Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

1971-01-17 Lyon, Rhône, France 117 Credits

Biography

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...

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Cocorico 2

2026

as Nicole Martin

Acting
Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara

Jíkuri. Journey to the Land of the Tarahumara

2024

as Mathilde

4.0
Acting

The life of Rayenari changes when the poet Antonin Artaud arrives to his village seeking the spiritual knowledge of the Tarahumara. Rayenari introduce...

Cocorico

Cocorico

2024

as Nicole Martin

5.5
Acting

The Bouvier-Sauvages, a large aristocratic family, meet the much more modest Martin family when their children's wedding is announced. For the occasio...

Marinette

Marinette

2023

as Régine Pierre, Saint-Memmie coach

6.6
Acting

Based on the biography Ne jamais rien lâcher, the script traces the career of Marinette Pichon over three decades. Born in 1975, she was the pioneer o...

Des mains en or

Des mains en or

2023

as Rose

5.5
Acting

Philippe is a well-known writer, whose life was going smoothly: a surgeon wife, a circle of high-ranking friends, a Parisian mansion... And above all,...

The Grand Restaurant IV

The Grand Restaurant IV

2022

8.0
Acting

For this new year, Pierre, the director of the Grand Restaurant is thinking big to try to get the famous star from the famous Michalon guide! And for ...

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir

2022

as Sophie

7.4
Acting

Juliette discovers that her teenage son, whom she thought was flourishing, is in reality undermined by a deep malaise and that he has become dangerous...

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir

Maman, ne me laisse pas m'endormir

2022

Director

7.4
Directing

Juliette discovers that her teenage son, whom she thought was flourishing, is in reality undermined by a deep malaise and that he has become dangerous...

Simone: Woman of the Century

Simone: Woman of the Century

2022

as Marceline Rozenberg (1968 - 1979)

7.9
Acting

Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic po...

Tout le monde savait

Tout le monde savait

2022

as Valérie Bacot

Acting
Champagne !

Champagne !

2022

as Joanna

5.2
Acting

Springtime in the French vineyards of Champagne. Patrick has gathered his oldest friends for his bachelor party. The trouble is, everyone hates his fu...

Flashback

Flashback

2021

as Olympe de Gouges

6.0
Acting

A female lawyer travels back in time and crosses paths with other women in history who fought for women's rights.

L'Heureux Stratagème

L'Heureux Stratagème

2021

as La Comtesse

Acting
The Grand Restaurant III

The Grand Restaurant III

2021

as The nymphomaniac's friend

5.3
Acting

He had opened his Great Restaurant twice, in 2010 and 2011, as part of an entertainment broadcast on France 2. Pierre Palmade “reopens it after work” ...

I Love You Coiffure

I Love You Coiffure

2020

as Geneviève (segment "L'Addition")

3.8
Acting

Liliane and Maud are twin sisters. The first is a modest provincial hairdresser while the second leads the great life in Paris. They both fight over t...

Meet the Malawas

Meet the Malawas

2019

as Nathalie Dulac

4.5
Acting

A news anchor, a comedian, an actress, and a soccer player with big egos have to travel across the globe to meet the Malawa tribe for a TV show.

Disclaimer

Disclaimer

2019

as Maïté

4.7
Acting

Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG" is THE favorite presenter of the French. His insolent...

Quand sort la recluse

Quand sort la recluse

2019

as le lieutenant Froissy

5.9
Acting

After three elderly men are bitten by spiders, everyone assumes that their deaths are tragic accidents. But at police headquarters in Paris, Inspector...

Wide Load

Wide Load

2019

as Jennifer

4.1
Acting

This is the story of a guy who goes too fast and a big guy who is too slow. Foster meets Taupin. All this would be trivial if one of them had a scary ...

Defiant Souls

Defiant Souls

2019

as Enriqueta Faber / Enrique Faber

6.4
Acting

Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province, hopi...

Suspiria

Suspiria

2018

as Miss Griffith

6.9
Acting

A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grievi...

