Karidja Touré

French actress (born 1994)

Karidja Touré
Karidja Touré in 2015
Born	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)^[1] Bondy, Ile-de-France, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present

Karidja Touré (born 14 February 1994) is a French actress best known for starring in the film Girlhood.

Life and career

Karidja Touré was born in the Paris Suburb of Bondy, France, the daughter of an estate agent and a childcare worker. Both of Touré's parents are from the Ivory Coast. She grew up in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and is a practicing Muslim.^[2]

Touré was in her first year of an assistant management program when she was scouted by a casting director while at an amusement park for Céline Sciamma's film Girlhood.^[3] For her work in the film she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.

She auditioned for the role of Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse, but the part eventually went to American actress Alexandra Shipp.^[4] In June 2015, she appeared in the music video for Louane Emera's single "Jeune (j'ai envie)".^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2014	Girlhood	Marieme / Vic	Céline Sciamma	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Female Revelation Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress
2017	The Midwife	Madame Naja	Martin Provost
	Back to Burgundy	Lina	Cédric Klapisch
	La colle	Leila	Alexandre Castagnetti
	Skokan		Petr Vaclav
	The Adventures of Selika	Selika	Sybil H. Mair	Short
2018	Tamara Vol. 2	Naima	Alexandre Castagnetti
	Au bout des doigts	Anna	Ludovic Bernard	Post-Production
	L'échappée	Morgane	Mathias Pardo	Post-Production
2019	Versus	Camille	François Valla

References

^ "Karidja Touré". Gala.
^ Romney, Jonathan. "The stars of Girlhood: 'Our poster is all over Paris, with four black faces on it…'". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ Mathews, Dana; Werzinski, Bruno; Vaughns, Victor. "You'll Never Believe How Breakout French Actress Karidja Touré Was Discovered". Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ "Girlhood star auditioned for X-Men". Belfast Telegraph. 4 May 2015.
^ "Louane : un Olympia en fin d'année et Karidja Touré en guest dans le clip "Jeune"". Yahoo. 14 June 2015.