Acting
Apr 30, 1966
Dakar, Senegal
Aïssatou Thiam
Acting
Biography
Born in Dakar (Senegal), to a Martinican mother and a Senegalese father, Aïssatou Thiam grew up in Marseille. After starting out in modeling which gave her the opportunity to work with couturiers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Thierry Mugler, Paco Rabanne, Dior, Givenchy, among others, she also began her career as an actress in theater and cinema. and on television. Her training with Blanche Salant (studio actor), Isabelle Sadoyan (classical theater), the Herbert Bergoff Studio (in New York where she lived for 4 years), and Jean-Louis Jacopin (contemporary theater) gave her made it possible to acquire multiple knowledge of the theatrical tool. We saw her in the cinema in “L’Irrésolu” alongside Barbara Schultz, Sandrine Kimberlain, Vincent Lindon, “Mauvais Genre” by Laurent Bénégui with Monica Bellucci, “Bimboland” by Ariel Zeitoun with Gérard Depardieu & Dany Boon, “Le Genre Humain” by Claude Lelouch and more recently in “Le Missionnaire” , produced by Luc Besson alongside Jean-Marie Bigard. In the theater during the Avignon “In” festival and in several units and series for television, including “Les Monos” dealing with the problems of young adolescents as well as the famous “Tropiques amers” , a series on slavery for France Televisions seen by more than 5 million viewers! Her pronounced taste for all kinds of sports (rafting, climbing, scuba diving (qualified), water and alpine skiing, Thai boxing, modern jazz, horse riding) makes her a dynamic person with a little “breakage” side. -neck " ! She had the pleasure of leading theater workshops with a young audience, discovered her teaching skills and teaches in a high school of design studies to around a hundred students. Following the release of her book: “Un Grand Éclat de Rire” by Pascal Galodé Éditeur (editions le Cherche Midi) in 2008, an autobiography retracing her journey, she began writing alongside Marc Tardieu. As part of the SunArt festival she wrote a text: “Identity” and performed it in the show “Masques”. She created the main role in a play written by Alain Foix “Marilin”, in “Rue Saint Denis” and had the pleasure of playing alongside Jean-claude Drouot, among others in 2011. Since 2011 she has performed at the theater, in the play directed by Michael Batz: “Working Girls” and whose text “The Last Little Girl” is by Kay Ashead, it is a succession of 4 monologues, new dates to come … Recently she played in a triumphant play: “Ladies Night” directed by Thierry Lavat, in the role of Glenda, and in 2014, in her first film in English: “Keeping Silent”, by Mya James, in the role principal of Dara. More recently, in the role of mother, Barbara, alongside Victoria Abril, in season 8 of “Clem”, for TF1. Also, tssdl is a nerd and has a sad life :(
Feature Films (4)
The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an emperor's assassin and is to be thrown to the tigers in the arena.With the help of the black slave Saba, he manages to win the deadly fight and is proclaimed - against his will - the new emperor of the Roman Empire.His pragmatic ideas as a statesman explain why the Roman Empire ended so abruptly. At the side of Saba, who is elevated to empress, he returns to his home village of Sumpfing, where he now promises himself completely new perspectives ...
Germanikus
Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until the conflict blows over. But their plan takes an unexpected turn when Father Etienne dies.
Hallelujah!
The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos ("Girl Observed From the Rear") with a round of book-signings and talk-shows. When beautiful hat designer Camille buys the book, Martial follows her and spies on her as she reads his book and removes her clothing. It's the beginning of his obsession and also an inspiration. After Martial's live-in girlfriend Lucie establishes contact with Camille for real, Martial is able to type out another sexy manuscript.
Mauvais Genre
At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a beautician on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a cook who is on his way back from America. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton hotel. Will their initial mutual indifference and downright hostility turn into a one night stand or perhaps something more?
Jet Lag
Television & Series (2)
In late 18th-century Martinique, a plantation owner, his irresponsible young aristocratic wife and his beautiful black mistress are drawn into a spiral of violence that reflects all the horror and inhumanity of the perverse relations between masters and slaves.
Bitter Tropics
Clem follows the life of a young teenager, Clémentine, who becomes a mother at the age of sixteen, at the centre of tensions between her parents and Julien, the father of her child Valentin. It deals with the problems of teenage life and that of a mother with a strong personality.