Adama Niane (actor)

Adama Niane
Born	(1966-08-23)23 August 1966 Paris, France
Died	28 January 2023(2023-01-28) (aged 56)
Nationality	French
Education	Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3
Occupation	Actor

Adama Niane (23 August 1966 – 28 January 2023) was a French actor.[1][2]

Biography

Born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris on 23 August 1966, Niane studied theatre at Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 and started in the theatre troupe of Philippe Duclos [fr].[3] At the end of the 1980s, he acted onstage in pieces by Alfred de Musset, Pierre de Marivaux, Bernard-Marie Koltès, and Jean-Luc Lagarce.

Niane frequently appeared in recurring television roles in series such as Mystères [fr], PJ [fr], and The Last Panthers. He gained notoriety from his role as Sébastien Sangha in the series Plus belle la vie.[4] He also appeared in minor roles in cinema, portraying serial killer Guy Georges in SK1.[5][6] He was also part of the cast of Le Gang des Antillais [fr], directed by Jean-Claude Barny [fr].[7]

On 28 January 2023, Niane died at the age of 56.[8]

Filmography

Cinema

• Mo (1996)
• Baise-moi (2000)
• 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
• SK1 (2014)
• Le Gang des Antillais (2016)
• Perdrix (2019)
• Get In (2019)
• Felicità (2020)

Telefilms

• Suite en ré [fr] (2000)
• Ambre a disparu [fr] (2004)
• Imposture [fr] (2017)

Television

• Commissaire Moulin (1992)
• Julie Lescaut (2001)
• Frank Riva [fr] (2003)
• Mystère (2007)
• PJ (2009)
• Plus belle la vie (2009)
• Boulevard du Palais [fr] (2009–2010)
• Flics [fr] (2011)
• The Last Panthers (2015)
• Sam [fr] (2016–2023)
• Braquo (2016)
• La Mante (2017)
• Maroni, les fantômes du fleuve [fr] (2018)
• Prise au piège [fr] (2019)
• Inhuman Resources (2020)
• Lupin (2021)
• Alex Hugo [fr] (2021)
• Thirty Coffins Island [fr] (2021)

References

1. Adama Niane, connu pour ses rôles dans « Plus belle la vie » et « Lupin », est mort à 56 ans
2. Siebenmann, Laurent (29 January 2023). "Décès de l'acteur Adama Niane, vu dans "Plus belle la vie" et "Lupin"". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
3. "Adama NIANE". Agence Elizabeth Simpson (in French). Archived from the original on 7 December 2016.
4. "Sébastien Sangha". Plus belle la vie (in French).
5. Le Gall, Pauline (6 January 2015). "L'Affaire SK1: Adama Niane dans la peau de Guy Georges". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
6. "Guy Georges, c'est lui". Le Parisien (in French). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
7. "Fiche film : Gang des Antillais (Le)". Africultures (in French). Archived from the original on 31 October 2016.
8. Nugent, Annabel (30 January 2023). "Adama Niane death: Lupin and Get In star dies aged 56". The Independent. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

External links

• Adama Niane at IMDb