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