Maimouna N'Diaye is a Franco-Burkinabe actress. She is best known for her leading role in the film ''
Eye of the Storm'' (2015), for which she received critical acclaim.
In 2019, N'Diaye was appointed as a jury member of the main competition in the
72nd annual Cannes Film Festival.
Career
In 2015, she starred in ''
Eye of the Storm'', a film that opened the
Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. She won the 2015
FESPACO award for best actress. She was also nominated for best actress at
AMAA
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ...
awards in Nigeria. In March 2017, she opened the 14th Festival Divercine through her film ''
Eye of the Storm'' in Bytowne cinema, Canada. In a 2016 interview with ''Bukinabe 24'', she decried the lack of internal fund for Bukinabe films, explaining that the industry should be viable enough for financial supply and stability.
Filmography
*''Toubab Bi'' (1991)
*''La Chasse aux Papillons'' (1992)
*''
Kirikou and the Sorceress
''Kirikou and the Sorceress'' (french: Kirikou et la Sorcière, ) is a 1998 traditional animation feature film written and directed by Michel Ocelot. Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves h ...
'' (1998)
*''L'Oeil du Cyclone'' (2015)
*''Bol d'amour''
*''Super Cops''
Accolades
*
Best actress -
AMAA
The Africa Movie Academy Awards, popularly known as AMAA and The AMA Awards, is presented annually to recognize excellence among professionals working in, or non-African professionals who have contributed to, the African film industry. It was fou ...
(nomination)
* Best actress -
FESPACO (won)
Personal life
N'Diaye parents are of Nigerian and Senegalese origin. She spent her childhood in Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. She later emigrated to France to study Theater. In an interview, she disclosed that she decided to start a film career in Africa because of the limited opportunities available to Africans in Europe. She also explained that even though more opportunities seem to exist for men than women in the industry, she is poised to find relevance.
References
External links
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french film actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)