Sabine Timoteo (born 25 March 1975) is a Swiss actress from the Lorraine district of
Bern.
She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2000.
Early life
Timoteo grew up dividing time between the United States and
Lausanne, Switzerland
Lausanne ( , , , ) ; it, Losanna; rm, Losanna. is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and fac ...
. As a trained
ballet dancer
A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on ye ...
, she won the
Prix de Lausanne at 17 years of age.
Career
Prior to acting, Timoteo was an award-winning dancer. She gave up dancing after it began to negatively affect her body.
She spent three months in the Japanese Zen monastery
Antaiji
is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. It is located in the town of Shin'onsen, Mikata District, in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a ...
for the film ''Zen for Nothing.''
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Swiss film actresses
People from Bern
21st-century Swiss actresses
Lielais Kristaps Award winners
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