- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 17, 1971
- Place of Birth
- Lyon, Rhône, France
Sylvie Testud
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…
Filmography
movieCocorico 2
2026 · Nicole Martin
movieLOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden Hour
2026 · Sylvie
movieWhere Souls Go
2025 · Stéphanie
movieProust and Signs: On Chantal Akerman's "La Captive"
2025 · archive image
tvSur la dalle
2024 · Froissy
movieThe Two of Them
2024 · Sandrine
movieJíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara
2024 · Mathilde
tvKnok
2024 · Blanche
movieCocorico
2024 · Nicole Martin
movieMarinette
2023 · Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach
movieDes mains en or
2023 · Rose
tvA Case for Kin
2023 · Capitaine Caroline Flament
movieThe Grand Restaurant IV
2022
tvThe Unexpected Getaway
2022 · Self
tvClub Première
2022 · Self - Guest
movieMaman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir
2022 · Sophie, Director
movieSimone: Woman of the Century
2022 · Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)
movieTout le monde savait
2022 · Valérie Bacot
movieChampagne !
2022 · Joanna
tvWhat Pauline Is Not Telling You
2022 · major de gendarmerie Marie Hermann
movieFlashback
2021 · Olympe de Gouges
movieL'Heureux Stratagème
2021 · La Comtesse
tvUn monde, un regard
2021
tvRunaway
2021 · Isabelle
movieThe Grand Restaurant III
2021 · The nymphomaniac's friend
movieI Love You Coiffure
2020 · Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")
tvFear by the Lake
2020 · Alice Wagner
movieMeet the Malawas
2019 · Nathalie Dulac
tvKemps
2019 · Self
movieDisclaimer
2019 · Maïté
tvEden
2019 · Hélène
movieQuand sort la recluse
2019 · le lieutenant Froissy
tvQuand sort la recluse
2019 · le lieutenant Froissy
movieWide Load
2019 · Jennifer
movieDefiant Souls
2019 · Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber
tvDeutsch-Les-Landes
2018 · Odile
movieSuspiria
2018 · Miss Griffith
movieDeux gouttes d'eau
2018 · Valérie Laforge
Fan Club
movieFan Club
2018 · Anna
movieA New Girl in Paris!
2018 · Amandine
movieKings for a Day
2018 · Val
movieFinal Portrait
2017 · Annette Giacometti
movieWedding Unplanned
2017 · Clarisse
tvMaximilian and Marie De Bourgogne
2017 · Charlotte de Savoye
movieMörderische Stille
2017 · Elena
movieTamara
2016 · Amandine
movieThe Exchange Student
2016 · Eloïse
movieThe Visitors: Bastille Day
2016 · Charlotte de Robespierre
movieArrête ton cinéma !
2016 · Sybille, Novel, Screenplay
tvCapitaine Marleau
2015 · Salomé Revel
movieToo Close to the Sun
2015 · Sophie Picard
movieGad Elmaleh - Le Big Show
2015 · Self
movieThanks to my Friends
2015 · Stéphane Brunge
movieSpiderwebhouse
2015 · Sabine
movieTwo Women
2014 · Elisaveta Bogdanovna
movieCeux qui dansent sur la tête
2014 · Catherine
moviePapa Was Not a Rolling Stone
2014 · Nadiège
movieFrench Women
2014 · Sam
movie24 Days
2014 · Brigitte Farell
movie96 heures
2014 · Marion Reynaud
movieÀ votre bon cœur, mesdames
2013 · Lolita
movieMy Name Is Hmmm...
2013 · La mère de Céline
movieLes Déferlantes
2013 · Louise
movieFor a Woman
2013 · Anne
movieA Song For Mama
2013 · Sylvie
movieRoxana's Hands
2013 · Roxana Orlac
movieMax
2013 · Nina
tvThe Unexpected Getaway
2012 · Self
movieAnother Woman's Life
2012 · Director, Writer
tv28 minutes
2012 · Self
movieRebellion
2011 · Chantal Legorjus
movieThe Night Clerk
2011 · Sylvie Poncet
movieL'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues
2011
movieThe Rebel, Louise Michel
2010 · Louise Michel
movieMumu
2010 · Mumu
movieThe Round Up
2010 · Bella Zygler
movieSentiments provisoires
2010 · Hélène
movieSisters
2009 · Sybille adulte, Novel
movieLucky Luke
2009 · Calamity Jane
movieLourdes
2009 · Christine
tvC à vous
2009 · Self, Self - Guest
movieCan't Say No
2009 · Adèle
movieVengeance
2009 · Irene Costello
movieA Happy Man
2009 · Catherine
tvPanique dans l'oreillette
2008 · Self
movieThe Idiot
2008 · Darya Alexeyevna
movieSagan
2008 · Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan
movieThe Vanishing Point
2007 · Lucie Audibert
movieArthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher
2007 · Jeanne d'Arc
movieLa France
2007 · Camille
movieEat, for This Is My Body
2007 · Madame
movieLa Vie en Rose
2007 · Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut
movieLegacy
2006 · Patricia
tvOn n'est pas couché
2006 · Self - Guest
movieLa vie est à nous !
2005 · Louise Delhomme
movieWords in Blue
2005 · Clara
tvRendez-vous in an Unknown Land
2004 · Self
movieVictoire
2004 · Victoire
movieCause toujours !
2004 · Léa
movieTout pour l'oseille
2004 · Prune
movieTomorrow We Move
2004 · Charlotte
movieMaking of Tomorrow We Move
2004 · Self / Charlotte
movieLabyrinth
2003 · Claude
movieDead Man's Memories
2003 · Das Mädchen
movieOnly Girls
2003 · Tina
movieFear and Trembling
2003 · Amélie
movieA Loving Father
2002 · Virginia
movieLife Kills Me
2002 · Myriam
movieA Day in the Life of French Cinema
2002 · Self
Stolen Tangos
movieStolen Tangos
2002 · Alice / Paula
movieWomen or Children First
2002 · Virginie
movieA Moment of Happiness
2002 · L'institutrice
movieEveryman's Feast
2002 · Sophie
movieLes acteurs anonymes
2001 · Self (uncredited)
movieI’m Going Home
2001 · Ariel
movieThe Château
2001 · Isabelle
Julies Geist
movieJulies Geist
2001 · Julia
movieThe Dark Room
2000 · Azalaïs
movieMurderous Maids
2000 · Christine Papin
movieThe Captive
2000 · Ariane
movieScénarios sur la drogue
2000 · Segment "Lucie"
movieBad Connection
2000 · Laurence
movieGigantic
1999 · Thanks
movieIn Heaven
1999 · Valeska
movieAnnaluise & Anton
1999 · Laurence
movieKarnaval
1999 · Béa
movieMarée haute
1999
movieThe Misadventures of Margaret
1998 · Young Nun
movieSentimental Education
1998 · Julia
movieFire in Paradise
1997 · Esther
movieBeyond Silence
1996 · Lara
movieThose Were the Days
1995 · Sylvie
Éternelles
movieÉternelles
1994 · Nathalie
movieThe Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed
1994 · Girl at party offering food
movieMarie's Song
1994 · Marie
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
Tout un poème
movieTout un poème
— · , Director, Screenplay