Sara Forestier

French actress

Sara Forestier
Sara Forestier at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1986-10-04) 4 October 1986 (age 37) Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	Actress, film director, screenwriter
Years active	2001–present

Sara Forestier (born 4 October 1986) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Forestier was born in Denmark to French parents working there as ambassadors for the French Foreign Legion. She began her film career in 2001.

She received a César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance in Games of Love and Chance (2003). She won the César Award for Best Actress in 2011 for her performance in Le Nom des gens (2009).

Forestier resides in Paris.

Selected filmography

As actress

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Les Fantômes de Louba	Girl #2
2002	La Guerre à Paris
2003	Quelques jours entre nous	Alice	TV movie
2004	Games of Love and Chance	Lydia	César Award for Most Promising Actress
2004	À cran, deux ans après		TV movie
2005	Le courage d'aimer	Salomé
	How Much Do You Love Me?	Muguet
	Hell	Hell
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Abba	Voice
	A Few Days in September	Orlando
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Jeanne
2007	To Each His Own Cinema	The Cinema's Till Girl	Sketch Cinéma érotique
2008	Sandrine in the Rain	Sandrine
2008	Revivre	Hannah Goldenberg	TV miniseries
2009	Humains	Nadia
	Wild Grass	Élodie
	Victor	Alice
2010	The Names of Love	Bahia Benmahmoud	César Award for Best Actress Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress
2010	Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life	France Gall
2012	Paris by Night	Laurence Deray
2012	Pirate TV	Clara
2013	Suzanne	Suzanne Merevsky	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
	Love Is the Perfect Crime	Annie
	Love Battles	Elle
2014	Yellowbird	Delf
2015	Standing Tall	Séverine	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress
2017	Primaire	Florence Mautret
2017	M	Lila	Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress
2019	Disparition inquiétante	Maya Rosetti	TV movie
	Oh Mercy!
	The Border
2020	Working Girls
2021	Playlist	Sophie

As filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
Year	Title	Director	Screenwriter	Notes
2008	Un, deux, toi	Yes		Short film
2009	T Moi	Yes		Short film
2017	M	Yes	Yes

Other awards

2004: Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
2004: Best Actress for Games of Love and Chance at Mons International Festival of Love Films
2005: Shooting Stars Award
2005: Best Female Newcomer for Games of Love and Chance at Étoiles d'or

Decorations

Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters (2016)^[1]

References

^ "Flux". Culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2019-05-08.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sara Forestier.

Sara Forestier at IMDb
Sara Forestier at AlloCiné (in French)
Interview in FR2DAY about The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens)

Awards for Sara Forestier
v t e César Award for Best Actress
Romy Schneider (1976) Annie Girardot (1977) Simone Signoret (1978) Romy Schneider (1979) Miou-Miou (1980) Catherine Deneuve (1981) Isabelle Adjani (1982) Nathalie Baye (1983) Isabelle Adjani (1984) Sabine Azéma (1985) Sandrine Bonnaire (1986) Sabine Azéma (1987) Anémone (1988) Isabelle Adjani (1989) Carole Bouquet (1990) Anne Parillaud (1991) Jeanne Moreau (1992) Catherine Deneuve (1993) Juliette Binoche (1994) Isabelle Adjani (1995) Isabelle Huppert (1996) Fanny Ardant (1997) Ariane Ascaride (1998) Élodie Bouchez (1999) Karin Viard (2000) Dominique Blanc (2001) Emmanuelle Devos (2002) Isabelle Carré (2003) Sylvie Testud (2004) Yolande Moreau (2005) Nathalie Baye (2006) Marina Hands (2007) Marion Cotillard (2008) Yolande Moreau (2009) Isabelle Adjani (2010) Sara Forestier (2011) Bérénice Bejo (2012) Emmanuelle Riva (2013) Sandrine Kiberlain (2014) Adèle Haenel (2015) Catherine Frot (2016) Isabelle Huppert (2017) Jeanne Balibar (2018) Léa Drucker (2019) Anaïs Demoustier (2020) Laure Calamy (2021) Valérie Lemercier (2022) Virginie Efira (2023) Sandra Hüller (2024)

