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Sylvie Testud

Acting · Born January 17, 1971 · Lyon, Rhône, France

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.

Movies with Sylvie Testud

• Suspiria (2018) — Miss Griffith
• Wedding Unplanned (2017) — Clarisse
• The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016) — Charlotte de Robespierre
• The Round Up (2010) — Bella Zygler
• La Vie en Rose (2007) — Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut
• LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour (2026) — Sylvie
• Vengeance (2009) — Irene Costello
• Too Close to the Sun (2015) — Sophie Picard
• Final Portrait (2017) — Annette Giacometti
• Lucky Luke (2009) — Calamity Jane
• French Women (2014) — Sam
• Simone: Woman of the Century (2022) — Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)

TV shows with Sylvie Testud

• Maximilian and Marie De Bourgogne (2017) — Charlotte de Savoye
• Eden (2019) — Hélène
• Fear by the Lake (2020) — Alice Wagner
• Runaway (2021) — Isabelle
• Deutsch-Les-Landes (2018) — Odile
• Knok (2024) — Blanche
• A Case for Kin (2023) — Capitaine Caroline Flament