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Aïssa Maïga

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Aïssa Maïga
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Aïssa Maïga is a Senegalsese actress working in France. She was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1975 to a Senegalese-Gambian mother and Malian father, an acclaimed journalist. She moved with her family to France when she was 4. She discovered her vocation as an actress in middle school, and won various professional roles while studying theater in high school. Her big screen début was in Saraka bô (1997), directed by Denis Amar.

Since then, Aïssa has worked with a number of internationally renowned directors, including Michel Gondry (in Mood Indigo (2013), Abderrahmane Sissako (in Bamako (The Court) (2006)), and Michael Haneke (in Code Unknown (2000) and Caché (Hidden) (2005)). Throughout, Aïssa has continued to perform onstage in celebrated plays such as "Brooklyn Boy" (2004), "Les Grandes Personnes" (2011), and the French production of David Lindsay-Abaire's "Good People" (2015).

Aïssa is at ease in a wide range of film roles, from African to young parishioner, aided by her fluency in multiple languages. She has won or been nominated for a number of prestigious prizes, including a Best Newcomer César (French Oscar) nomination in 2007 for Bamako (The Court) (2006) and the Best Actress Prize in 2009 at the Bastia Film Festival for Bianco e nero (2008) by Italian director Cristina Comencini. She also won the Best Actress Prize in 2013 at the Luchon Film festival for her role in Denis Malleval's Deadly Summer (2013), as well as the Crystal Globe for Best Actress in 2016 for her role in Anything for Alice (2014).

From comedic and dramatic roles to genre and action movies, from popular to art house films, Aïssa Maïga has become one of the unforgettable faces of international cinema.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Maxwell Simba, and Lily Banda in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Maxwell Simba, and Lily Banda in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
Aïssa Maïga and Max Boublil in Anything for Alice (2014)
Aïssa Maïga in Anything for Alice (2014)
Gad Elmaleh, Aïssa Maïga, and Philippe Torreton in Mood Indigo (2013)
Gad Elmaleh, Aïssa Maïga, and Charlotte Le Bon in Mood Indigo (2013)
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Known for

Paris, je t'aime (2006)
Paris, je t'aime
7.2
  • Sophie (segment "Place des Fetes")
  • 2006
Russian Dolls (2005)
Russian Dolls
7.0
  • Kassia
  • 2005
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Maxwell Simba in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
7.6
  • Agnes Kamkwamba
  • 2019
Caché (Hidden) (2005)
Caché (Hidden)
7.3
  • Chantal
  • 2005

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  • Quand tu seras grand
    • Post-production
  • King Shaka
    • In Production
  • The Man Who Saved Paris
    • Pre-production
  • Cherchez la femme (2022)
    Cherchez la femme
  • Le marchand de sable
  • The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess (2022)
    The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
    • (voice)
  • Neneh Superstar (2022)
    Neneh Superstar
  • Maria Schneider, 1983 (2022)
    Maria Schneider, 1983
  • Josh Hartnett in Episode #1.1 (2022)
    The Fear Index
  • Neuf meufs, L'unitaire (2021)
    Neuf meufs, L'unitaire
  • Neuf meufs (2021)
    Neuf meufs
  • Alice Taglioni in Above the Sky (2020)
    Above the Sky
  • Aïssa Maïga in Nora (2020)
    Nora
  • He Even Has Your Eyes (2020)
    He Even Has Your Eyes
  • Comatose
  • Brother (2019)
    Brother
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor and Maxwell Simba in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
    The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
  • Aïssa Maïga and Lynn Rafferty in Taken Down (2018)
    Taken Down

Director

  • Nô Feminist (2022)
    Nô Feminist
  • Above Water (2021)
    Above Water
  • Regard noir

Writer

  • Nô Feminist (2022)
    Nô Feminist
  • Above Water (2021)
    Above Water

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Bande-annonce [OV]
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Bande-annonce [OV]
Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 1:30
Bande-annonce [OV]
Bande-Annonce [VO]
Trailer 1:27
Bande-Annonce [VO]
Bande-annonce [OV]
Trailer 1:51
Bande-annonce [OV]
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:23
Official Trailer
Bande-Annonce [VO]
Trailer 1:56
Bande-Annonce [VO]
Anything for Alice
Trailer 2:03
Anything for Alice
quand la ville mord
Trailer 1:18
quand la ville mord
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:56
Official Trailer
Chiwetel Ejiofor Transitions from Actor to Director
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Chiwetel Ejiofor Transitions from Actor to Director

Personal details

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    • France's national library catalogue
    • Theater_org
    • 1975
    • Dakar, Senegal

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    Member of an African NGO, she has been AMREF's godmother for a few years, dedicated in the training of medical staff for the care of both mother and child.

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