Biography
Aïssa Maïga is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Promised Sky
2025
as Marie
In Tunisia, Marie, a 40-year-old Ivorian journalist and pastor, helps vulnerable women like Nané, a worker without her passport, and Jolie, an artist ...

The Listening Tapes
2024
as Maria Schneider
In three reenactments of a controversial 1983 television interview, actors Manal Issa, Aïssa Maïga, and Isabel Sandoval play late French actress Maria...

Big Kids
2023
as Aude
Yannick is a caregiver in a retirement home. Between permanent pressure and budget restrictions, he faces the lack of means with a contagious good moo...

Le Marchand de sable
2023
as Félicité
Marked by years of prison, Djo, a parcel delivery man in the Paris suburbs, lives modestly with his mother and daughter. One day, an aunt who has just...

Neneh Superstar
2023
as Martine
Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet School. Despite her enthusiasm, she will have to redoub...

Impatientes
2023
as Dr Milleux

The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess
2022
as La conteuse (voice)
Three tales, three ages, three worlds. At the time of Ancient Egypt, a young king becomes the first black pharaoh to deserve the hand of his loved one...

Maria Schneider, 1983
2022
as Maria Schneider
In 1983, French actress Maria Schneider gives an interview for the TV show Cinéma Cinémas. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when she challeng...

Nô Feminist
2022
Director, Screenplay
Gloria, Lili and Amir rehearse a Noh play under the strict direction of Master Hiro. The premiere is in a few hours, Amir has trouble concentrating du...

Above Water
2021
Director, Writer
12-years-old Houlaye lives in Niger, and travels several kilometers each day to fetch water. The village got together to construct a well. This is the...

Regard Noir
2021
Director

Pop féminisme : des militantes aux icônes pop
2020
as Narrator
An overview of 21st-century feminism through the lens of pop culture.

Neuf meufs - Le film
2020
as Sylvia

Above the Sky
2020
as Marion
After losing the use of her legs in an plane crash at 18, Dorine earns her pilot's license and dedicates herself to advocating for disability rights.

Où sont les noirs ?
2020
as Self
French actors Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Aïssa Maïga, Sonia Rolland, Deborah Lukumuena, Marie-France Malonga, Gary Dourdan and others speak up on the reali...

Pygmalionnes
2020
as Self - Actrice

Brother
2019
as Claude
Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed edu...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019
as Agnes Kamkwamba
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

The Tower
2018
as Tante Hannan (voice)
Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to find the future. Searching the house, Wardi finds out...

He Even Has Your Eyes
2017
as Salimata 'Sali' Aloka
Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when Sali receives the call that they have been waiting for...

Corniche Kennedy
2017
as Awa
Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young kids of Marseille defy the laws of gravity. Marco, Mehd...

Love Is Dead
2016
as Léane Marciano, conseillère conjugale
Mathias Lonisse, founder of the company Love is Dead, is a breakup specialist. He is hired to break up relationships on behalf of those who, for one r...

The African Doctor
2016
as Anne Zantoko
1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in n...

The Eiffel Tower Mystery
2016
as Henriette
The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that has taken place there, so she and her girlfriend embark...

Anything for Alice
2014
as Alice
Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at winning her heart. Years later, after his venture has...

Aya of Yop City
2013
as Aya
While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to hang out and spend their evenings dancing, drinking a...

Deadly Summer
2013
as Julie
A woman's plans to leave her husband and follow her lover abroad are thrown into turmoil when murder strikes.

Mood Indigo
2013
as Alise
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

Today
2013
as Nella
Satché is about to die. He decides to make his last day on this world the day of his life.

HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
2012
as Clarisse Iris
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery.....

Toussaint Louverture
2012
as Suzanne
Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to push the English back. He proclames himself as the go...
One Man's Show
2012
as Elisa
On the eve of his fiftieth birthday, an actor discovers that he's got stomach cancer. He must now face his shattered life.

Pas de toit sans moi
2011
as Ashanti
She is a black illegal immigrant, he's white and unemployed - Both of them are racists and they hate each other, but a fake wedding could solve both t...

The Counsel
2010
as Eve
A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen consequences that may destroy him.

Le temps de la kermesse est terminé
2010
as Martina

Together Is Too Much
2010
as Clémentine
Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity during the celebration of a birthday party. That is what...

Diamond 13
2009
as Farida
A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug traffickers.

L'Aide Au Retour
2009
as La fonctionnaire
Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To avoid being evicted, the State proposes them a grant ...

Quand la ville mord
2009
as Sara

Sex, Okra & Salted Butter
2008
as Amina
An extramarital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her very traditional African husband, who is in for a ride as he learns about her love affa...

Crossfire
2008
as Kathia
A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang of killers which has freed a notorious criminal. The d...

Black and White
2008
as Nadine
Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over ...

The Age of Man
2007
as Tina
Samuel is 30. Formerly a confirmed bachelor, he has been living with Tina – a photographer – for the past year but he gets scared when it’s time to co...

I Do
2006
as Kirsten Hansen, l'assistante de la directrice
Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a perfume creation company, cosseted by his mother and f...

Une famille parfaite
2006
as Martha
Martha is 30 years old in 2031. She spent a happy childhood in a family not quite like the others since she was adopted by two men. Now, one of them i...

Don't Worry, I'm Fine
2006
as Léa
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.

Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Sophie (Place des Fêtes)
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...

Bamako
2006
as Melé
Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its survival. In the face of disaster, representatives of African...

Caché
2005
as Chantal
George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that...

Russian Dolls
2005
as Kassia
Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

One Stays, the Other Leaves
2005
as Farida
A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs and, as the title says, ultimately one remains with his...

Par accident
2004
as Constance
Isabelle Blanc, a 30 years old biologist who works at the university, awakes in an hospital and doesn't remember why she is in the hospital.Little by ...

My Children Are Different
2003
as Myriam
A classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his footsteps despite their personal wishes.

Don't Worry, Be Happy
2003
as Anna
With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens come home to roost, don't they? As a matter of fact, Dé...

The Bathers
2003
as Rita's sister
Sexy, gritty and as provocative as a lap dance, The Bathers takes an insider's look at the lives of six women working as dancers at a seedy Parisian p...
Journey to Ouaga
2001
as Loutaya
Lionel, a young Frenchman, who has just arrived in Cotonou, Benin, loses his car, airplane ticket and passport and his hopes in riots in the city.

Marie-Line
2000
as Malika
A woman learns to care for others when she's forced to help people on the wrong side of the law in this drama. Marie-Line (Muriel Robin) is a single w...

Lise and Andre
2000
as Esther
Lise is a Parisian prostitute who has a young son, Sebastien. Lise dotes on her boy, who has a gift for music and sings in a children's choir directed...

Code Unknown
2000
as Black Girl with Blonde Hair
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France...

Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow
1999
as Lila
It’s December 1999, and 25-year-old Jonah has just graduated from film school. As the new millennium begins, Jonah marries his longtime sweetheart Lil...

Lucy's Revenge
1998
as Lucy
After Polish-born writer-director Janusz Mrozowski, a French resident for the past 30 years, made a series of 30-minute films based on African writing...
The Man Who Saved Paris
N/A
as Desiree
The most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940s is asked by the government to restore the city's image (City of Love, Romance, Light) afte...
Les Saigneurs
N/A
Un château en Espagne
N/A
Le Bout du chemin
N/A
Killing of a Nation
N/A
Anderson Toussaint, an American lobbyist in Haiti, gains access to President Moïse's inner circle and uncovers corruption. Amid political turmoil, Moï...