Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud ( born January 17, 1971 in Lyon) is a French actress.

Life

Became famous Sylvie Testud in 1996 in the role of Lara in Caroline Link's film Beyond Silence. She played a daughter to deaf parents, the forfeit playing music. For Testud In 1997, the Film Award at the German Film Prize for best dramatic performance.

In 2004 she received a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Amélie stupeur et tremblements by Alain Corneau, an adaptation of the novel with amazement and trembling. In 2009, she played the lead role in the film Lourdes, where she embodies a ill with multiple sclerosis young woman holding a " miracle cure" experienced in a pilgrimage to the eponymous French pilgrimage in his own body. This performance earned her a European Film Award.

Silvie Testud for some years also writes books in which they partially processed her life as an actress. After the autobiographical aligned n'y a pas beaucoup Title I of stars ce soir (2003) published by Fayard also some novels from her.

Filmography (selection)

Book publications

• 2003: Il n'y a pas beaucoup d' étoiles ce soir ( autobiography)
• 2005: Le ciel t'aidera (novel)
• 2006: Gamines (novel)
• 2011: Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite (novel)
• 2014: C'est le métier qui rentre (novel)