Senegal / France

Aïssa Maïga is a French actress born in Dakar, Senegal. She became known for her breakthrough role in Les Poupées russes by Cédril Klapish. Since then, she has played leading roles in Bamako (2006) for which she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress, L'Age d'homme... maintenant ou jamais! (2007), The Lawyer (2010), The Time for the Fair is Over (2010), Ready for Anything (2013), and He Already Has Your Eyes (2017). Aïssa Maïga is highly involved in NGO work. Among others, she is part of the AMREF, an African NGO dedicated to the training of medical personnel for mother and child care. Above Water is her first film as a director.

Filmography

Above Water / Marcher sur l’eau (2021)