Aïssatou Thiam

Born in Dakar (Senegal), to a Martinican mother and a Senegalese father, Aïssatou Thiam grew up in Marseille. After starting out in modeling which gave her the opportunity to work with couturiers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Thierry Mugler, Paco Rabanne, Dior, Givenchy, among others, she also began her career as an actress in theater and cinema. and on television. Her training with Blanche Salant (studio actor), Isabelle Sadoyan (classical theater), the Herbert Bergoff Studio (in New York where she lived for 4 years), and Jean-Louis Jacopin (contemporary theater) gave her made it possible to acquire multiple knowledge of the theatrical tool. We saw her in the cinema in “L’Irrésolu” alongside Barbara Schultz, Sandrine Kimberlain, Vincent Lindon, “Mauvais Genre” by Laurent Bénégui with Monica Bellucci, “Bimboland” by Ariel Zeitoun with Gérard Depardieu & Dany Boon, “Le Genre Humain” by Claude Lelouch and more recently in “Le Missionnaire” , produced by Luc Besson alongside Jean-Marie Bigard. In the theater during the Avignon “In” festival and in several units and series for television, including “Les Monos” dealing with the problems of young adolescents as well as the famous “Tropiques amers” , a series on slavery for France Televisions seen by more than 5 million viewers! Her pronounced taste for all kinds of sports (rafting, climbing, scuba diving (qualified), water and alpine skiing, Thai boxing, modern jazz, horse riding) makes her a dynamic person with a little ...

Hallelujah! (2009)

Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Delattre
CAST:  Jean-Marie Bigard  •  David Strajmayster  •  Aïssatou Thiam  •  Jean Dell

Following his release from a seven-year stretch in prison, Mario Diccara discovers that his affairs with the underworld aren't completely settled. His brother Patrick, a priest, suggests that he stays with elderly Father Etienne in a small village in Ardeche until ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roger Delattre
CAST:  Jean-Marie Bigard  •  David Strajmayster  •  Aïssatou Thiam  •  Jean Dell

Jet Lag (2002)

At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a beautician on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a cook who is on his way back from America. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danièle Thompson
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Sergi López  •  Scali Delpeyrat

At Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a beautician on her way to a new job in Mexico accidentally meets a cook who is on his way back from America. Labor strikes, bad weather, and pure luck cause the two of them to share a room overnight at the airport Hilton ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danièle Thompson
CAST:  Jean Reno  •  Juliette Binoche  •  Sergi López  •  Scali Delpeyrat

Mauvais Genre (1997)

The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos ("Girl Observed From the Rear") with a round of book-signings and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bénégui
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  Elina Löwensohn  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Michel Aumont

The film's title is a pun, the double meaning referencing both the "wrong genre" and a person with distasteful motives. Insecure novelist Martial Bok promotes his new sexy novel La Fille de Dos ("Girl Observed From the Rear") with a round of book-signings and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurent Bénégui
CAST:  Jacques Gamblin  •  Elina Löwensohn  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Michel Aumont

Germanikus (2004)

The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hanns Christian Müller
CAST:  Gerhard Polt  •  Gisela Schneeberger  •  Rufus Beck  •  Aïssatou Thiam

The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hanns Christian Müller
CAST:  Gerhard Polt  •  Gisela Schneeberger  •  Rufus Beck  •  Aïssatou Thiam