Adama Niane (actor)
{{short description|French actor (1966–2023)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Adama Niane
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1966|08|23}}
| birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|01|28|1966|08|23}}
| death_place =
| nationality = French
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| education = Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3
}}
Adama Niane (23 August 1966 – 28 January 2023) was a French actor.[https://www.ouest-france.fr/culture/adama-niane-connu-pour-ses-roles-dans-plus-belle-la-vie-et-lupin-est-brutalement-decede-71dac21c-a086-11ed-8031-f20170f3bde0 Adama Niane, connu pour ses rôles dans « Plus belle la vie » et « Lupin », est mort à 56 ans]{{cite news |last=Siebenmann|first=Laurent|date=29 January 2023|title=Décès de l'acteur Adama Niane, vu dans "Plus belle la vie" et "Lupin"|trans-title= |url=https://www.lematin.ch/story/deces-de-lacteur-adama-niane-vu-dans-plus-belle-la-vie-et-lupin-218098005976|language=French|work=Le Matin|location= |access-date=30 January 2023}}
Biography
Born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris on 23 August 1966, Niane studied theatre at Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 and started in the theatre troupe of {{ill|Philippe Duclos|fr}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.agencesimpson.fr/spip.php?article371|title=Adama NIANE|work=Agence Elizabeth Simpson|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207153715/http://agencesimpson.fr/spip.php?article371|archivedate=7 December 2016}} At the end of the 1980s, he acted onstage in pieces by Alfred de Musset, Pierre de Marivaux, Bernard-Marie Koltès, and Jean-Luc Lagarce.
Niane frequently appeared in recurring television roles in series such as {{ill|Mystères (TV show)|fr|Mystères (émission de télévision)|lt=Mystères}}, {{ill|PJ (TV series)|fr|PJ (série télévisée)|lt=PJ}}, and The Last Panthers. He gained notoriety from his role as Sébastien Sangha in the series Plus belle la vie.{{cite web|url=https://www.plusbellelavie.org/habitant.php?id=200|title=Sébastien Sangha|work=Plus belle la vie|language=French}} He also appeared in minor roles in cinema, portraying serial killer Guy Georges in SK1.{{cite news |last=Le Gall|first=Pauline|date=6 January 2015|title=L'Affaire SK1: Adama Niane dans la peau de Guy Georges|trans-title= |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/2015/01/06/03002-20150106ARTFIG00017--l-affaire-sk1-adama-niane-dans-la-peau-de-guy-georges.php|language=French|work=Le Figaro|location= |access-date=30 January 2023}}{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 January 2015|title=Guy Georges, c'est lui|trans-title= |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/guy-georges-c-est-lui-07-01-2015-4424531.php|language=French|work=Le Parisien|location= |access-date=30 January 2023}} He was also part of the cast of {{ill|Le Gang des Antillais|fr}}, directed by {{ill|Jean-Claude Barny|fr}}.{{cite web|url=http://www2.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=film&no=16877|title=Fiche film : Gang des Antillais (Le)|work=Africultures|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031214706/http://www2.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=film&no=16877|archivedate=31 October 2016}}
On 28 January 2023, Niane died at the age of 56.{{cite news |last=Nugent|first=Annabel|date=30 January 2023|title=Adama Niane death: Lupin and Get In star dies aged 56|trans-title= |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/adama-niane-death-cause-lupin-b2271772.html|language= |work=The Independent|location= |access-date=30 January 2023}}
Filmography
=Cinema=
- Mo (1996)
- Baise-moi (2000)
- 35 Shots of Rum (2008)
- SK1 (2014)
- Le Gang des Antillais (2016)
- Perdrix (2019)
- Get In (2019)
- {{ill|Felicità (film)|fr|lt=Felicità}} (2020)
=Telefilms=
- {{ill|Suite en ré|fr}} (2000)
- {{ill|Ambre a disparu|fr}} (2004)
- {{ill|Imposture (film)|fr|Imposture (téléfilm)|lt=Imposture}} (2017)
=Television=
- Commissaire Moulin (1992)
- Julie Lescaut (2001)
- {{ill|Frank Riva|fr}} (2003)
- Mystère (2007)
- PJ (2009)
- Plus belle la vie (2009)
- {{ill|Boulevard du Palais (TV series)|fr|Boulevard du Palais (série télévisée)|lt=Boulevard du Palais}} (2009–2010)
- {{ill|Flics|fr}} (2011)
- The Last Panthers (2015)
- {{ill|Sam (TV series, 2016)|fr|Sam (série télévisée)|lt=Sam}} (2016–2023)
- Braquo (2016)
- La Mante (2017)
- {{ill|Maroni, les fantômes du fleuve|fr}} (2018)
- {{ill|Prise au piège|fr|Prise au piège (série télévisée)}} (2019)
- Inhuman Resources (2020)
- Lupin (2021)
- {{ill|Alex Hugo|fr}} (2021)
- {{ill|Thirty Coffins Island|fr|L'Île aux trente cercueils (série télévisée, 2021)}} (2021)
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0629195}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Niane, Adama}}
Category:20th-century French male actors
Category:21st-century French male actors