Sylvie Testud
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1971 (age 55)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Tout un poème
Movie
Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara
Movie · as Mathilde
Cocorico 2
Movie · as Nicole Martin
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour
Movie · as Sylvie
Where Souls Go
Movie · as Stéphanie
Proust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive"
Movie · as archive image
Cocorico
Movie · as Nicole Martin
The Two of Them
Movie · as Sandrine
Knok
TV · as Blanche · 6 eps
Sur la dalle
TV · as Froissy · 2 eps
Marinette
Movie · as Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach
Des mains en or
Movie · as Rose
A Case for Kin
TV · as Capitaine Caroline Flament · 5 eps
Champagne !
Movie · as Joanna
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
Movie · as Sophie
The Grand Restaurant IV
Movie
Simone: Woman of the Century
Movie · as Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)
Tout le monde savait
Movie · as Valérie Bacot
What Pauline Is Not Telling You
TV · as major de gendarmerie Marie Hermann · 4 eps
Club Première
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Unexpected Getaway
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Figaro La Nuit
TV · 1 ep
Flashback
Movie · as Olympe de Gouges
L'Heureux Stratagème
Movie · as La Comtesse
The Grand Restaurant III
Movie · as The nymphomaniac's friend
Runaway
TV · as Isabelle · 6 eps
Un monde, un regard
TV · 1 ep
I Love You Coiffure
Movie · as Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")
Fear by the Lake
TV · as Alice Wagner · 6 eps
Disclaimer
Movie · as Maïté
Wide Load
Movie · as Jennifer
Defiant Souls
Movie · as Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber
Quand sort la recluse
Movie · as le lieutenant Froissy
Meet the Malawas
Movie · as Nathalie Dulac
Kemps
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eden
TV · as Hélène · 6 eps
Quand sort la recluse
TV · as le lieutenant Froissy · 2 eps
Fan Club
Movie · as Anna
Suspiria
Movie · as Miss Griffith
Kings for a Day
Movie · as Val
A New Girl in Paris!
Movie · as Amandine
Deux gouttes d'eau
Movie · as Valérie Laforge
Deutsch-Les-Landes
TV · as Odile · 10 eps
Mörderische Stille
Movie · as Elena
Wedding Unplanned
Movie · as Clarisse
Final Portrait
Movie · as Annette Giacometti
Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
TV · as Charlotte de Savoye · 6 eps
The Visitors: Bastille Day
Movie · as Charlotte de Robespierre
Arrête ton cinéma !
Movie · as Sybille
The Exchange Student
Movie · as Eloïse
Tamara
Movie · as Amandine
Spiderwebhouse
Movie · as Sabine
Too Close to the Sun
Movie · as Sophie Picard
Thanks to my Friends
Movie · as Stéphane Brunge
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
Movie · as Self
Capitaine Marleau
TV · as Salomé Revel · 1 ep
96 heures
Movie · as Marion Reynaud
French Women
Movie · as Sam
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
Movie · as Nadiège
Ceux qui dansent sur la tête
Movie · as Catherine
Two Women
Movie · as Elisaveta Bogdanovna
24 Days
Movie · as Brigitte Farell
A Song For Mama
Movie · as Sylvie
Max
Movie · as Nina
For a Woman
Movie · as Anne
Les Déferlantes
Movie · as Louise
My Name Is Hmmm...
Movie · as La mère de Céline
Roxana's Hands
Movie · as Roxana Orlac
À votre bon cœur, mesdames
Movie · as Lolita
The Unexpected Getaway
TV · as Self · 1 ep
28 minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Night Clerk
Movie · as Sylvie Poncet
Rebellion
Movie · as Chantal Legorjus
L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues
Movie
The Round Up
Movie · as Bella Zygler
Mumu
Movie · as Mumu
The Rebel, Louise Michel
Movie · as Louise Michel
Sentiments provisoires
Movie · as Hélène
A Happy Man
Movie · as Catherine
Lucky Luke
Movie · as Calamity Jane
Lourdes
Movie · as Christine
Sisters
Movie · as Sybille adulte
Vengeance
Movie · as Irene Costello
Can't Say No
Movie · as Adèle
C à vous
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sagan
Movie · as Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan
The Idiot
Movie · as Darya Alexeyevna
Panique dans l'oreillette
TV · as Self · 1 ep
La Vie en Rose
Movie · as Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut
The Vanishing Point
Movie · as Lucie Audibert
La France
Movie · as Camille
Eat, for This Is My Body
Movie · as Madame
Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher
Movie · as Jeanne d'Arc
Legacy
Movie · as Patricia
On n'est pas couché
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
La vie est à nous !
Movie · as Louise Delhomme
Words in Blue
Movie · as Clara
Tout pour l'oseille
Movie · as Prune
Cause toujours !
Movie · as Léa
Tomorrow We Move
Movie · as Charlotte
Victoire
Movie · as Victoire
Making of Tomorrow We Move
Movie · as Self / Charlotte
Rendez-vous in an Unknown Land
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fear and Trembling
Movie · as Amélie
Labyrinth
Movie · as Claude
Only Girls
Movie · as Tina
Dead Man's Memories
Movie · as Das Mädchen
A Moment of Happiness
Movie · as L'institutrice
Life Kills Me
Movie · as Myriam
Women or Children First
Movie · as Virginie
A Loving Father
Movie · as Virginia
Stolen Tangos
Movie · as Alice / Paula
Everyman's Feast
Movie · as Sophie
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Movie · as Self
The Château
Movie · as Isabelle
Les acteurs anonymes
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Julies Geist
Movie · as Julia
I’m Going Home
Movie · as Ariel
Scénarios sur la drogue
Movie · as Segment "Lucie"
Murderous Maids
Movie · as Christine Papin
The Captive
Movie · as Ariane
The Dark Room
Movie · as Azalaïs
Bad Connection
Movie · as Laurence
Annaluise & Anton
Movie · as Laurence
Marée haute
Movie
Karnaval
Movie · as Béa
In Heaven
Movie · as Valeska
The Misadventures of Margaret
Movie · as Young Nun
Sentimental Education
Movie · as Julia
Fire in Paradise
Movie · as Esther
Beyond Silence
Movie · as Lara
Those Were the Days
Movie · as Sylvie
The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
Movie · as Girl at party offering food
Marie's Song
Movie · as Marie
Éternelles
Movie · as Nathalie
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep