Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier
Sara Forestier at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
Born	(1986-10-04) 4 October 1986 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
	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
	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
	Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life	France Gall
2012	Paris by Night	Laurence Deray
	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
	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
		Director	Screenwriter
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)

External links

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