Awards for Sara Forestier

César Award for Best Actress

v t e César Award for Best Female Revelation
1983 Sophie Marceau 1984 Sandrine Bonnaire 1985 Laure Marsac 1986 Charlotte Gainsbourg 1987 Catherine Mouchet 1988 Mathilda May 1989 Catherine Jacob 1990 Vanessa Paradis 1991 Judith Henry 1992 Géraldine Pailhas 1993 Romane Bohringer 1994 Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 1995 Élodie Bouchez 1996 Sandrine Kiberlain 1997 Laurence Côte 1998 Emma de Caunes 1999 Natacha Régnier 2000 Audrey Tautou 2001 Sylvie Testud 2002 Rachida Brakni 2003 Cécile de France 2004 Julie Depardieu 2005 Sara Forestier 2006 Linh Dan Pham 2007 Mélanie Laurent 2008 Hafsia Herzi 2009 Déborah François 2010 Mélanie Thierry 2011 Leïla Bekhti 2012 Naidra Ayadi / Clotilde Hesme 2013 Izïa Higelin 2014 Adèle Exarchopoulos 2015 Louane Emera 2016 Zita Hanrot 2017 Oulaya Amamra 2018 Camélia Jordana 2019 Kenza Fortas 2020 Lyna Khoudri 2021 Fathia Youssouf 2022 Anamaria Vartolomei 2023 Nadia Tereszkiewicz 2024 Ella Rumpf

César Award for Best Female Revelation

v t e Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
Junie Astor (1937) Janine Darcey (1938) Sylvia Bataille (1939) Micheline Presle (1940) No award (1941–1945) Simone Signoret (1947) Odile Versois (1948) Arlette Thomas (1949) Christiane Lenier (1950) Nadine Alari (1951) Nadine Basile (1952) Etchika Choureau (1953) Marina Vlady (1954) Geneviève Kervine (1955) Annie Girardot (1956) Anne Doat (1957) Pascale Petit (1958) Roger Dumas (1959)* Perrette Pradier (1960) Renée Marie Potet (1961) Corinne Marchand (1962) Marie Dubois (1963) Colette Castel (1964) Macha Méril (1965) Geneviève Bujold (1966) Caroline Cellier (1967) Danièle Evenou (1968) Ludmila Mikaël (1970 Bulle Ogier (1972) Isabelle Adjani (1974) Isabelle Huppert (1976) Dominique Laffin (1980) Juliette Binoche (1986) Marianne Basler (1988) Dominique Blanc (1990) Anouk Grinberg (1991) Charlotte Kady (1993) Isabelle Carré (1994) Clotilde Courau (1995) Sandrine Kiberlain (1996) Virginie Ledoyen (1999) Audrey Tautou (2000) Barbara Schulz (2001) Françoise Gillard (2002) Mélanie Doutey (2003) Sara Forestier & Sophie Quinton (2004) Chloé Lambert (2005) Nathalie Boutefeu (2006) Déborah François (2007) Clotilde Hesme (2008) Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (2009) Élodie Navarre (2010) Anaïs Demoustier (2011) Marie Kremer (2012) Pauline Étienne (2013) Adèle Haenel (2014) Marine Vacth (2015) Camille Cottin (2016) Suliane Brahim (2017) Camélia Jordana (2018) Rebecca Marder (2019)

Prix Suzanne Bianchetti

Junie Astor (1937)
Janine Darcey (1938)
Sylvia Bataille (1939)
Micheline Presle (1940)
No award (1941–1945)
Simone Signoret (1947)
Odile Versois (1948)
Arlette Thomas (1949)
Christiane Lenier (1950)
Nadine Alari (1951)
Nadine Basile (1952)
Etchika Choureau (1953)
Marina Vlady (1954)
Geneviève Kervine (1955)
Annie Girardot (1956)
Anne Doat (1957)
Pascale Petit (1958)
Roger Dumas (1959)*
Perrette Pradier (1960)
Renée Marie Potet (1961)
Corinne Marchand (1962)
Marie Dubois (1963)
Colette Castel (1964)
Macha Méril (1965)
Geneviève Bujold (1966)
Caroline Cellier (1967)
Danièle Evenou (1968)
Ludmila Mikaël (1970
Bulle Ogier (1972)
Isabelle Adjani (1974)
Isabelle Huppert (1976)
Dominique Laffin (1980)
Juliette Binoche (1986)
Marianne Basler (1988)
Dominique Blanc (1990)
Anouk Grinberg (1991)
Charlotte Kady (1993)
Isabelle Carré (1994)
Clotilde Courau (1995)
Sandrine Kiberlain (1996)
Virginie Ledoyen (1999)
Audrey Tautou (2000)
Barbara Schulz (2001)
Françoise Gillard (2002)
Mélanie Doutey (2003)
Sara Forestier & Sophie Quinton (2004)
Chloé Lambert (2005)
Nathalie Boutefeu (2006)
Déborah François (2007)
Clotilde Hesme (2008)
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (2009)
Élodie Navarre (2010)
Anaïs Demoustier (2011)
Marie Kremer (2012)
Pauline Étienne (2013)
Adèle Haenel (2014)
Marine Vacth (2015)
Camille Cottin (2016)
Suliane Brahim (2017)
Camélia Jordana (2018)
Rebecca Marder (2019)

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