Sara Martins
Sara Martins (born 19 August 1977) is a Portuguese-born French actress of Cape Verdean descent. She is known in France for her roles on television and in film and theatre. She also appeared as Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey in the joint British-French crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe, a French overseas department. Sara was born in Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve, and is of Cape Verdean descent. She moved to France at the age of three. She studied ballet in her youth and was the first person of African descent to join the Lyon Opera. She learned that she would be unable to advance to the Paris Opera, where the corps was expected to look alike and there were no other black dancers. Instead, she received her Baccalauréat with a theatre option. After receiving a DEUG in law, at age 20 she studied at the École de théâtre Les Enfants Terribles in Paris. Then, she completed an acting degree at the extremely selective French National Academy of Dramatic Arts. She learned English through U2 lyrics as a teenager.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Those About to Die as Cala
- 2023 · Coup de Chance as Julia
- 2023 · Citadel as Sandra
- 2022 · Un alibi as Lucie
- 2021 · Flowing Home as Thao (voice)
- 2020 · Grand Hôtel as Camille Sargass
- 2020 · Réunions as Victoire
- 2019 · I Love My Mum as Shannelle
- 2018 · Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening as Josephine Baker (voice)
- 2018 · Kiss & Tell as Serena
- 2018 · Her Word Against His as Anna
- 2018 · Children of the Lie as Carole Levasseur
- 2018 · Alexandra Ehle as Diane Dombres
- 2017 · Missing Child as Luisa Castelli
- 2016 · Meurtres en Martinique as Léna Valrose
- 2015 · La Loi d'Alexandre as Sonia Dubois
- 2015 · Capitaine Marleau as Irène Ruff
- 2015 · American Odyssey as Serena
- 2014 · Une idée en l'air as Coralie
- 2013 · Captain Sharif as Isabelle Vanier
- 2013 · Détectives as Nora Abadie
- 2013 · Murders in... as Léna Valrose
- 2013 · Father Brown as Lisandra Flambeau
- 2012 · Cain as Barbara Simon
- 2011 · Above Suspicion as Julie
- 2011 · Death in Paradise as Camille Bordey
- 2011 · Signature as Hélène
- 2011 · The Marquis as Commandant Gilbert
- 2011 · L'Amour, la mort, les fringues as
- 2011 · Leila as Serena
- 2011 · Last Blood as Vérité N'Diaye
- 2011 · Profil non conforme as Sara
- 2010 · Little White Lies as La copine lesbienne de Marie
- 2010 · Un divorce de chien as Elsa
- 2010 · Les Révélations 2010 as
- 2009 · Pigalle, la nuit as Fleur
- 2009 · The Concert as Secretaire Duplessis
- 2009 · Orpailleur as Yann
- 2009 · Mensch as Helena
- 2008 · La veuve Tatouée as Sylvie
- 2008 · Belleville Tour as Aline
- 2008 · Summer Hours as Atachée de presse
- 2007 · The Brides of Bourbon Island as Marie Gaudin
- 2007 · The Rookies as Mathilde Forestier
- 2007 · Fragile(s) as Sara
- 2007 · Autopsy as Sarah Ouaziz
- 2006 · Tell No One as L'amie de Bruno
- 2006 · Les Tricheurs as Sophie Devailly
- 2006 · The Botanist as
- 2006 · Mer belle à agitée as l'inspectrice du travail
- 2006 · Les Secrets du volcan as Jasmine Mahé
- 2006 · J'invente rien as Stéphanie
- 2006 · Beyond the Ocean as Olga
- 2006 · Paris Je T'aime as Sara (Parc Monceau)
- 2006 · My Friends as Shaheen
- 2006 · Enceinte jusqu'aux dents as Ambre, la réalisatrice
- 2006 · Disparition as Karine
- 2005 · Bhaï bhaï as Lola "bonnes vacances"
- 2005 · Merci, les enfants vont bien ! as Jeanne
- 2005 · In Your Dreams as La femme de Keuj
- 2004 · Ne quittez pas ! as La réceptionniste de l'hotel
- 2004 · Le Proc as Virginie Desplat
- 2004 · Les amateurs as Maya
- 2003 · Par amour as Maria
- 2002 · La ligne noire as Sandrine
- 2002 · Malone as Kif Kif
- 2002 · French Wedding, Caribbean Style as Cousin
- 2000 · Police District as Julie
- 1998 · Avocats et associés as La juge Garnier
- 1998 · Louis Page as Noémie
- 1997 · P.J. as Estelle