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Maimouna N'Diaye

{{short description|French actress and film director}}

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| name = Maimouna N'Diaye

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| caption = Maimouna N'Diaye in 2018

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| birth_place = Paris, France

| other_names = Mouna N'Diaye

| occupation = Actress, Documentary Director

| years_active = 1991–present

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Maimouna N'Diaye is a Franco-Senegalese actress and film director.{{IMDb name|0618460}}{{Cite web |last=festivaldecannes |date=2019-05-19 |title=Interview with Maïmouna N’Diaye, member of the Feature Films Jurys |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2019/interview-with-maimouna-ndiaye-member-of-the-feature-films-jurys/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Personnes {{!}} Africultures : N'Diaye Maïmouna |url=https://africultures.com/personnes/?no=10511 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Africultures |language=fr-FR}} She is best known for her leading role in the film Eye of the Storm (2015), for which she received critical acclaim.

In 2019, N'Diaye was appointed as a jury member of the main competition in the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival.

Career

In 2015, she starred in Eye of the Storm, a film that opened the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou.{{Cite web |url=http://information.tv5monde.com/info/burkina-faso-19503 |title=Burkina Faso: "The eye of the cyclone" opens the Fespaco |last=admin (in French) |date=March 2, 2015 |website=TV5 Monde |access-date=November 7, 2017}} She won the 2015 FESPACO award for best actress.{{Cite web |url=http://www.africatopsuccess.com/en/2015/03/10/fespaco-2015-maimouna-ndiaye-dedicates-her-prize-to-women-worldwide/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325100908/http://www.africatopsuccess.com/en/2015/03/10/fespaco-2015-maimouna-ndiaye-dedicates-her-prize-to-women-worldwide/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2015 |title=FESPACO 2015: Maïmouna N’Diaye dedicates her prize to women worldwide |last=La Rédaction |date=March 10, 2015 |website=africatopsuccess.com |access-date=November 7, 2017 }} She was also nominated for best actress at AMAA awards in Nigeria. In March 2017, she opened the 14th Festival Divercine through her film Eye of the Storm in Bytowne cinema, Canada.{{Cite web |url=http://francecanadaculture.org/en/film-tv-and-new-media/events/ottawa-maimouna-ndiaye-opens-festival-divercine |title=OTTAWA - Maïmouna N'Diaye opens Festival Diverciné |last=Bytowne |first=Cinema |date=March 4, 2017 |website=francecanadaculture.org |access-date=November 7, 2017}} In a 2016 interview with Bukinabe 24, she decried the lack of internal fund for Bukinabe films, explaining that the industry should be viable enough for financial supply and stability.{{Cite web |url=https://burkina24.com/2016/12/23/mouna-ndiaye-jai-fait-ma-premiere-scene-de-theatre-avec-sotigui-kouyate/ |title=Mouna N'Diaye: "I made my first stage with Sotigui Kouyaté" |last=admin (in French) |date=December 23, 2016 |website=Burkina 24 |access-date=November 7, 2017}}

= Filmography =

  • Toubab Bi (1991)
  • La Chasse aux Papillons (1992)
  • Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)
  • L'Oeil du Cyclone (2015)
  • Bol d'amour
  • Super Cops

= Accolades =

Personal life

N'Diaye parents are of Nigerian and Senegalese origin. {{Cite web |title=Personnes {{!}} Africultures : N'Diaye Maïmouna |url=https://africultures.com/personnes/?no=10511 |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=Africultures |language=fr-FR}}She spent her childhood in Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso. She later emigrated to France to study Theater. In an interview, she disclosed that she decided to start a film career in Africa because of the limited opportunities available to Africans in Europe. She also explained that even though more opportunities seem to exist for men than women in the industry, she is poised to find relevance.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/496308/vues-d-afrique-s-amene-a-la-cinematheque-quebecoise |title=Maïouna N'Diaye, versatility embodied |last=Dumais |first=Manon (in French) |date=April 14, 2017 |website=ledevoir.com |access-date=November 7, 2017}}

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0618460}}

{{FESPACO Best Actress Prize|state=expanded}}

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Category:french film actresses

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Category:Senegalese directors

Category:Senegalese actresses