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Isaach De Bankolé, César Award-winning actor, was born on the Ivory Coast. He was discovered on the streets of Paris while studying to be an airline pilot. He has a degree in acting from Cours Simon and a Masters in Mathematics from the Universite de Paris. Most recently, he has appeared in the films Black Panther (2018) and Shaft (2019).- Actor
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Bambadjan Bamba is an award-winning actor, filmmaker, and immigrant rights advocate. He was born in the Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) and spent his adolescent years between Abidjan, the south Bronx, and Virginia. He studied at the Conservatory of Film and Dramatic Arts in New York City. He has worked in prominent roles on numerous hit television shows like "The Good Place," and "Grey's Anatomy," and in blockbuster films like "Black Panther," and "Suicide Squad." Bambadjan is also the owner of IvoStar Pictures an independent production company based in Los Angeles that focuses on producing African content.
In 2017 Bambadjan publicly disclosed that he was a recipient of the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). Ever since Bambadjan has used his inspirational story to change the conversation around immigration. His writing was published on Variety, the Washington Post, NBC, CNN and he is a contributor in the New York Times bestseller "American Like Me: Reflections on life between cultures" by award-winning actress America Ferrera.
Bambadjan is also the recipient of the Courageous Advocate Award from the ACLU and the Courageous Luminary award from NILC (National Immigration Law Center). He gives talks at college campuses, events, and media outlets around the country. He serves as a board member for the African Artists Association. Website: Bambadjan.com- Actress
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Diêm Camille is an Ivorian-Danish actress and writer. Born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, she moved permanently to Denmark with her father at the age of five. Diêm quickly leaped into dance and gymnastics, and studied drama, music and Spanish in high school. During this time, she joined an athletics club and competed at the nationals within 5 months. After graduating from Copenhagen Business School in 2016, she got her first role in the TV series Warrior (2018) (Miso Film).
In 2019, Diêm wrote her first short film Doll (2020), which she directed and starred in. Doll (2020) was very well-received and won 5 awards, including for Best Actress and Best First-Time Director. From 2020-2022, Diêm played the forensic technician Lina in the hit TV crime series The Sommerdahl Murders (2020) (Sequoia Global Alliance). Other notable screen credits include Sister Martha in The Great Silence (2022) (Monolit Film), nominated for 7 Danish Film Awards (Robert). Assassin Alyona in Alex Rider (2020) (Amazon Studios) and the warrior Esi in Washington Black (Indian Meadows Productions/Hulu).
In 2022, Diêm created, wrote and played the lead role, Nikki, in Bad Bitch (2022), a Danish TV series directed by Patricia Bbaale Bandak, and created for the major Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). The series was critically acclaimed and Diêm was nominated for Best Actress and Best Short-Format TV Series at the Danish Film Awards (Robert), as well as making Danish TV history with the first series in Denmark with an African main cast.
In 2023, Diêm started filming the new TV series Alien as a main supporting role. The series is directed by Noah Hawley for FX/Hulu, making it Diêms first major international project, and a genre she is hugely passionate about.- Director
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Philippe Lacôte grew up in Abidjan near a movie theater called "Le Magic". In 1989 he was a reporter for the radio with a series of sound portraits on the fall of the Berlin Wall. Later he made his first short films (The Messenger, Affaire Libinski) shown in several international festivals. Alongside these very narrative fictions he developed since 2002 a documentary work with films written in the first person (Cairo Hours, Chronicles of War in the Ivory Coast). His first feature film "Run" (Cannes 2014, Un Certain Regard) is the junction of these two approaches.- Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time. He was named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the accolade in 2006 and 2009.
After playing in youth teams, Drogba made his professional debut aged 18 for Ligue 2 club Le Mans, and signed his first professional contract aged 21. After finishing the 2002-03 season with 17 goals in 34 appearances for Ligue 1 side Guingamp, he moved to Olympique de Marseille, where he finished as the third highest scorer in the 2003-04 season with 19 goals and helped the club reach the 2004 UEFA Cup Final.
In July 2004, Drogba moved to Premier League club Chelsea for a club record £24 million fee, making him the most expensive Ivorian player in history. In his debut season he helped the club win their first league title in 50 years, and a year later he won another Premier League title. His displays saw him named in the FIFA World XI for 2007. In March 2012, he became the first African player to score 100 Premier League goals. Just two months later, he scored in Chelsea's 2012 FA Cup Final win over Liverpool to become the first (and as of 2017, the only) player to score in four separate FA Cup finals. He also played in the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final, in which he scored an 88th-minute equaliser and the winning penalty in the deciding shoot-out against Bayern Munich. After spending 6 months with Shanghai Shenhua in China, and one and a half seasons with Turkish club Galatasaray where he scored the winning goal in the final of the 2013 Turkish Super Cup, Drogba returned to Chelsea in July 2014. With a career record of scoring 10 goals in 10 finals winning 10 trophies at club level, Drogba has been referred to as the "ultimate big game player." He joined Canadian club Montreal Impact in 2015 as a Designated Player and played 41 matches over two seasons, scoring 23 goals. Drogba became a player-owner for Phoenix Rising of the United Soccer League in 2017, and retired a year later at the age of 40.
