Aïssa Maïga

Acting · Born 1975-05-25 · Dakar, Senegal

Biography

Aïssa Maïga is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut.

Known for

• Un Château en Espagne (2026)
• Promised Sky (2026)
• "Opération dragon", la révolution Bruce Lee (2026)
• The Listening Tapes (2024)
• Big Kids (2023)
• Impatientes (2023)
• Le Marchand de sable (2023)
• Neneh Superstar (2023)
• Maria Schneider, 1983 (2022)
• Nine Women (2021)
• Neuf meufs - Le film (2020)
• Pygmalionnes (2020)
• Où sont les noirs ? (2020)
• Above the Sky (2020)
• Pop féminisme : des militantes aux icônes pop (2020)
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
• Brother (2019)
• He Even Has Your Eyes (2017)
• Corniche Kennedy (2017)
• The African Doctor (2016)
• Love Is Dead (2016)
• The Eiffel Tower Mystery (2015)
• Anything for Alice (2014)
• Today (2013)