Aïssa Maïga

Born: 1975-05-25

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.


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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

as Agnes Kamkwamba
Released: 2019-02-14

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save...

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HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami

as Clarisse Iris
Released: 2012-04-03

When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never...

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Paris Je T'aime

as Sophie (Place des Fêtes)
Released: 2006-06-21

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished...

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Russian Dolls

as Kassia
Released: 2005-06-15

Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and...

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The African Doctor

as Anne Zantoko
Released: 2016-06-08

1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to...

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Code Unknown

as Black Girl with Blonde Hair
Released: 2000-11-15

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the...

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Caché

as Chantal
Released: 2005-10-05

A married couple is terrorized by a series of videotapes planted on their front porch.

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Brother

as Claude
Released: 2019-07-31

Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is...

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Don't Worry, I'm Fine

as Léa
Released: 2006-09-06

A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with...

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Mood Indigo

as Alise
Released: 2013-01-10

A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

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He Even Has Your Eyes

as Salimata 'Sali' Aloka
Released: 2017-01-18

Paul is married to Sali. Everything would be fine if they could get a child. Until the day when...

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Bamako

as Melé
Released: 2006-06-21

Caught in the stranglehold of debt and structural adjustment, Africa is fighting for its...

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I Do

as Kirsten Hansen, l'assistante de la directrice
Released: 2006-11-01

Life is easy for 43-year-old Luis, a happy single guy, fulfilled in his job of star nose with a...

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Corniche Kennedy

as Awa
Released: 2017-01-18

Corniche Kennedy. In the blue of the Mediterranean, at the foot of luxurious villas, the young...

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Diamond 13

as Farida
Released: 2009-06-21

A cop goes up against his lifelong friend, who has become one of the city's biggest drug...

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Neneh Superstar

as Martine
Released: 2023-01-25

Born to dance, Neneh is a 12-year-old black girl who dreams of entering the Paris Opera Ballet...

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The Black Pharaoh, the Savage and the Princess

as La conteuse (voice)
Released: 2022-10-19

Three tales, three ages, three worlds. At the time of Ancient Egypt, a young king becomes the...

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Crossfire

as Kathia
Released: 2008-06-11

A grizzled Parisian detective is sent to an outpost town in Southern France to dismantle a gang...

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The Bathers

as Rita's sister
Released: 2003-01-22

Sexy, gritty and as provocative as a lap dance, The Bathers takes an insider's look at the lives...

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Big Kids

as Aude
Released: 2023-04-26

Yannick is a caregiver in a retirement home. Between permanent pressure and budget restrictions,...

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Aya of Yop City

as Aya
Released: 2013-07-17

While Aya has dreams of becoming a doctor, her two best friends, Adjoua and Bintou, just like to...

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Black and White

as Nadine
Released: 2008-01-11

Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a...

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Together Is Too Much

as Clémentine
Released: 2010-02-17

Imagine, if you will, a somewhat contented married woman finding out her husband's infidelity...

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Anything for Alice

as Alice
Released: 2014-01-21

Slacker Max fell so hard for single mother Alice in college that he developed a website aimed at...

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Marie-Line

as Malika
Released: 2000-12-20

A woman learns to care for others when she's forced to help people on the wrong side of the law...

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Love Is Dead

as Léane Marciano, conseillère conjugale
Released: 2016-11-23

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The Counsel

as Eve
Released: 2010-08-09

A new lawyer, looking to establish himself, wins a difficult case and deals with the unforeseen...

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One Stays, the Other Leaves

as Farida
Released: 2005-01-12

A story about two couples, longtime friends in which both husbands engage in long-term affairs...

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The Eiffel Tower Mystery

as Henriette
Released: 2016-04-19

The daughter of one of the architects who built the Eiffel Tower gets framed for a murder that...

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Pygmalionnes

as Self - Actrice
Released: 2020-01-22

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The Tower

as Tante Hannan (voice)
Released: 2018-11-30

Eleven-year-old Wardi’s great-grandfather leaves behind a will suggesting looking to the past to...

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Toussaint Louverture

as Suzanne
Released: 2012-02-14

Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to...

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Deadly Summer

as Julie
Released: 2013-06-19

A woman's plans to leave her husband and follow her lover abroad are thrown into turmoil when...