Deux gouttes d'eau

Deux gouttes d'eau

2018

as Valérie Laforge

6.1
Acting

A woman's dead body is found in her apartment on a winter morning. All the evidence points to her fiancé. But he has an identical twin brother. The de...

Fan Club

2018

as Anna

Acting
A New Girl in Paris!

A New Girl in Paris!

2018

as Amandine

6.4
Acting

Tamara has been separated from Diego for two years. She finally leaves home to live the student adventure in Paris with his girlfriend Sam. In a galle...

Kings for a Day

Kings for a Day

2018

as Val

5.6
Acting

A wannabe actor must chose between his passion and his father, a crook.

Final Portrait

Final Portrait

2017

as Annette Giacometti

6.1
Acting

Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend,...

Wedding Unplanned

Wedding Unplanned

2017

as Clarisse

6.1
Acting

When she discovers a wedding planer's business card, Alexia instantly says, "YES" to Mathias unaware that it belongs to his mistress. The groom is now...

Mörderische Stille

Mörderische Stille

2017

as Elena

5.5
Acting

A corpse is found in the Bay of Wilhelmshaven. It soon becomes clear that the dead man was an officer in the Dutch KFOR troops in Kosovo. During his i...

Tamara

Tamara

2016

as Amandine

6.4
Acting

Tamara, 15, complexed with her curves, decided its entry into second to get rid of the label of "big". To shut up the gossip, she made a bet with her ...

The Exchange Student

The Exchange Student

2016

as Eloïse

5.4
Acting

Malo and Stéphane are two students who are kind of losers and have just started high school. Their plan to become popular: to host a German exchange s...

The Visitors: Bastille Day

The Visitors: Bastille Day

2016

as Charlotte de Robespierre

4.1
Acting

Stuck in the corridors of time, Godefroy de Montmirail and his faithful servant Jacquouille are projected to a time of profound political and social u...

Arrête ton cinéma !

Arrête ton cinéma !

2016

as Sybille

4.6
Acting

Sybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own screenplay. Everything seems to go well at first. Her producer...

Arrête ton cinéma !

Arrête ton cinéma !

2016

Novel, Screenplay

4.6
Writing

Sybille, an accomplished actress, is given the chance to direct a film based on her own screenplay. Everything seems to go well at first. Her producer...

Too Close to the Sun

Too Close to the Sun

2015

as Sophie Picard

6.0
Acting

A magistrate investigating a fraud case discovers the woman is the biological mother of her adopted child. Instead of recusing herself, the magistrate...

Thanks to my Friends

Thanks to my Friends

2015

as Stéphane Brunge

5.0
Acting

A man in his mid 30's reevaluates his life and priorities after he met someone from his past.

Spiderwebhouse

Spiderwebhouse

2015

as Sabine

5.9
Acting

When 12-year-old Jonas’ mother leaves to “fight her demons”, he steps up as head of the household, becoming the unofficial guardian to his younger sib...

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

Gad Elmaleh - Le Big Show

2015

as Self

6.6
Acting
Two Women

Two Women

2014

as Elisaveta Bogdanovna

6.4
Acting

A headstrong young woman is married to land baron. Her feelings for her son's tutor becomes a complex web of unrequited love.

Ceux qui dansent sur la tête

Ceux qui dansent sur la tête

2014

as Catherine

5.3
Acting

Dance drama playing on a dairy farm, starring two 19-year-old friends Syl and Frenzy who live for breakdancing. The friendship comes under pressure du...

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

2014

as Nadiège

5.7
Acting

Stéphanie grew up with an absent mother and a brutal stepfather. One day, she knows, she'll leave the city to live the life she's always dreamed of.

French Women

French Women

2014

as Sam

5.8
Acting

A story about 11 girls living in Paris. Each of them has its own problems: career, love life, children. Every girl has their complexes and virtues. Th...

24 Days

24 Days

2014

as Brigitte Farell

6.6
Acting

When Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the ...

96 heures

96 heures

2014

as Marion Reynaud

5.4
Acting

Carré is the boss of the BRB (Brigade for the Repression of Banditry). 3 years earlier, he arrested a big mobster, Kancel. Today, thanks to an extract...

