Karidja Touré

Karidja Touré
Karidja Touré in 2015
Born (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)[1]
Bondy, Ile-de-France, France
OccupationActress
Years active2014–present

Karidja Touré (born 14 February 1994) is a French actress best known for starring in the film Girlhood.

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 practicing Muslim.[2]

Touré was in her first year of an assistant management program 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
2014 Girlhood Marieme / Vic Céline Sciamma Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress
Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Female Revelation
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
L'échappée Morgane Mathias Pardo Post-Production
2019 Versus Camille François Valla
2020 Tout nous sourit Yseult Mélissa Drigeard
2022 Ima Ima Nils Tavernier
2023 Karmapolice Pauline Julien Paolini

References

  1. ^ "Karidja Touré". Gala.
  2. ^ Romney, Jonathan. "The stars of Girlhood: 'Our poster is all over Paris, with four black faces on it…'". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  3. ^ Mathews, Dana; Werzinski, Bruno; Vaughns, Victor. "You'll Never Believe How Breakout French Actress Karidja Touré Was Discovered". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Girlhood star auditioned for X-Men". Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Louane : un Olympia en fin d'année et Karidja Touré en guest dans le clip "Jeune"". Yahoo. 14 June 2015.
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