Sara Martins

Born: 1977-08-19

Sara Martins (born 19 August 1977) is a Portuguese-born French actress of Cape Verdean descent. She is known in France for her roles on television and in film and theatre. She also appeared as Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey in the joint British-French crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe, a French overseas department. Sara was born in Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve, and is of Cape Verdean descent. She moved to France at the age of three. She studied ballet in her youth and was the first person of African descent to join the Lyon Opera. She learned that she would be unable to advance to the Paris Opera, where the corps was expected to look alike and there were no other black dancers. Instead, she received her Baccalauréat with a theatre option. After receiving a DEUG in law, at age 20 she studied at the École de théâtre Les Enfants Terribles in Paris. Then, she completed an acting degree at the extremely selective French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. She learned English through U2 lyrics as a teenager.


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Coup de Chance

as Julia
Released: 2023-09-15

Two young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime. Fanny and Jean have...

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Tell No One

as L'amie de Bruno
Released: 2006-11-01

A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years...

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Paris Je T'aime

as Sara (Parc Monceau)
Released: 2006-06-21

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

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Little White Lies

as La copine lesbienne de Marie
Released: 2010-10-20

Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach...

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Summer Hours

as Atachée de presse
Released: 2008-03-05

After the death of a septuagenarian woman, her three children deliberate over what to do with...

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The Concert

as Secretaire Duplessis
Released: 2009-11-04

A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov...

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The Marquis

as Commandant Gilbert
Released: 2011-03-09

Thomas Gardesse, a traveling alarm systems salesman, is arrested for a minor offense and...

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Kiss & Tell

as Serena
Released: 2018-10-10

Sequel to 2002's "Summer Things" (Embrassez qui vous voudrez). This French comedy follows...

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My Friends

as Shaheen
Released: 2006-06-21

Manon, Aurore and Marie would like to represent their school at the Youth Challenge “Dance...

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I Love My Mum

as Shannelle
Released: 2019-05-31

A mother and son duo get inadvertently shipped in a container from London to Morocco with...

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Autopsy

as Sarah Ouaziz
Released: 2007-04-11

Eric and Sarah are detectives who are investigating the murder of a professor which it seems...

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In Your Dreams

as La femme de Keuj
Released: 2005-04-13

Ninth is a promising young rapper whose reputation does not exceed even the few streets of his...

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L'Amour, la mort, les fringues

as uncredited
Released: 2011-02-26

They stick to our skin and soul, our clothes. We believe we buy them, they own us. Warning !...

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Above Suspicion

as Julie
Released: 2011-12-02

Valérie, a youthful 40, is an active, exemplary woman. A psychiatrist by trade, she is also a...

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Children of the Lie

as Carole Levasseur
Released: 2018-04-15

A week before her wedding, Agathe Plichard, a pretty young woman of mixed race, is found drowned...

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Her Word Against His

as Anna
Released: 2018-05-02

A rape victim faces a dilemma: tell the truth about her assault or stay silent and allow her...

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J'invente rien

as Stéphanie
Released: 2006-08-16

Paul has no specific life goal, and Mathilde, who provides for their household, despairs that he...

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Leila

as Serena
Released: 2011-02-23

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Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

as Josephine Baker (voice)
Released: 2018-11-22

How did a poor little black girl from Missouri become the Queen of Paris, before joining the...

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Un alibi

as Lucie
Released: 2022-04-26

A group of friends who have known each other for many years meet at Max and Lucie's house to...

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Missing Child

as Luisa Castelli
Released: 2017-12-08

Luisa lives with Mathieu, the man she loves, and Arthur, Mathieu's son by his first wife, who...

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Ne quittez pas !

as La réceptionniste de l'hotel
Released: 2004-08-18

Félix Mandel, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, is married with a four-year-old son...

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Les amateurs

as Maya
Released: 2004-01-14

In a suburb of Paris, the clumsy efforts of two friends in their twenties to make themselves...

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Fragile(s)

as Sara
Released: 2007-06-20

Six characters cross paths in Paris and Lisbon.

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Beyond the Ocean

as Olga
Released: 2006-07-02

Journey of an african migrant through Europe.

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Les Révélations 2010

as uncredited
Released: 2010-01-07

Every year, the family of cinema is growing by welcoming a young and new generation of actresses...

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Mensch

as Helena
Released: 2009-01-02

A 35 ans, Sam est un casseur de coffres hors pair. Entre la garde de son petit garçon qu'il...

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Orpailleur

as Yann
Released: 2009-03-12

18 ans après avoir quitté sa terre natale, Rod, jeune Parisien d´origine guyanaise, rentre au...

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Un divorce de chien

as Elsa
Released: 2010-05-29

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Flowing Home

as Thao (voice)
Released: 2021-11-05

The intertwining fates of two Vietnamese sisters who sustain a wartime relationship through...

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The Botanist

as uncredited
Released: 2006-10-01

Two musicians who play for tips at a Portuguese train station find a magical book left by a...

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Death in Paradise

as Camille Bordey
First aired: 2011-10-25

A brilliant but idiosyncratic British detective and his resourceful local team solve baffling...

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Father Brown

as Lisandra Flambeau
First aired: 2013-01-14

Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who...

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Murders in...

as Léna Valrose
First aired: 2013-04-23

Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a...

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Citadel

as Sandra
First aired: 2023-04-27

What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn’t know they were a spy? Years ago, the top...

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Capitaine Marleau

as Irène Ruff
First aired: 2015-09-15

Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes...

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American Odyssey

as Serena
First aired: 2015-04-05

In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers'...

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Those About to Die

as Cala
First aired: 2024-07-18

Within the spectacular, complex and corrupt world of gladiatorial sports in Ancient Rome, follow...

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The Rookies

as Mathilde Forestier
First aired: 2007-09-19

The cases of five young and well-intentioned police recruits often turn into catastrophes.

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Avocats et associés

as La juge Garnier
First aired: 1998-10-23

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Merci, les enfants vont bien !

as Jeanne
First aired: 2005-09-28

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Grand Hôtel

as Camille Sargass
First aired: 2020-09-03

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Détectives

as Nora Abadie
First aired: 2013-05-22

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Cherif

as Isabelle Vanier
First aired: 2013-10-25

Police Captain Kader Cherif knows the city like the back of his hand, and, as someone could...

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Pigalle, la nuit

as Fleur
First aired: 2009-11-23

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Cain

as Barbara Simon
First aired: 2012-10-05

A cynical experienced homicide detective based in Marseilles, France is crippled in the line of...

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P.J.

as Estelle
First aired: 1997-09-12

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The Brides of Bourbon Island

as Marie Gaudin
First aired: 2007-09-27

Historical seventeenth-century romantic-epic-action-adventure where three women survived a...

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Alexandra Ehle

as Diane Dombres
First aired: 2018-03-27

Alexandra Ehle is a coroner at the Bordeaux forensic institute. Fanciful and free-thinking, she...

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Police District

as Julie
First aired: 2000-09-06

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La Loi d'Alexandre

as Sonia Dubois
First aired: 2015-09-22

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Les Secrets du volcan

as Jasmine Mahé
First aired: 2006-08-23

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Le Proc

as Virginie Desplat
First aired: 2004-02-02

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Louis Page

as Noémie
First aired: 1998-09-30

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Signature

as Hélène
First aired: 2011-04-22

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Disparition

as Karine
First aired: 2006-05-06

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Réunions

as Victoire
First aired: 2020-04-15

When Chloé learns that Jérémy, her companion, inherited her "unknown" father's hotel in Reunion,...

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Les Tricheurs

as Sophie Devailly
First aired: 2006-10-11

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