An Ivory Coast international between 2002 and 2014, Drogba captained the national team from 2006 until his retirement from the Ivory Coast team and is the nation's all-time top goalscorer with 65 goals from 105 appearances. He led the Ivory Coast to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their first appearance in the tournament, and also scored their first goal. He later captained the Ivory Coast at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. He was part of the Ivory Coast teams that reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 and 2012, but were beaten on penalties on both occasions. On 8 August 2014, he announced his retirement from international football. In 2018, Drogba retired from professional football at the age of 40. Afterwards, on 11 December, he became Vice President of the international organization Peace and Sport. - Actress
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Born Toure Kadidjata on September 13 1988, in Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire, Kadhy Toure's career was launched in 2008 when she played "Nafir" in the West African production " Le fruit non mur" . Even though she only played a very small role, this first experience motivated Kadhy into working harder to get her break in the industry.
In 2009 Toure captivated the audience as the seductive employee Kathy Couibaly in the Tv Serie "Signature". Proud of her performances, Directors like Yao Marfili cast her in his series "extreme obsession" where she played Sarah, the ambitious student, co-starring Guy Kalou,. With her ability to capture a plethora of characters, she relentlessly demands the audience's full attention as soon as she appears on screen. This Ivorian native is continuously being praised and admired for her inspiring and powerful performances.
In 2012 , her role as "Emeraude" in the most loved serie "Brouteur.com" confirms once again that she deserves her place alongside The biggest actors of Ivory Coast.- Actor
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Gastón Vietto was born on 6 July 1990 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He is an actor and composer, known for Soy Luna (2016), Viva High School Musical (2008) and Peter Punk (2011).- Actor
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Fargass Assandé was born on 11 March 1962 in Bongouanou, Ivory Coast. He is an actor and writer, known for Eye of the Storm (2015), Cacao (2020) and Eva (2015).- Mimi Langeland was born in Ivory Coast, Africa. She is known for Down to You (2000), Sex and the City (1998) and Shelter Island (2003).
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Sidiki Bakaba is an actor, realizer, scenario writer, director of the Ivory Coast.
He is currently a director of the Palate of the culture of Abidjan, located at Treichville. He was born in Abengourou (Ivory Coast) in 1949. After his studies at the National School of Dramatic art of Abidjan, he carried out training courses to the Living room Success and at Grotowski.
Parallel to a significant career of actor, he worked with the realization of African films such as Guérisseurs (1988) which gained the prize of the best music to the Festival of the French-speaking Cinema, but also the voice of the hope with the FESPACO of Ouagadougou in 1989. His last free Roues production already enabled him to gain the prize of the best scenario to the festival of Amiens in 1998.
Sidiki Bakaba is the current director of the Palate of the culture of Abidjan. He also founded Actor Studio.- Patience was born on 6 August 2001 in the Ivory Coast. She is an actress, known for The Girl Without a Phone: A Princess & the Pauper Story (2020) and Make Me a Match (2023).
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Julien Lecat made several behind-the-scenes documentaries for great French filmmakers such as Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jan Kounen, Mathieu Kassovitz... In 2006, he co-directed "Demain la Veille" ("Waiting for Yesterday"), a short film selected in over 40 festivals throughout the world and winner of 17 awards. He was later selected by Canal+ and singer Juliette, to direct his script "Le Rescapé de l'hippocampe" ("The Survivor of the Hippocampus") for the Canal+ Collection entitled "Write for a Singer" shown in Clermont-Ferrand and Cannes Festivals. He's now working on his own feature films.- Actress
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Fatoumata Diawara was born on 21 February 1982 in the Ivory Coast. She is an actress and composer, known for Sia, the Dream of the Python (2001), Morbayassa (2014) and Timbuktu (2014).- Director
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Désiré Ecaré was born on 15 April 1939 in Treicheville, Ivory Coast. She is a director and writer, known for Visages de femmes (1985), À nous deux, France! (1970) and Concerto pour un exil (1968).- Laetitia Ky was born on 15 June 1996 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She is an actress, known for Disco Boy (2023), Night of the Kings (2020) and L'invité (2000).
- Alexis Bouazo was born on 17 July 1963 in Korhogo, Ivory Coast. She is an actress, known for Rue princesse (1994).
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Go Go Jean Michel Francis was born on 16 March 1971 in Divo, Ivory Coast. He is an actor and composer, known for EuroTrip (2004), The Prince and Me (2004) and Blízko nebe (2005).- Eric Cullet was born on 28 November 1983 in the Ivory Coast. He is an actor, known for The Transporter Refueled (2015), District 13: Ultimatum (2009) and Outcast (2014).
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Pascal Aka was born on 17 July 1985 in Ivory Coast, Africa. He is an actor and producer, known for Gold Coast Lounge (2020), Jamie and Eddie: Souls of Strife (2007) and Evol (2010).- Ibrahima Sanogo was born in 1973 in the Ivory Coast. He is an actor, known for Irina Palm (2007), Deutschland 83 (2015) and Tatort (1970).
- Rufin Doh Zeyenouin was born on 15 April 1961 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He is an actor, known for Zero (2021), Quo vado? (2016) and The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles (2015).
- McKinley Anthony was born on 30 January 1984 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He is an actor, known for Forbidden Love (2008) and Türk Pasaportu (2011).
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Ismaël Koné was born on 16 June 2002 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He is known for Vivre tous ensemble (2021), 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar (2022) and International Friendly Match: Japan vs Canada (2022).- El Bilal Touré was born on 3 October 2001 in Adjamé, Ivory Coast.
- Paul Akouokou was born on 20 December 1997 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.