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.

Cast

Paris Je T'aime

(Sara (Parc Monceau))

Flowing Home

(Thao (voice))

Orpailleur

(Yann)

Little White Lies

(La copine lesbienne de Marie)

Mensch

(Helena)

Les amateurs

(Maya)

Un alibi

(Lucie)

Coup de Chance

(Julia)

The Marquis

(Commandant Gilbert)

Autopsy

(Sarah Ouaziz)

Les Révélations 2010

Beyond the Ocean

(Olga)

Fragile(s)

(Sara)

Last Blood

(Vérité N'Diaye)

Une idée en l'air

(Coralie)

Above Suspicion

(Julie)

Ne quittez pas !

(La réceptionniste de l'hotel)

Par amour

(Maria)

Profil non conforme

(Sara)

The Concert

(Secretaire Duplessis)

Leila

(Serena)

Bhaï bhaï

(Lola "bonnes vacances")

La veuve Tatouée

(Sylvie)

The Botanist

My Friends

(Shaheen)

J'invente rien

(Stéphanie)

Summer Hours

(Atachée de presse)

Un divorce de chien

(Elsa)

Enceinte jusqu'aux dents

(Ambre, la réalisatrice)

In Your Dreams

(La femme de Keuj)

Belleville Tour

(Aline)

Mer belle à agitée

(l'inspectrice du travail)

Tell No One

(L'amie de Bruno)

Missing Child

(Luisa Castelli)

L'Amour, la mort, les fringues

Her Word Against His

(Anna)

Children of the Lie

(Carole Levasseur)

Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening

(Josephine Baker (voice))

I Love My Mum

(Shannelle)

Kiss & Tell

(Serena)

French Wedding, Caribbean Style

(Cousin)

Meurtres en Martinique

(Léna Valrose)

Death in Paradise

(Camille Bordey)

Citadel

(Sandra)

Father Brown

(Lisandra Flambeau)

Captain Sharif

(Isabelle Vanier)

La Loi d'Alexandre

(Sonia Dubois)

Cain

(Barbara Simon)

Signature

(Hélène)

American Odyssey

(Serena)

Détectives

(Nora Abadie)

Police District

(Julie)

Merci, les enfants vont bien !

(Jeanne)

P.J.

(Estelle)

Le Proc

(Virginie Desplat)

Louis Page

(Noémie)

Disparition

(Karine)

La ligne noire

(Sandrine)

Pigalle, la nuit

(Fleur)

Malone

(Kif Kif)

Avocats et associés

(La juge Garnier)

Les Tricheurs

(Sophie Devailly)

The Rookies

(Mathilde Forestier)

Les Secrets du volcan

(Jasmine Mahé)

Murders in...

(Léna Valrose)

Alexandra Ehle

(Diane Dombres)

The Brides of Bourbon Island

(Marie Gaudin)

Capitaine Marleau

(Irène Ruff)

Those About to Die

(Cala)

Réunions

(Victoire)

Grand Hôtel

(Camille Sargass)