Black Venus

The true story of Saartje Baartman, a black South African worker who moves to London with her master in the early 19th century. Although she dreams of being an artist, once in Europe she is exploited as a sideshow attraction due to her large buttocks and genitalia.

Yahima Torres

(Saartjie Baartman)

André Jacobs

(Hendrick Caezar)

Olivier Gourmet

Elina Löwensohn

François Marthouret

(Georges Cuvier)

Michel Gionti

(Jean Baptiste-Berré)

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

(Charles Mercailler)

Jonathan Pienaar

(Alexander Dunlop)

Rémi Martin

(First brothel's customer)

Jean-Jacques Moreau

(Henri de Blainville)

Cyril Favre

(Senior Naturalist Assistant)

Dominique Ratonnat

(Senior Naturalist Assistant)

Didier Bourguignon

(Senior Naturalist Assistant)

Ralph Amoussou

(Harry, first servant)

Alix Serman

(Matthew, second servant)

Patrick Albenque

(Zachary Macaulay)

Christian Erickson

(Lord Ellenborough)

Nigel Hollidge

(Maître Gazely)

Paul Bandey

(Attorney General)

Philip Schurer

(Peter van Wageninge)

Robert Dauney

(Thomas Gisborne Babington)

Paul Ryan

(Judge Le Blanc)

Natania van Heerden

(Leslie Stanzler)

Yvo Muller

(Court Interpreter)

Geoffrey Carey

Richard Hadley

Richard Temple

(English Bailiff)

Christopher King

(Court Reporter)

Jean-Louis Dupont

(First Scientist)

Gaël Thiebaut

(Second Scientist)

Cathy Darietto

(Ms. Campanile)

Christian Prat

(Mr. Campanile)

Monique Brun

(Brothel Owner)

Jean-Marc Guisti

(Brothel Doctor)

Violaine Gillibert

(Géraldine Rivière)

Olivier Loustau

Jeanne Corporon

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Violaine de Carne

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Maria Beloso-Hall

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

François Genty

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Rosalie Symon

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Nicholas Mead

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Mélodie Richard

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Maïe Degove

(Guest at the Bourgeois Gathering)

Alain Naron

Christopher Craig

(Scottish Singer)

Mirabelle Kirkland

(First Prostitute of the Tavern)

Karen Smit

(Second Prostitute in the Tavern)

Joe Sheridan

(First Recruiter / Bearded Woman)

Jonathan Hayes

(Second Recruiter)

Barnaby Apps

(Third Recruiter)

Guillaume Verdier

Mario Caniglia

(Second Client)

Leila D'Issernio

(First Prostitute at the Brothel)

Bouraouïa Marzouk

Myriam Vanhove

(Third Prostitute at the Brothel)

Laetitia Vitteau

(Fourth Prostitute at the Brothel)

Calypso Baquey

(Fifth Prostitute at the Brothel)

Claire-Lise Pinet

(Sixth Prostitute at the Brothel)

Emma Gamet

(Seventh Prostitute at the Brothel)

Duangnapa Gionti

(Eighth Prostitute at the Brothel)

Réjane Cousin

(Ninth Prostitute at the Brothel)

Nicolas Abraham

(Saartjie's Second-to-Last Customer)

Walter Shnorkell

(Saartjie's Last Customer)

Xandra Van Welden

(Hat Saleswoman)

Darinka Duthilleul

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Jean-Georges Brunet

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Claudette Walker

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Christina Correia

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Yves Michon-Malaval

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Krystyna Kolosa

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Léon Kolasa

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Jeanne Danielle Serieis

(Guest at the Swingers' Party)

Patrick Blanc

(Tavern Musician)

Ezzadine Bouzid

(Tavern Musician)

Pierre Cezaroni

(Tavern Musician)

François Meignant

(Tavern Musician)

Jean-Bernard Mondolini

(Tavern Musician)

Ségolène Brutin

(Musician in the Bourgeois Salon)

Pierre Charles

(Musician in the Bourgeois Salon)

Emmanuel Galliot

(Musician in the Bourgeois Salon)

Gionata Sgambaro

(Musician in the Bourgeois Salon)

Sonia Joubert

Elise Cribier-Delande

(Woman in the Crowd)

Eliska Cross

Pascal Duthuin

Mark Simpson

Albanna Enlil

(Extra (courtroom scene) (uncredited))

Catherine Badet-Corniou

(Prostitute (uncredited))

Gilles Matheron

(Théobald de Méry (uncredited))

Eric Moreau

(Spectator at the Carnival Booth (uncredited))

Yann Sorton

(Cabaret Costumer (uncredited))

Diana Stewart

(Lady with Parasol (uncredited))

Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg

(Self, Minister of Research (archive footage) (uncredited))

Thabo Mbeki

(Self, President of South Africa (archive footage) (uncredited))