À votre bon cœur, mesdames

À votre bon cœur, mesdames

2013

as Lolita

5.0
Acting

The story of a septuagenarian, recently divorced, which in its reconstruction desire and quest for a new companion will rediscover the small pleasures...

My Name Is Hmmm...

My Name Is Hmmm...

2013

as La mère de Céline

5.5
Acting

Céline, 11, meets Peter, 40. Together they go on a "luminous journey" in his beautiful red truck. She, escaping her desperate and incestuous father; h...

Les Déferlantes

Les Déferlantes

2013

as Louise

5.1
Acting

Holed up in a small Normandy town, Louise hides from her ghosts as she looks after grumpy old Theo, the retired lighthouse keeper who shares her passi...

For a Woman

For a Woman

2013

as Anne

6.1
Acting

After the death of her mother, Anne makes a shocking discovery: an old photograph casts doubt on her origins and leads her to discover a mysterious un...

A Song For Mama

A Song For Mama

2013

as Sylvie

4.9
Acting

With their beloved mother only a few days to live, her children decide to give her a surprising parting gift: bring Dave, a lifelong fan, to her bedsi...

Roxana's Hands

Roxana's Hands

2013

as Roxana Orlac

4.5
Acting

Roxana Orlac, a famous violinist, loses the use of her hands in a terrible lift accident. Her career as a virtuoso seems to be over until Professor Ch...

Max

Max

2013

as Nina

5.8
Acting

Max is 6 years old. She lives with her dad Toni, a small time crook with a golden heart. For Xmas, Max offers him Rose, a call-girl found on the stree...

Another Woman's Life

Another Woman's Life

2012

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

When the fun loving Marie sets her eyes on brooding comic book artist Paul, it sets off the kind of romantic sparks that quickly culminate in the bedr...

Rebellion

Rebellion

2011

as Chantal Legorjus

6.7
Acting

April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-...

The Night Clerk

The Night Clerk

2011

as Sylvie Poncet

5.7
Acting

Frédéric, a young man with a troubled past, has the good fortune to be given a job in a luxurious mountain hotel. When one of the hotel guests disapp...

L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues

L'Amour, la Mort, les Fringues

2011

7.0
Acting

They stick to our skin and soul, our clothes. We believe we buy them, they own us. Warning ! these rags are traitors: far from dressing us they expose...

The Rebel, Louise Michel

The Rebel, Louise Michel

2010

as Louise Michel

5.9
Acting

A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Along with thousands of other revolutionaries, she is deport...

Mumu

Mumu

2010

as Mumu

6.0
Acting

The story a rescue, the rescue of a bad brat's life in the post-WWII period. In 1947, Roger reaches 11 years old. He's a kid badly loved, mischievous ...

The Round Up

The Round Up

2010

as Bella Zygler

7.5
Acting

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Sentiments provisoires

Sentiments provisoires

2010

as Hélène

6.0
Acting

A young woman announces to the man she has lived with for ten years that she is leaving him ... and that she is leaving him for his best friend. But ...

Sisters

Sisters

2009

as Sybille adulte

5.3
Acting

Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only b...

Sisters

Sisters

2009

Novel

5.3

Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother. Sibylle is the only b...

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

2009

as Calamity Jane

4.5
Acting

Fearless gunslinger, Lucky Luke, is ordered by the President to bring peace to Daisy Town.

Lourdes

Lourdes

2009

as Christine

6.6
Acting

In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees M...

Can't Say No

Can't Say No

2009

as Adèle

Acting
Vengeance

Vengeance

2009

as Irene Costello

6.6
Acting

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Macau, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To ...

A Happy Man

A Happy Man

2009

as Catherine

4.5
Acting
The Idiot

The Idiot

2008

as Darya Alexeyevna

6.5
Acting

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Tots...

Sagan

Sagan

2008

as Françoise Quoirez dite Sagan

6.2
Acting

France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes the icon of a whole generation. In 1954, 19-year-old F...

