Sylvie Testud
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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.
Known for
Credits
Suspiria (2018)
as Miss Griffith
Cocorico 2 (2026)
as Nicole Martin
Wedding Unplanned (2017)
as Clarisse
Vengeance (2009)
as Irene Costello
The Visitors: Bastille Day (2016)
as Charlotte de Robespierre
Too Close to the Sun (2015)
as Sophie Picard
La Vie en Rose (2007)
as Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut
LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour (2026)
as Sylvie
Final Portrait (2017)
as Annette Giacometti
Cocorico (2024)
as Nicole Martin
The Round Up (2010)
as Bella Zygler
Lucky Luke (2009)
as Calamity Jane
Meet the Malawas (2019)
as Nathalie Dulac
À votre bon cœur, mesdames (2013)
as Lolita
I’m Going Home (2001)
as Ariel
French Women (2014)
as Sam
Simone: Woman of the Century (2022)
as Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)
Wide Load (2019)
as Jennifer
Arrête ton cinéma ! (2016)
as Sybille
Everyman's Feast (2002)
as Sophie
24 Days (2014)
as Brigitte Farell
The Exchange Student (2016)
as Eloïse
Labyrinth (2003)
as Claude
Tamara (2016)
as Amandine
Stolen Tangos (2002)
as Alice / Paula
In Heaven (1999)
as Valeska
Mumu (2010)
as Mumu
Fear and Trembling (2003)
as Amélie
Marinette (2023)
as Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach
Legacy (2006)
as Patricia
Lourdes (2009)
as Christine
Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara (2024)
as Mathilde
96 heures (2014)
as Marion Reynaud
Max (2013)
as Nina
The Grand Restaurant III (2021)
as The nymphomaniac's friend
The Captive (2000)
as Ariane
Bad Connection (2000)
as Laurence
Beyond Silence (1996)
as Lara
A New Girl in Paris! (2018)
as Amandine
Karnaval (1999)
as Béa
Quand sort la recluse (2019)
as le lieutenant Froissy
Two Women (2014)
as Elisaveta Bogdanovna
Des mains en or (2023)
as Rose
My Name Is Hmmm... (2013)
as La mère de Céline
For a Woman (2013)
as Anne
The Grand Restaurant IV (2022)
Actor
I Love You Coiffure (2020)
as Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")
Sagan (2008)
as Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan
A Day in the Life of French Cinema (2002)
as Self
The Two of Them (2024)
as Sandrine
Champagne ! (2022)
as Joanna
Tomorrow We Move (2004)
as Charlotte
Those Were the Days (1995)
as Sylvie
Flashback (2021)
as Olympe de Gouges
Rebellion (2011)
as Chantal Legorjus
Life Kills Me (2002)
as Myriam
Where Souls Go (2025)
as Stéphanie
Fire in Paradise (1997)
as Esther
The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
as Young Nun
Julies Geist (2001)
as Julia
Sentiments provisoires (2010)
as Hélène
Tout pour l'oseille (2004)
as Prune
Fan Club (2018)
as Anna
Victoire (2004)
as Victoire
Proust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive" (2025)
as archive image
La France (2007)
as Camille
Annaluise & Anton (1999)
as Laurence
Spiderwebhouse (2015)
as Sabine
The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed (1994)
as Girl at party offering food
Murderous Maids (2000)
as Christine Papin
The Château (2001)
as Isabelle
Words in Blue (2005)
as Clara
Thanks to my Friends (2015)
as Stéphane Brunge
Scénarios sur la drogue (2000)
as Segment "Lucie"
Sentimental Education (1998)
as Julia
Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show (2015)
as Self
Only Girls (2003)
as Tina
The Dark Room (2000)
as Azalaïs
Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir (2022)
as Sophie
A Song For Mama (2013)
as Sylvie
Defiant Souls (2019)
as Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber
Kings for a Day (2018)
as Val
L'Heureux Stratagème (2021)
as La Comtesse
Making of Tomorrow We Move (2004)
as Self / Charlotte
The Night Clerk (2011)
as Sylvie Poncet
L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues (2011)
Actor
A Loving Father (2002)
as Virginia
Ceux qui dansent sur la tête (2014)
as Catherine
Eat, for This Is My Body (2007)
as Madame
The Idiot (2008)
as Darya Alexeyevna
La vie est à nous ! (2005)
as Louise Delhomme
Disclaimer (2019)
as Maïté
Les acteurs anonymes (2001)
as Self (uncredited)
Mörderische Stille (2017)
as Elena
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone (2014)
as Nadiège
Roxana's Hands (2013)
as Roxana Orlac
The Vanishing Point (2007)
as Lucie Audibert
Dead Man's Memories (2003)
as Das Mädchen
Cause toujours ! (2004)
as Léa
Sisters (2009)
as Sybille adulte
A Happy Man (2009)
as Catherine
Tout le monde savait (2022)
as Valérie Bacot
Les Déferlantes (2013)
as Louise
A Moment of Happiness (2002)
as L'institutrice
Can't Say No (2009)
as Adèle
Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher (2007)
as Jeanne d'Arc
Marée haute (1999)
Actor
Deux gouttes d'eau (2018)
as Valérie Laforge
Women or Children First (2002)
as Virginie
Marie's Song (1994)
as Marie
Éternelles (1994)
as Nathalie
The Rebel, Louise Michel (2010)
as Louise Michel
Tout un poème (—)
Actor