Born in Dakar to a Malian father and Senegalese mother, she relocated to France at the age of four, where her early exposure to both African and French cultures shaped her artistic path. After a debut alongside Yvan Attal in Denis Amart’s Saraka Bô (1996), she gained recognition in Michael Haneke’s Code Unknown (2000) and Caché (2005), and solidified her presence in French cinema with Cédric Klapi…
