Aïssatou Diallo Sagna

Aïssatou Diallo Sagna (born 1983) is a French actress. In 2022, she received the César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Divide.

Early life Of Guinean origin, Aïssatou Diallo Sagna grew up in Seine-et-Marne.

Career Diallo Sagna worked from 2004 as an agente des services hospitaliers (ASH) at the Hôpital Saint-Joseph in Paris. She obtained a brevet d'études professionnelles (BEP) in health and social care, and a baccalauréat sciences médico-sociales. She has been working as a hospital orderly (aide-soignante) since 2013. She continues to exercise her profession as a hospital orderly, stating that she "can continue [her] profession and also film" and maintaining that "it is not incompatible".

In 2020, while the production of Catherine Corsini feature film The Divide was searching for health professionals as extras, Diallo Sagna's colleagues pushed her to participate in the casting. She was selected for the role of the nurse Kim in Corsini's film. She was invited to attend the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where the film was presented in competition. In February 2022, she received the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 47th César Awards.

Personal life Diallo Sagna is married and has three children.

17 January 2022 Best Female Revelation