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.
Acted in
Those About to Die
2024
as Cala
Coup de Chance
2023
as Julia
Citadel
2023
as Sandra
Un alibi
2022
as Lucie
Flowing Home
2021
as Thao (voice)
Grand Hôtel
2020
as Camille Sargass
Réunions
2020
as Victoire
I Love My Mum
2019
as Shannelle
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
2018
as Josephine Baker (voice)
Kiss & Tell
2018
as Serena
Her Word Against His
2018
as Anna
Children of the Lie
2018
as Carole Levasseur
Alexandra Ehle
2018
as Diane Dombres
Missing Child
2017
as Luisa Castelli
Meurtres en Martinique
2016
as Léna Valrose
La Loi d'Alexandre
2015
as Sonia Dubois
Capitaine Marleau
2015
as Irène Ruff
American Odyssey
2015
as Serena
Une idée en l'air
2014
as Coralie
Captain Sharif
2013
as Isabelle Vanier
Détectives
2013
as Nora Abadie
Murders in...
2013
as Léna Valrose
Father Brown
2013
as Lisandra Flambeau
Cain
2012
as Barbara Simon
Above Suspicion
2011
as Julie
Death in Paradise
2011
as Camille Bordey
Signature
2011
as Hélène
The Marquis
2011
as Commandant Gilbert
L'Amour, la mort, les fringues
2011
Leila
2011
as Serena
Last Blood
2011
as Vérité N'Diaye
Profil non conforme
2011
as Sara
Little White Lies
2010
as La copine lesbienne de Marie
Un divorce de chien
2010
as Elsa
Les Révélations 2010
2010
Pigalle, la nuit
2009
as Fleur
The Concert
2009
as Secretaire Duplessis
Orpailleur
2009
as Yann
Mensch
2009
as Helena
La veuve Tatouée
2008
as Sylvie
Belleville Tour
2008
as Aline
Summer Hours
2008
as Atachée de presse
The Brides of Bourbon Island
2007
as Marie Gaudin
The Rookies
2007
as Mathilde Forestier
Fragile(s)
2007
as Sara
Autopsy
2007
as Sarah Ouaziz
Tell No One
2006
as L'amie de Bruno
Les Tricheurs
2006
as Sophie Devailly
The Botanist
2006
Mer belle à agitée
2006
as l'inspectrice du travail
Les Secrets du volcan
2006
as Jasmine Mahé
J'invente rien
2006
as Stéphanie
Beyond the Ocean
2006
as Olga
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Sara (Parc Monceau)
My Friends
2006
as Shaheen
Enceinte jusqu'aux dents
2006
as Ambre, la réalisatrice
Disparition
2006
as Karine
Bhaï bhaï
2005
as Lola "bonnes vacances"
Merci, les enfants vont bien !
2005
as Jeanne
In Your Dreams
2005
as La femme de Keuj
Ne quittez pas !
2004
as La réceptionniste de l'hotel
Le Proc
2004
as Virginie Desplat
Les amateurs
2004
as Maya
Par amour
2003
as Maria
La ligne noire
2002
as Sandrine
Malone
2002
as Kif Kif
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
2002
as Cousin
Police District
2000
as Julie
Avocats et associés
1998
as La juge Garnier
Louis Page
1998
as Noémie
P.J.
1997
as Estelle