénarios sur la drogue
Film · 2000
Murderous Maids
Film · 2000
The Captive
Film · 2000
The Dark Room
Film · 2000
Bad Connection
Film · 2000
Annaluise & Anton
Film · 1999
Marée haute
Film · 1999
Karnaval
Film · 1999
In Heaven
Film · 1999
The Misadventures of Margaret
Film · 1998
Sentimental Education
Film · 1998
Fire in Paradise
Film · 1997
Beyond Silence
Film · 1996
Those Were the Days
Film · 1995
The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
Film · 1994
Marie's Song
Film · 1994
Éternelles
Film · 1994
German Film Award
Series · 1951
Tout un poème
Film