Karidja Touré
Karidja Touré (born 14 February 1994) is a French actress best known for starring in the film Girlhood.
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Karidja Touré at the 2016 César Awards ceremony | |
Born | [1] Bondy, East Paris, France | 14 February 1994
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2014–present |
Life and career
Karidja Touré was born in the Paris Suburb of Bondy, France, the daughter of an estate agent and a childcare worker. Both of Touré's parents are from the Ivory Coast. She grew up in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and is a practising Muslim.[2]
Touré was in her first year of an assistant management programme when she was scouted by a casting director while at an amusement park for Céline Sciamma's film Girlhood.[3] For her work in the film she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.
She auditioned for the role of Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse, but the part eventually went to American actress Alexandra Shipp.[4] In June 2015, she appeared in the music video for Louane Emera's single "Jeune (j'ai envie)".[5]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2014 | Girlhood | Marieme / Vic | Céline Sciamma | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress |
2017 | The Midwife | Madame Naja | Martin Provost | |
Back to Burgundy | Lina | Cédric Klapisch | ||
La colle | Leila | Alexandre Castagnetti | ||
Skokan | Petr Vaclav | |||
The Adventures of Selika | Selika | Sybil H. Mair | Short | |
2018 | Tamara Vol. 2 | Naima | Alexandre Castagnetti | |
Au bout des doigts | Anna | Ludovic Bernard | Post-Production | |
Versus | Camille | François Valla | Post-Production | |
L'échappée | Morgane | Mathias Pardo | Post-Production |
References
- "Karidja Touré". Gala.
- Romney, Jonathan. "The stars of Girlhood: 'Our poster is all over Paris, with four black faces on it…'". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- Mathews, Dana; Werzinski, Bruno; Vaughns, Victor. "You'll Never Believe How Breakout French Actress Karidja Touré Was Discovered". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- "Girlhood star auditioned for X-Men". Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 2015.
- "Louane : un Olympia en fin d'année et Karidja Touré en guest dans le clip "Jeune"". Yahoo. 14 June 2015.