Karidja Touré (born 14 February 1994) is a French actress best known for starring in the film Girlhood.
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Karidja Touré in 2015 | |
| Born | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 28)[1] Bondy, Ile-de-France, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Karidja Touré was born in the Paris Suburb of Bondy, France, the daughter of an estate agent and a childcare worker. Both of Touré's parents are from the Ivory Coast. She grew up in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and is a practising Muslim.[2]
Touré was in her first year of an assistant management programme when she was scouted by a casting director while at an amusement park for Céline Sciamma's film Girlhood.[3] For her work in the film she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.
She auditioned for the role of Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse, but the part eventually went to American actress Alexandra Shipp.[4] In June 2015, she appeared in the music video for Louane Emera's single "Jeune (j'ai envie)".[5]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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| 2014 | Girlhood | Marieme / Vic | Céline Sciamma | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress |
| 2017 | The Midwife | Madame Naja | Martin Provost | |
| Back to Burgundy | Lina | Cédric Klapisch | ||
| La colle | Leila | Alexandre Castagnetti | ||
| Skokan | Petr Vaclav | |||
| The Adventures of Selika | Selika | Sybil H. Mair | Short | |
| 2018 | Tamara Vol. 2 | Naima | Alexandre Castagnetti | |
| Au bout des doigts | Anna | Ludovic Bernard | Post-Production | |
| L'échappée | Morgane | Mathias Pardo | Post-Production | |
| 2019 | Versus | Camille | François Valla |
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