Aïssatou Diallo Sagna

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2021–present

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Aïssatou Diallo Sagna (born 1983)Caroline Vié: [https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/cinema/3153995-20211026-fracture-aissatou-diallo-sagna-aide-soignante-vole-vedette-stars-film „La Fracture“: Qui est Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, l’aide-soignante qui vole la vedette aux stars du film?]. 20minutes.fr, 26 October 2021.Colombe Blanche: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20220226105837/https://www.ivoiresoir.net/aissatou-diallo-sagna-meilleure-actrice-dans-un-second-role/ Aïssatou Diallo Sagna: Prix de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle]}}. ivoiresoir.net, 26 February 2022. is a French actress. In 2022, she received the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Divide.{{cite web |language=fr-FR |title=Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, l'aide-soignante devenue star des Césars : "Je pensais être là pour de la figuration" |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/aissatou-diallo-sagna-laide-soignante-devenue-star-des-cesars-je-pensais-etre-la-pour-de-la-figuration-27-02-2022-NH64FLQWUFC7LDOJFH6BG7H2IA.php |website=Le Parisien |date=27 February 2022 |access-date=27 February 2022}}

Early life

Of Guinean origin, Aïssatou Diallo Sagna grew up in Seine-et-Marne.{{cite web |title=Aïssatou Diallo Sagna - La biographie de Aïssatou Diallo Sagna avec Gala.fr |url=https://www.gala.fr/stars_et_gotha/aissatou_diallo_sagna |access-date=27 February 2022 |website=Gala.fr |language=fr}}

Career

Diallo Sagna worked from 2004 as an agente des services hospitaliers (ASH) at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph in Paris. She obtained a brevet d'études professionnelles (BEP) in health and social care, and a baccalauréat sciences médico-sociales. She has been working as a hospital orderly (aide-soignante) since 2013.[https://www.espaceinfirmier.fr/actualites/aissatou-diallo-sagna-une-aide-soignante-au-cinema.html Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, une aide-soignante au cinéma]. espaceinfirmier.fr, 27 October 2021. She continues to exercise her profession as a hospital orderly, stating that she "can continue [her] profession and also film" and maintaining that "it is not incompatible". She works at the Hôpital privé des Peupliers in Paris.{{cite news|last=Fabre|first=Clarisse|language=fr|title=Cannes 2021 : Aïssatou Diallo Sagna, de l'hôpital au plateau de cinéma|newspaper=Le Monde|date=10 July 2021|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2021/07/10/cannes-2021-aissatou-diallo-sagna-de-l-hopital-au-plateau-de-cinema_6087848_3246.html|access-date=27 February 2022}}

In 2020, while the production of Catherine Corsini feature film The Divide was searching for health professionals as extras, Diallo Sagna's colleagues pushed her to participate in the casting.{{cite news |language=fr |title=César 2022 : Aissatou Diallo Sagna, aide-soignante et meilleure second rôle |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/ceremonie-cesar/cesar-2022-aissatou-diallo-sagna-aide-soignante-et-meilleure-second-role-20220225 |newspaper=Le Figaro |date=25 February 2022 |access-date=27 February 2022}} She was selected for the role of the nurse Kim in Corsini's film. She was invited to attend the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where the film was presented in competition. In February 2022, she received the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 47th César Awards.{{cite web|access-date=27 February 2022|language=fr|title=César 2022 : qui est Aissatou Diallo Sagna, l'aide-soignante nommée meilleure actrice dans un second rôle ? - Voici|url=https://www.voici.fr/news-people/cesar-2022-qui-est-aissatou-diallo-sagna-laide-soignante-nommee-meilleure-actrice-dans-un-second-role-723955|website=Voici.fr|date=26 February 2022 }} Diallo Sagna was also cast in Corsini's next work, Homecoming, about a caregiver who travels to Corsica.{{cite news|last=Lemercier|first=Fabien|date=30 September 2022|title=Catherine Corsini is shooting Homecoming|url=https://cineuropa.org/newsdetail/431358/|work=Cineuropa|access-date=27 April 2023}}

Personal life

Diallo Sagna is married and has three children.

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2021 \| The Divide \| Kim \|
rowspan="2" \| 2023 \| Homecoming \| Khédidja \|
La Fiancée du poète \| Aminata \|
2024 \| My Everything \| Séverine \|

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2021

| The Divide

| Kim

rowspan="2" | 2023

| Homecoming

| Khédidja

La Fiancée du poète

| Aminata

2024

| My Everything

| Séverine

Accolades

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! scope="col" \| Award ! scope="col" \| Date of ceremony ! scope="col" \| Category ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Ref heading}}
scope="row" \| César Awards \| 25 February 2022 \| Best Supporting Actress \| rowspan="2" \| The Divide \| {{won}} \| align="center" \| {{cite news\|last=Tartaglione\|first=Nancy\|date=25 February 2022\|title=César Awards: 'Lost Illusions' Named Best Film, Leos Carax Best Director For 'Annette' – Full List\|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/cesar-awards-winners-2022-full-list-1234960297/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225034322/https://deadline.com/2022/02/cesar-awards-winners-2022-full-list-1234960297/\|archive-date=25 February 2023\|work=Deadline\|access-date=24 February 2023}}
scope="row" \| Lumière Awards \| 17 January 2022 \| Best Female Revelation \| {{nom}} \| align="center" \| {{cite magazine\|last=Goodfellow\|first=Melanie\|date=10 December 2021\|title='Lost Illusions', 'Happening' lead the nominations for France's Lumière awards\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/lost-illusions-happening-lead-the-nominations-for-frances-lumiere-awards/5165907.article\|magazine=Screen International\|access-date=11 February 2024}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

! scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Date of ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Ref heading}}

scope="row" | César Awards

| 25 February 2022

| Best Supporting Actress

| rowspan="2" | The Divide

| {{won}}

| align="center" | {{cite news|last=Tartaglione|first=Nancy|date=25 February 2022|title=César Awards: 'Lost Illusions' Named Best Film, Leos Carax Best Director For 'Annette' – Full List|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/cesar-awards-winners-2022-full-list-1234960297/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225034322/https://deadline.com/2022/02/cesar-awards-winners-2022-full-list-1234960297/|archive-date=25 February 2023|work=Deadline|access-date=24 February 2023}}

scope="row" | Lumière Awards

| 17 January 2022

| Best Female Revelation

| {{nom}}

| align="center" | {{cite magazine|last=Goodfellow|first=Melanie|date=10 December 2021|title='Lost Illusions', 'Happening' lead the nominations for France's Lumière awards|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/lost-illusions-happening-lead-the-nominations-for-frances-lumiere-awards/5165907.article|magazine=Screen International|access-date=11 February 2024}}

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Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century French actresses

Category:Black French actresses

Category:French film actresses

Category:French people of Guinean descent

Category:Best Supporting Actress César Award winners

Category:People from Seine-et-Marne

Category:Actresses from Île-de-France