The Vanishing Point

The Vanishing Point

2007

as Lucie Audibert

5.7
Acting

Lucie Audibert, a student of Art History, does research work on Watteau and is certain that a hidden sense that nobody has ever deciphered can be foun...

Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher

Arthur Honegger - Jeanne D'Arc Au Bucher

2007

as Jeanne d'Arc

Acting

Born Oscar-Arthur Honegger (the first name was never used) in Le Havre, France, he initially studied harmony and violin in Paris, and after a brief pe...

La France

La France

2007

as Camille

6.4
Acting

During the First World War, Camille (Sylvie Testud), a young woman whose husband is away fighting at the front, receives a short letter of break-up fr...

Eat, for This Is My Body

Eat, for This Is My Body

2007

as Madame

3.6
Acting

Haiti, a lonely forgotten black island abandoned to its poverty and misery. A white woman, Madame lives in a fantasy in which she helps to teach, insp...

La Vie en Rose

La Vie en Rose

2007

as Simone 'Mômone' Berteaut

7.4
Acting

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a c...

Legacy

Legacy

2006

as Patricia

6.4
Acting

Three French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote, ruined castle that one of them has inherited. En route, the...

La vie est à nous !

La vie est à nous !

2005

as Louise Delhomme

5.2
Acting

Louise and Blanche run L'Etape, a cafe restaurant in a Savoy village. Facing them is Le Virage, run by Lucie and her daughters. The rivalry between th...

Words in Blue

Words in Blue

2005

as Clara

6.2
Acting

Clara is afraid of words. Her daughter, Anna, is afraid of others. Vincent is afraid to grow up. But he won't be afraid to love them.

Victoire

Victoire

2004

as Victoire

1.0
Acting

Victoire is sweet, sensitive, nice and understanding. She leads an existence which doesn't leave her much time to wonder.

Cause toujours !

Cause toujours !

2004

as Léa

4.5
Acting

This way-offbeat comedy from Gallic director Jeanne Labrune concerns two young French women, best friends Léa and Jacinthe. While Jacinthe develops a ...

Tout pour l'o$eille

Tout pour l'o$eille

2004

as Prune

4.5
Acting

A bunch of broke guys rob a rich con artist who has embezzled money from a charity.

Tomorrow We Move

Tomorrow We Move

2004

as Charlotte

5.8
Acting

When her mother moves in, the life of a writer gets crowded.

Autour d’hier aujourd’hui et demain (on déménage)

2004

as Self / Charlotte

Acting
Labyrinth

Labyrinth

2003

as Claude

6.6
Acting

Psychologist Dr. Brennac is asked by a colleague to help with the case of Claude, a patient on trial for multiple murders. Is Claude really guilty of ...

Dead Man's Memories

Dead Man's Memories

2003

as Das Mädchen

4.4
Acting

A policeman lunching with his daughter is present when a dead body washes up on shore. He investigates, leading him down a twisted and muddled path of...

Only Girls

Only Girls

2003

as Tina

6.2
Acting

After a shoplifter finds herself unexpectedly released on parole, she pays a call on the judge at her flat. The judge, Carole Rewinsky, does not tell ...

Fear and Trembling

Fear and Trembling

2003

as Amélie

6.5
Acting

Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. Sh...

A Loving Father

A Loving Father

2002

as Virginia

5.6
Acting

Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish ...

Life Kills Me

Life Kills Me

2002

as Myriam

5.2
Acting

Paul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills. H...

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

2002

as Self

Acting

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, dir...

Stolen Tangos

2002

as Alice / Paula

5.0
Acting

In Paris, a young Argentine screenwriter attempts to escape his daily routine through a fictional story set in Argentina. This attracts the attention ...

Women or Children First

Women or Children First

2002

as Virginie

5.7
Acting

Tom, a Spaniard, is married to Sylvie and lives a quiet but a bit boring life in the Britanny countryside (west of France). Trouble comes when Tom ex ...

A Moment of Happiness

A Moment of Happiness

2002

as L'institutrice

4.9
Acting

Philippe, 25, arrives one morning in Arcachon, where his sister lives. He is a young man with no ties, someone people easily confide in. He works seas...

