Aïssatou Diallo Sagna

Aïssatou Diallo Sagna
Diallo Sagna at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
Born1983 (age 40–41)
OccupationActress
Years active2021–present

Aïssatou Diallo Sagna (born 1983)[1][2] is a French actress. In 2022, she received the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Divide.[3]

Early life

Of Guinean origin, Aïssatou Diallo Sagna grew up in Seine-et-Marne.[4]

Career

Diallo Sagna worked from 2004 as an agente des services hospitaliers (ASH) at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph in Paris. She obtained a brevet d'études professionnelles (BEP) in health and social care, and a baccalauréat sciences médico-sociales. She has been working as a hospital orderly (aide-soignante) since 2013.[5] She continues to exercise her profession as a hospital orderly, stating that she "can continue [her] profession and also film" and maintaining that "it is not incompatible".[6] She works at the Hôpital privé des Peupliers in Paris.[7]

In 2020, while the production of Catherine Corsini feature film The Divide was searching for health professionals as extras, Diallo Sagna's colleagues pushed her to participate in the casting.[8] She was selected for the role of the nurse Kim in Corsini's film. She was invited to attend the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where the film was presented in competition. In February 2022, she received the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 47th César Awards.[6][7] Diallo Sagna was also cast in Corsini's next work, Homecoming, about a caregiver who travels to Corsica.[9]

Personal life

Diallo Sagna is married and has three children.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2021 The Divide Kim
2023 Homecoming Khédidja
La Fiancée du poète Aminata

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Title Result Ref.
César Awards 25 February 2022 Best Supporting Actress The Divide Won [10]
Lumière Awards 17 January 2022 Best Female Revelation Nominated [11]

References

  1. ^ Caroline Vié: „La Fracture“: Qui est Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, l’aide-soignante qui vole la vedette aux stars du film?. 20minutes.fr, 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ Colombe Blanche: Aïssatou Diallo Sagna: Prix de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle[usurped]. ivoiresoir.net, 26 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, l'aide-soignante devenue star des Césars : "Je pensais être là pour de la figuration"". Le Parisien (in French). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Aïssatou Diallo Sagna - La biographie de Aïssatou Diallo Sagna avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. ^ Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, une aide-soignante au cinéma. espaceinfirmier.fr, 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "César 2022 : qui est Aissatou Diallo Sagna, l'aide-soignante nommée meilleure actrice dans un second rôle ? - Voici". Voici.fr (in French). 26 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b Fabre, Clarisse (10 July 2021). "Cannes 2021 : Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, de l'hôpital au plateau de cinéma". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  8. ^ "César 2022 : Aissatou Diallo Sagna, aide-soignante et meilleure second rôle". Le Figaro (in French). 25 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  9. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (30 September 2022). "Catherine Corsini is shooting Homecoming". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  10. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (25 February 2022). "César Awards: 'Lost Illusions' Named Best Film, Leos Carax Best Director For 'Annette' – Full List". Deadline. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  11. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (10 December 2021). "'Lost Illusions', 'Happening' lead the nominations for France's Lumière awards". Screen International. Retrieved 11 February 2024.


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