Aissa Maiga
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Aïssa Maïga is a French actress from Senegalese origins.
Early life
Maïga was born in Dakar, Senegal to a Malian father and Senegalese mother. Maïga grew up in Dakar but would go to Mali on holidays as a child to spend time with her grandmother, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Her family comes from a small town in the region of Gao—near the Sahara desert—and her father is of the Songhay people.
She moved to France when she was 4 years old to live with her aunt and uncle. Her father, Mohamed Maïga was murdered in 1987, a few months before the Head of State in Burkina Faso was killed in a coup.
Personal life
Vogue cites Maïga as their “French style crush” and says she has “never once disappointed”, Maïga challenges the “just rolled out of bed” Parisian style and opts for a look that is glamorous and elegant.
Career
Maga appeared in Denis Amart's Saraka Bô (1996), she was well-received, and she went on to play a young girl in Michael Haneke's Code Unknown (2000) and later film Caché (2005). Her participation in the Russian Dolls (2005) in Cédric Klapisch's Cédric Klapisch solidified her place as a leading performer in French cinema.
Maga was nominated for the Most Promising Actress award in Abderrahmane Sissako's Malian drama Bamako (2006), becoming France's first black actress to ever be nominated, making her the first French actress of African descent. je aime (2006), an anthology film directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Schmitz, premiered at Cannes and Maga was the female lead in the short film directed by South African filmmaker Oliver Schmitz. Oliver Schmitz and producer Danny Glover joined Maga on the Cannes red carpet.
Bianco e nero (2008) starring Maga and Favio Volo was the first commercial and mainstream Italian film to explore interracial romance. At the Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia, Maga claimed Best Actress for Bianco e nero (2008).
In Michel Gondry's surreal and whimsical Mood Indigo (2014), Maga appeared alongside Audrey Tatou and Romain Duris. Mafa appeared in the Netflix film The African Doctor (2016) alongside Democratic Republic of Congo actor Marc Zinga.
Maga premiered in the Irish RTÉ crime series Taken Down (2018—present) written by Stuart Carolan, and her role was greeted with critical acclaim.
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (1999), a Maga co-starred with Chiwetel Ejiofor in his joint film with Netflix set during the Malawian food crisis in the 2000s. Agnes Kamkwamba, the lead female character, appeared on The Sundance Film Festival and was added to Netflix on March 1, 2019.