Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

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.

Personal info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1971-01-17

Place of birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Images

Cast

Fan Club

Fan Club

2018

0.00

Flashback

Flashback

2021

6.00

Labyrinth

Labyrinth

2003

6.60

A Happy Man

A Happy Man

2009

4.50

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

2009

4.45

The Round Up

The Round Up

2010

7.54

Lourdes

Lourdes

2009

6.65

Sagan

Sagan

2008

6.20

Marée haute

Marée haute

1999

0.00

The Château

The Château

2001

4.80

Sisters

Sisters

2009

5.30

Mumu

Mumu

2010

6.00

The Captive

The Captive

2000

5.70

Vengeance

Vengeance

2009

6.60

Champagne !

Champagne !

2022

5.23

Only Girls

Only Girls

2003

6.20

La France

La France

2007

6.40

Rebellion

Rebellion

2011

6.70

Victoire

Victoire

2004

1.00

Karnaval

Karnaval

1999

6.40

Marinette

Marinette

2023

6.65

Legacy

Legacy

2006

6.42

Max

Max

2013

5.77

Cocorico

Cocorico

2024

5.55

For a Woman

For a Woman

2013

6.09

96 heures

96 heures

2014

5.45

French Women

French Women

2014

5.77

The Idiot

The Idiot

2008

6.50

Two Women

Two Women

2014

6.43

24 Days

24 Days

2014

6.60

Julies Geist

Julies Geist

2001

0.00

Tamara

Tamara

2016

6.40

Suspiria

Suspiria

2018

6.91

Can't Say No

Can't Say No

2009

0.00

Marie's Song

Marie's Song

1994

5.00

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

2019

4.67

Wide Load

Wide Load

2019

4.13

Éternelles

Éternelles

1994

0.00

In Heaven

In Heaven

1999

0.00

Cocorico 2

Cocorico 2

2026

0.00