Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier
Sara Forestier at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born	4 October 1986 France
Occupation	Actress, director, screenwriter
Years active	2001—present

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

Life and career

Forestier 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	Director	Notes
2004	Games of Love and Chance	Lydia	Abdellatif Kechiche	César Award for Most Promising Actress
2005	Le courage d'aimer	Salomé	Claude Lelouch
	How Much Do You Love Me?	Muguet	Bertrand Blier
	Hell	Hell	Bruno Chiche
2006	Asterix and the Vikings	Abba (voice)	Stefan Fjeldmark
	A Few Days in September	Orlando	Santiago Amigorena
	Perfume: The Story of a Murderer	Jeanne	Tom Tykwer
2007	To Each His Own Cinema (sketch Cinéma érotique)	The Cinema's Till Girl	Roman Polanski (sketch)
2009	Humains	Nadia	Jacques-Olivier Molon
	Wild Grass	Élodie	Alain Resnais
	Victor	Alice	Thomas Gilou
2010	The Names of Love (Le Nom de gens)	Bahia Benmahmoud	Michel Leclerc	César Award for Best Actress Nominated—Globes de Cristal Award for Best Actress
	Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)	France Gall	Joann Sfar
2012	Paris by Night	Laurence Deray
	Télé gaucho	Clara	Michel Leclerc
2013	Suzanne	Suzanne Merevsky	Katell Quillévéré	Nominated—César Award for Best Actress
	Love Is the Perfect Crime	Annie
	Love Battles	Elle	Jacques Doillon
2015	Standing Tall	Séverine	Emmanuelle Bercot	Nominated—César Award for Best Supporting Actress

Filmmaker

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
		Director	Screenwriter
2008	Un, deux, toi	Yes		Short film
2009	T Moi	Yes		Short film
2016	M.	Yes	Yes

Other awards

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

Decorations

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

References

1. http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2016

External links

• Sara Forestier at the Internet Movie Database
• Sara Forestier at AlloCiné (French)
• Interview in FR2DAY about The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens)