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Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

Acting January 17, 1971 (55 years old) Lyon, Rhône, France

Biography

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.

Movies 113

Suspiria 6.9

Suspiria

as Miss Griffith

2018
La Vie en Rose 7.4

La Vie en Rose

as Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut

2007
Vengeance 6.6

Vengeance

as Irene Costello

2009
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour 6.0

LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour

as Sylvie

2026
The Visitors: Bastille Day 4.2

The Visitors: Bastille Day

as Charlotte de Robespierre

2016
Cocorico 2 5.3

Cocorico 2

as Nicole Martin

2026
Too Close to the Sun 5.8

Too Close to the Sun

as Sophie Picard

2015
The Round Up 7.5

The Round Up

as Bella Zygler

2010
Lucky Luke 4.5

Lucky Luke

as Calamity Jane

2009
Simone: Woman of the Century 7.9

Simone: Woman of the Century

as Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)

2022
French Women 5.7

French Women

as Sam

2014
Cocorico 5.6

Cocorico

as Nicole Martin

2024
Final Portrait 6.0

Final Portrait

as Annette Giacometti

2017
Wedding Unplanned 6.1

Wedding Unplanned

as Clarisse

2017
Wide Load 4.1

Wide Load

as Jennifer

2019
Meet the Malawas 4.5

Meet the Malawas

as Nathalie Dulac

2019
Rebellion 6.6

Rebellion

as Chantal Legorjus

2011
The Captive 5.7

The Captive

as Ariane

2000
Fear and Trembling 6.5

Fear and Trembling

as Amélie

2003
The Grand Restaurant III 5.2

The Grand Restaurant III

as The nymphomaniac's friend

2021
Two Women 6.1

Two Women

as Elisaveta Bogdanovna

2014
Everyman's Feast 4.0

Everyman's Feast

as Sophie

2002
Beyond Silence 6.9

Beyond Silence

as Lara

1996
24 Days 6.6

24 Days

as Brigitte Farell

2014
I’m Going Home 6.8

I’m Going Home

as Ariel

2001
Des mains en or 5.5

Des mains en or

as Rose

2023
I Love You Coiffure 3.8

I Love You Coiffure

as Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")

2020
Those Were the Days 5.9

Those Were the Days

as Sylvie

1995
For a Woman 5.9

For a Woman

as Anne

2013
Murderous Maids 6.2

Murderous Maids

as Christine Papin

2000
A New Girl in Paris! 6.4

A New Girl in Paris!

as Amandine

2018
Sagan 6.2

Sagan

as Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan

2008
Flashback 5.9

Flashback

as Olympe de Gouges

2021
Labyrinth 6.6

Labyrinth

as Claude

2003
L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues 7.0

L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues

2011
Fire in Paradise 5.2

Fire in Paradise

as Esther

1997
The Misadventures of Margaret 5.1

The Misadventures of Margaret

as Young Nun

1998
Max 5.8

Max

as Nina

2013
Quand sort la recluse 5.9

Quand sort la recluse

as le lieutenant Froissy

2019
Where Souls Go 5.0

Where Souls Go

as Stéphanie

2025
Victoire 3.0

Victoire

as Victoire

2004
Champagne ! 5.2

Champagne !

as Joanna

2022
Lourdes 6.6

Lourdes

as Christine

2009
A Day in the Life of French Cinema 7.0

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

as Self

2002
À votre bon cœur, mesdames 5.0

À votre bon cœur, mesdames

as Lolita

2013
Tamara 6.4

Tamara

as Amandine

2016
Making of Tomorrow We Move

Making of Tomorrow We Move

as Self / Charlotte

2004
Thanks to my Friends 5.1

Thanks to my Friends

as Stéphane Brunge

2015
The Grand Restaurant IV 8.0

The Grand Restaurant IV

2022
Marinette 6.6

Marinette

as Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach

2023
Legacy 6.5

Legacy

as Patricia

2006
Mumu 5.8

Mumu

as Mumu

2010
Eat, for This Is My Body 3.3

Eat, for This Is My Body

as Madame

2007
Marie's Song 5.4

Marie's Song

as Marie

1994
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone 5.6

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

as Nadiège

2014
The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed 3.5

The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed

as Girl at party offering food

1994
96 heures 5.4

96 heures

as Marion Reynaud

2014
A Happy Man 4.6

A Happy Man

as Catherine

2009
The Rebel, Louise Michel 5.9

The Rebel, Louise Michel

as Louise Michel

2010
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show 5.7

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

as Self

2015
Tomorrow We Move 5.9

Tomorrow We Move

as Charlotte

2004
The Exchange Student 5.4

The Exchange Student

as Eloïse

2016
La vie est à nous ! 5.7

La vie est à nous !

