Nadège Beausson-Diagne

Nadège Beausson-Diagne (born 18 June 1972 in Paris) is a French actress, singer and columnist. She is mainly known for having played the police chief Sara Douala in the television series Plus belle la vie. She also appeared in successful films such as Podium by Yann Moix and Nothing to Declare [Rien à déclarer] by Dany Boon.

Early life Beausson-Diagne was born in France to a Senegalese father and a mother of Ivorian and Breton descent.

Career Beausson-Diagne made her first film appearance in 2004, playing one of Benoit Poelvooirde’s four “Bernadettes” in Podium. She continued acting, appearing in various feature films such as Agathe Cléry directed by Valérie Lemercier, with whom she would later work in Marie-Francine, and in Nothing to Declare by Dany Boon, who had previously directed her in Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis.

From 2010 to 2014, she played the role of Commissioner Sara Douala in the soap opera Plus belle la vie. When her departure from the show was announced, a petition was circulated by her fans demanding that she be kept on.

In 2014, the Bausson-Diagne decided to join the Pep's series where she played the role of Catherine Paillard, the director of Victor Hugo College. The same year, she became a columnist in the program Touche pas à mon poste! before leaving the program in 2016. She then joined Bruno de Stabenrath with whom she co-presented Faut pas pousser on the channel Numéro 23.

In 2017, she appeared in the video for the single "On est là" by the rapper Féfé, playing the role of a concert manager. However, she continued her acting career, playing in Ôtez-moi d'un doute, a comedy that won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and Brillantissime, Michèle Laroque's first film.

Theater Year Title Author Director 2000 Monsieur Amédée Alain Reynaud-Fourton Jean-Pierre Dravel 2006 Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Molière Alain Sachs 2008 Open Bed David Serrano Charlotte de Turckheim 2011-12 Oscar Éric Civanyan

Filmography Year Title Role Director Notes 1993 Night of Vampyrmania Richard J. Thomson 1997 Alliance cherche doigt The Caribbean Jean-Pierre Mocky Saraka bô Denis Amar 1998-99 Commissaire Moulin Yves Rénier & Denis Amar (2) TV series (2 episodes)2000 Un gars, une fille Francis Duquet TV series (1 episode) Le g.R.E.C. Fred Béraud-Dufour & Pat Le Guen-Tenot TV series (2 episodes) 2001 Sa mère, la pute The black coach Brigitte Roüan TV movie2002 Jet Lag Roissy Passenger Danièle Thompson Djogo Wissi Henri-Joseph Koumba Bididi Vivre me tue Jean-Pierre Sinapi La chair est triste The Woman Jérémie Nassif Short La vie devant nous Alain Choquart TV series (1 episode)2003 Les baigneuses Rita Viviane Candas Le silence de la forêt Simone Bassek Ba Kobhio & Didier Ouenangare 2004 Podium Nadège Yann Moix Courrier du coeur Stéphanie Christian Faure TV movie Coup de vache The Cop Lou Jeunet TV movie 2005 Les hommes de coeur Karine Édouard Molinaro TV series (1 episode) Inspector Sori Sali Mamady Sidibé TV series (1 episode) Groupe flag The mistress Étienne Dhaene TV series (1 episode) P.J. Tina Gérard Vergez & Christophe Barbier TV series (9 episodes)2006 Madame Irma Sylvie Didier Bourdon & Yves Fajnberge Suzanne The Singer Viviane Candas (2) Commissaire Cordier Véronique Christophe Douchand TV series (1 episode) Équipe médicale d'urgence Étienne Dhaene (2) TV series (1 episode)2007 Julie Lescaut Victoire Saint-Gilles Daniel Janneau TV series (4 episodes)2008 Agathe Cléry Nathalie Étienne Chatiliez Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis The employee Dany Boon Comme les autres The midwife Vincent Garenq 2009 Otages The counsel Didier Albert TV movie Action spéciale douanes Zazie Patrick Jamain & Alain Rudaz TV series (6 episodes) 2010 Film Socialisme Constance Jean-Luc Godard Nothing to Declare Nadia Bakari Dany Boon (2) Enquêtes réservées Rebecca Bruno Garcia TV series (1 episode) 2010-13 Plus belle la vie Sara Douala Several TV series (115 episodes)2011 Course contre la montre Sara Douala Roger Wielgus TV movie2012 True love Lisa Joseph Cahill TV movie Nom de code : Rose Sandrine Duval Arnauld Mercadier TV movie 2013 Pauvre Richard ! Josephine Malik Chibane 2014 Family Show Marie-Aimée Clément Pascal Lahmani TV movie2015 Cherif Nathalie Roussel Julien Zidi TV series (1 episode) Pep's Madame Paillard Jonathan Barré TV series (1 episode)2016 Le petit locataire Jackie Nadège Loiseau La promesse du feu Press Officer Christian Faure (2) TV movie 2017 Marie-Francine Nadège Valérie Lemercier 2018 Brillantissime Michèle Laroque 2019 Meurtre à Cayenne Cassandra Molba Marc Barrat TV series (1 episode) 2022 Three Times Nothing (Trois fois rien) Nadège Loiseau

Television Since 2015, she has been a columnist on TV show Touche pas à mon poste!.

Activism In September 2018 she was invited to the Summer University of Feminism organized by Marlène Schiappa in Paris.

During the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, she walked the red carpet alongside fifteen other actresses to denounce the under-representation of black and mixed-race French women as well as racist clichés in French cinema. "Fortunately you have fine features", "Do you speak African?", "Too black to play the role of a Métis", "Not African enough for an African"; are comments Beausson-Diagne has heard throughout her life.

In March 2019, she revealed that she had been a victim of sexual assault: "I too have been sexually harassed and sexually assaulted on two film shoots in Africa. That was a very long time ago. The pain was swallowed up. Today I am ready to speak out to help liberate this word and recover my life". She is a member of the 50/50 collective which aims to promote gender equality and the diversity in the cinema and audiovisual sector.