Sylvie Testud

About

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...

Known for

Capitaine MarleauSeries • 2015SuspiriaMovie • 2018La Vie en RoseMovie • 2007Wedding UnplannedMovie • 2017Maximilian and Marie De BourgogneSeries • 2017CocoricoMovie • 2024Cocorico 2Movie • 2026The Visitors: Bastille DayMovie • 2016The Round UpMovie • 2010VengeanceMovie • 2009Simone: Woman of the CenturyMovie • 2022Final PortraitMovie • 2017LOL 2.0: Anne’s Golden HourMovie • 2026Lucky LukeMovie • 2009Fear and TremblingMovie • 2003RebellionMovie • 2011TamaraMovie • 2016French WomenMovie • 2014Meet the MalawasMovie • 2019For a WomanMovie • 2013Wide LoadMovie • 2019The CaptiveMovie • 2000Another Woman's LifeMovie • 2012I’m Going HomeMovie • 2001