as Louise Delhomme

2005
Scénarios sur la drogue 6.0

Scénarios sur la drogue

as Segment "Lucie"

2000
Julies Geist 10.0

Julies Geist

as Julia

2001
The Vanishing Point 5.6

The Vanishing Point

as Lucie Audibert

2007
The Dark Room 4.6

The Dark Room

as Azalaïs

2000
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir 7.2

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir

as Sophie

2022
Roxana's Hands 4.5

Roxana's Hands

as Roxana Orlac

2013
Ceux qui dansent sur la tête 5.3

Ceux qui dansent sur la tête

as Catherine

2014
Karnaval 6.2

Karnaval

as Béa

1999
Disclaimer 4.6

Disclaimer

as Maïté

2019
Spiderwebhouse 5.9

Spiderwebhouse

as Sabine

2015
Sisters 5.2

Sisters

as Sybille adulte

2009
Tout pour l'oseille 4.9

Tout pour l'oseille

as Prune

2004
Stolen Tangos 6.0

Stolen Tangos

as Alice / Paula

2002
My Name Is Hmmm... 5.5

My Name Is Hmmm...

as La mère de Céline

2013
The Night Clerk 5.8

The Night Clerk

as Sylvie Poncet

2011
Annaluise & Anton 7.2

Annaluise & Anton

as Laurence

1999
Fan Club

Fan Club

as Anna

2018
In Heaven 9.0

In Heaven

as Valeska

1999
Deux gouttes d'eau 6.2

Deux gouttes d'eau

as Valérie Laforge

2018
A Song For Mama 4.7

A Song For Mama

as Sylvie

2013
Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara

Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara

as Mathilde

2026
Kings for a Day 5.7

Kings for a Day

as Val

2018
Can't Say No

Can't Say No

as Adèle

2009
Women or Children First 6.0

Women or Children First

as Virginie

2002
La France 6.4

La France

as Camille

2007
Arrête ton cinéma ! 4.6

Arrête ton cinéma !

as Sybille

2016
The Château 5.0

The Château

as Isabelle

2001
Only Girls 6.3

Only Girls

as Tina

2003
A Moment of Happiness 5.3

A Moment of Happiness

as L'institutrice

2002
Life Kills Me 5.4

Life Kills Me

as Myriam

2002
A Loving Father 5.6

A Loving Father

as Virginia

2002
Sentiments provisoires 6.0

Sentiments provisoires

as Hélène

2010
Bad Connection 6.3

Bad Connection

as Laurence

2000
L'Heureux Stratagème

L'Heureux Stratagème

as La Comtesse

2021
Mörderische Stille 5.5

Mörderische Stille

as Elena

2017
The Two of Them 6.0

The Two of Them

as Sandrine

2024
Les Déferlantes 5.1

Les Déferlantes

as Louise

2013
Proust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive"

Proust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive"

as archive image

2025
Words in Blue 6.6

Words in Blue

as Clara

2005
Defiant Souls 6.1

Defiant Souls

as Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber

2019
Les acteurs anonymes 6.5

Les acteurs anonymes

as Self (uncredited)

2001
Tout le monde savait

Tout le monde savait

as Valérie Bacot

2022
Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher

Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher

as Jeanne d'Arc

2007
Dead Man's Memories 4.9

Dead Man's Memories

as Das Mädchen

2003
Tout un poème

Tout un poème

Marée haute 8.0

Marée haute

1999
Cause toujours ! 5.0

Cause toujours !

as Léa

2004
The Idiot 6.5

The Idiot

as Darya Alexeyevna

2008
Sentimental Education 7.0

Sentimental Education

as Julia

1998
Éternelles 9.0

Éternelles

as Nathalie

1994

TV Shows 24

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