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Don't Worry, Be Happy

as Anna
Released: 2003-05-14

With his vitriolic pen, Désiré Loncle, does not make the life of filmmakers easy. But chickens...

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Le Marchand de sable

as Félicité
Released: 2023-02-15

Marked by years of prison, Djo, a parcel delivery man in the Paris suburbs, lives modestly with...

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Par accident

as Constance
Released: 2004-11-17

Isabelle Blanc, a 30 years old biologist who works at the university, awakes in an hospital and...

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Jonas and Lila, Til Tomorrow

as Lila
Released: 1999-11-10

It’s December 1999, and 25-year-old Jonah has just graduated from film school. As the new...

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My Children Are Different

as Myriam
Released: 2003-07-23

A classical musician demands that his beautiful daughter and his young son follow in his...

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Neuf meufs - Le film

as Sylvia
Released: 2020-10-07

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The Age of Man

as Tina
Released: 2007-09-12

Samuel is 30. Formerly a confirmed bachelor, he has been living with Tina – a photographer – for...

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Above the Sky

as Marion
Released: 2020-10-04

After losing the use of her legs in an plane crash at 18, Dorine earns her pilot's license and...

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Une famille parfaite

as Martha
Released: 2006-10-17

Martha is 30 years old in 2031. She spent a happy childhood in a family not quite like the...

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Impatientes

as Dr Milleux
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Pas de toit sans moi

as Ashanti
Released: 2011-06-01

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Today

as Nella
Released: 2013-01-09

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

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Maria Schneider, 1983

as Maria Schneider
Released: 2022-05-26

In 1983, French actress Maria Schneider gives an interview for the TV show Cinéma Cinémas. The...

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Sex, Okra & Salted Butter

as Amina
Released: 2008-07-18

An extramarital affair leads to Hortense’s separation from her very traditional African husband,...

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Quand la ville mord

as Sara
Released: 2009-01-01

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Le temps de la kermesse est terminé

as Martina
Released: 2010-03-17

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Lucy's Revenge

as Lucy
Released: 1998-06-17

After Polish-born writer-director Janusz Mrozowski, a French resident for the past 30 years,...

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Pop féminisme : des militantes aux icônes pop

as Narrator
Released: 2020-11-06

An overview of 21st-century feminism through the lens of pop culture.

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Où sont les noirs ?

as Self
Released: 2020-03-18

French actors Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Aïssa Maïga, Sonia Rolland, Deborah Lukumuena, Marie-France...

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L'Aide Au Retour

as La fonctionnaire
Released: 2009-01-01

Sofija and Miroslav are two immigrants who live in France without papers with their two sons. To...

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Victoires de la musique

as Self
First aired: 1985-11-23

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Les Cordier, juge et flic

as Aline
First aired: 1994-02-24

The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son,...

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Mystère à Paris

as Henriette
First aired: 2011-06-10

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Police Commissioner Moulin

as Dolly
First aired: 1976-08-04

The series follows the adventures of lighthearted Jean-Paul Moulin, a police Commissaire, and...

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Exterminate All the Brutes

as uncredited
First aired: 2021-04-07

Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of...

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Burger Quiz

as Self
First aired: 2001-08-27

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The Fear Index

as Marieme Sagnane
First aired: 2022-02-10

Dr. Alex Hoffman, an American ex-pat physicist, creates an AI-driven system that exploits fear...

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Cherchez la femme !

as (voice)
First aired: 2022-12-05

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Suite noire

as Sara
First aired: 2009-07-05

Step into a world of seedy seduction, sinister plots, bloody murder, and hard vengeance: the...

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Piquantes !

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2020-10-16

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Le rêve français

as Doris Trésor
First aired: 2018-03-21

In the 60s, the Government encourages Islanders to leave the French West Indies to escape...

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Toussaint Louverture

as Suzanne
First aired: 2012-02-14

Toussaint opposes the Spanish army and joins the French troops. On Saint-Domingue he succeeds to...

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He Even Has Your Eyes

as Salimata Aloka
First aired: 2020-02-12

When Sali and Paul Aloka, a Black couple, adopted Benjamin, their white son, they knew they were...

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Taken Down

as Abeni Bankole
First aired: 2018-11-04

Taken Down is a crime drama series set in Dublin. The first series investigates the violent...

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Neuf Meufs

as Sylvia
First aired: 2021-02-15

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