Fatou N'Diaye is an actress, originally from

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, born 1980 in Saint-Louis du Sénégal.

Biography

At 8 years old, she left Senegal with her mother, and moved to

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. In 1997, aged 16/17, she was discovered by Oliviero Toscani, commercial photographer for the Benetton brand, which, subsequently, led to modelling assignments. Fatou learned

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for her leading role as Vita in the 2002 film ''Nha fala''.

Filmography

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

: '' Fatou la Malienne'' TV film by Daniel Vigne: Fatou *

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

: '' Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' by

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: Exlibris *

: '' Angelina'' (TV): Angelina *

: '' Nha fala'' (''My Voice'') by Flora Gomes: Vita *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

: '' Spirit of the Mask'' (TV series episode '' Aventure et associés''): Celia *

: '' Fatou, l'espoir'' (TV): Fatou *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: '' Une autre vie'' (TV): Djenaba *

: '' Souli'': Abi *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: '' Un dimanche à Kigali'' by Robert Favreau: Gentille *

: '' Guet-apens'' (TV series episode '' Alex Santana, négociateur''): Julia * 2006 - Tropique amers *

: '' The Front Line'' by David Gleeson: Kala *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: '' Tropiques amers'' (TV series): Adèle *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: '' Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera'' by François Dupeyron: Liz *

: ''Marianne'' (TV) by Philippe Guez from the series '' Scénarios contre les discriminations'': Marianne *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

: '' Victor Sauvage'' (TV) by Patrick Grandperret *

: '' Merci papa, merci maman'' (TV) by Vincent Giovanni: Audrey *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

:'' Passage du désir'' (TV) by Jérôme Foulon: Ingrid Diesel *

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

:'' Engrenages'' (TV): Carole Mendy * 2018: ''

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'' * 2019: '' Scappo a casa'' * 2021: '' OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:N'diaye, Fatou 1980 births Living people French film actresses French television actresses Senegalese film actresses Senegalese television actresses Senegalese emigrants to France Senegalese actresses