Everyman's Feast

Everyman's Feast

2002

as Sophie

2.0
Acting

Austrian television director Fritz Lehner makes his feature debut with the big-budget drama Jedermann's Fest, based on the 1911 play by Hugo von Hofma...

Les acteurs anonymes

Les acteurs anonymes

2001

as Self (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Nine comedians meet at the Acteurs Anonymes, a rehab center for acting, lost in the heart of Aveyron.

I’m Going Home

I’m Going Home

2001

as Ariel

6.7
Acting

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law...

The Château

The Château

2001

as Isabelle

4.8
Acting

Two brothers go to France to claim the chateau they have inherited.

Julies Geist

2001

as Julia

Acting
The Dark Room

The Dark Room

2000

as Azalaïs

4.2
Acting

In 14th-century France, Aliénor breaks with the codes governing girls’ behavior and does as she wishes. The King of France grants her the hand of her ...

Murderous Maids

Murderous Maids

2000

as Christine Papin

6.4
Acting

Based on the true story of two chambermaids of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter.

The Captive

The Captive

2000

as Ariane

5.7
Acting

Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into...

Bad Connection

Bad Connection

2000

as Laurence

6.0
Acting

Paris is being rocked by a wave of bomb blasts. Stuck in a video game, Sadim calls the players helpline from a phone booth. Laurence takes his call an...

Scénarios sur la drogue

2000

as Segment "Lucie"

5.0
Acting
Gigantic

Gigantic

1999

Thanks

7.6

The Hamburg friends Walter, Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in ...

In Heaven

In Heaven

1999

as Valeska

Acting

I Heaven's plot revolves around three friends with personal ambitions who must face the less pleasant aspects of reality. The story is told from the p...

Annaluise & Anton

Annaluise & Anton

1999

as Laurence

7.1
Acting

Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in a great house. Her mother...

Karnaval

Karnaval

1999

as Béa

6.4
Acting

Karnaval is set against a backdrop of intolerance and hostility in the gloomy Northern French city of Dunkirk. The story is set during carnival time, ...

Marée haute

Marée haute

1999

Acting

She worked all summer in a small restaurant on a Normandy beach. It's the end of the season, season of work, season of love ; he dumped her, in any ca...

The Misadventures of Margaret

The Misadventures of Margaret

1998

as Young Nun

5.2
Acting

A timid, insecure popular author with an overly-attentive professor husband decide to write an erotic novel. With encouragement from her sister and a ...

Sentimental Education

Sentimental Education

1998

as Julia

Acting

The story revolves around the lives of a group of international fashion models, focusing on the main character, Fabrice. The film examines the hollown...

Fire in Paradise

Fire in Paradise

1997

as Esther

5.2
Acting

On her honeymoon on a ship the daughter of a rich plant owner realizes that she's not happy with her marriage. She meets a poor woman on the way to me...

Beyond Silence

Beyond Silence

1996

as Lara

6.9
Acting

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the lo...

Those Were the Days

Those Were the Days

1995

as Sylvie

5.9
Acting

The grueling, emotionally torturous world of French preparatory schools provides the framework for this mystery. The deliberately rigorous courses are...

Éternelles

1994

as Nathalie

Acting

20 years old Denis is a mason for his father's small business. One day, his grand-mother won't wake up anymore.

The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed

The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed

1994

as Girl at party offering food

3.0
Acting

Raoul is a 20 years old student in Paris. Girls are not interested in him, though he is good-looking. He wonders why. Raoul does not look for a great ...

Marie's Song

Marie's Song

1994

as Marie

5.0
Acting

Marie is an adolescent woman who lives in Prussia in 1813 with her mother, a countess. They live in a palace watching the path of history from a far p...

Tout un poème

N/A

Acting

Elles deux

N/A

as Sandrine

Acting

Où vont les âmes?

N/A

Acting

Before resorting to assisted death, an 18-year-old girl summons her two sisters, who are still traumatized by the actions of their father, convicted o...

Tout un poème

N/A

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing