Nadège Beausson-Diagne
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Nadège Beausson-Diagne (born 18 June 1972 in Paris) is a French actress, singer and columnist. She is mainly known for having played the police chief Sara Douala in the television series ''
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''. She also appeared in successful films such as ''
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Early life

Beausson-Diagne was born in France to a Senegalese father and a mother of Ivorian and
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descent.


Career

Beausson-Diagne made her first film appearance in 2004, playing one of Benoit Poelvooirde’s four “Bernadettes” in ''Podium''. She continued acting, appearing in various feature films such as '' Agathe Cléry'' directed by
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, with whom she would later work in '' Marie-Francine'', and in ''Nothing to Declare'' by Dany Boon, who had previously directed her in ''
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''. From 2010 to 2014, she played the role of Commissioner Sara Douala in the soap opera ''Plus belle la vie''. When her departure from the show was announced, a petition was circulated by her fans demanding that she be kept on. In 2014, the Bausson-Diagne decided to join the ''Pep's'' series where she played the role of Catherine Paillard, the director of Victor Hugo College. The same year, she became a columnist in the program '' Touche pas à mon poste!'' before leaving the program in 2016. She then joined Bruno de Stabenrath with whom she co-presented ''Faut pas pousser'' on the channel Numéro 23. In 2017, she appeared in the video for the single "On est là" by the rapper Féfé, playing the role of a concert manager. However, she continued her acting career, playing in ''Ôtez-moi d'un doute'', a comedy that won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and ''Brillantissime'', Michèle Laroque's first film.


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Filmography


Television

Since 2015, she has been a columnist on TV show '' Touche pas à mon poste!''.


Activism

In September 2018 she was invited to the Summer University of Feminism organized by Marlène Schiappa in Paris. During the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, she walked the red carpet alongside fifteen other actresses to denounce the under-representation of black and mixed-race French women as well as racist clichés in French cinema. "Fortunately you have fine features", "Do you speak African?", "Too black to play the role of a Métis", "Not African enough for an African"; are comments Beausson-Diagne has heard throughout her life. In March 2019, she revealed that she had been a victim of sexual assault: "I too have been sexually harassed and sexually assaulted on two film shoots in Africa. That was a very long time ago. The pain was swallowed up. Today I am ready to speak out to help liberate this word and recover my life". She is a member of the 50/50 collective which aims to promote gender equality and the diversity in the cinema and audiovisual sector.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beausson-Diagne, Nadege 1972 births Living people 20th-century French actresses 21st-century French actresses Actresses from Paris Black French actresses French film actresses French television actresses French people of Senegalese descent French people of Ivorian descent Senegalese actresses