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Aïssa Maïga (born 5 May 1975) 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.
Aïssa Maïga. Actress: Russian Dolls. Aïssa Maïga is a Senegalsese actress working in France. She was born in Dakar, Senegal, in 1975 to a Senegalese-Gambian mother and Malian father, an acclaimed journalist. She moved with her family to France when she was 4.
Aïssa Maïga est une actrice et réalisatrice sénégalaise et malienne, naturalisée Française, née le 25 mai 1975 à Dakar au Sénégal. En France, le grand public la découvre notamment en 2004 grâce à ses rôles dans Les Poupées russes de Cédric Klapisch et dans L'un reste, l'autre part de Claude Berri.
Aug 25, 2020 · In her moment of defiance on this year's César stage, Maïga spoke about the discriminatory treatment of actors of color, and how stereotypical roles for Black actors continue to dominate, with ...
May 22, 2018 · Often the sole performer of color to receive top billing and awards season attention, she felt compelled to take action after viewing Afro-feminist Amandine Gay’s documentary teaser,...
Dec 6, 2020 · Aïssa Maïga says being told to “go back to Africa” is no insult to her—which is one of the many reactions the actress received since her impassioned speech on diversity at the César Awards...
Aug 10, 2018 · French Actress Aissa Maiga on Her Eye-Opening Bestseller ‘My Profession is Not Black’. Maiga and fifteen other black actresses contributed to a collective book that decried racial prejudice in...
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.
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.
Aug 24, 2017 · Born in Dakar, Senegal to a Malian father and Senegalese mother, Aïssa Maïga moved to France as a child. She’s appeared in numerous films in a career spanning more than two decades. In 2007 she was nominated for a Best Actress César in Abderrahamane Sissako’s Bamako.
