Sara Mortensen

Sara Mortensen (born 10 December 1979) is a French actress.

She is known for her role as Coralie Blain in the television series Plus belle la vie, and that of the young autistic criminology expert, Astrid Nielsen, in Astrid et Raphaëlle. She has also appeared in the recurring lead role of Captain Emma Thélier, in the police TV series Les Mystères de..., as well as in several other series and numerous TV movies and films.

Early life, family and education Sara Mortensen was born on 10 December 1979 in Paris to Maxime Ferrier, a plastic artist, and Elisabeth Mortensen, a Norwegian actress, theater teacher, and director. Sara is fluent in French, Norwegian, and English. After attending the École Internationale Bilingue and a year of hypokhâgne (an academic programme), she obtained a master's degree in history. and she was replaced by Coralie Audret. She plays Astrid Nielsen, an autistic documentalist, in the police series Astrid et Raphaëlle; Mortensen's mother Elisabeth Mortensen plays Astrid's mother. She has a son from an earlier relationship.

Filmography

Film

Cinema 2008: 15 ans et demi de François Desagnat et Thomas Sorriaux : Barbara 2008: Un homme et son chien de Francis Huster 2012: 30° Couleur de Lucien Jean-Baptiste et Philippe Larue : l'universitaire blonde 2014: Les Trois Frères : Le Retour de Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan et Pascal Légitimus : femme du couple Miss Moss 2015: Good Luck Algeria de Farid Bentoumi : directrice financière équipementier 2015: Vicky de Denis Imbert : Pauline 2016: Et pourquoi pas? de Nicolas Fay et Blanche Pinon (short film) : Virginie 2016: Il a déjà tes yeux de Lucien Jean-Baptiste : Kristina 2016: L'Idéal de Frédéric Beigbeder 2017: Honni soit qui mal y pense de Sarah-Laure Estragnat (short film) : la quatrième femme 2017: La Deuxième Étoile de Lucien Jean-Baptiste : Brigitte, la scoring girl 2018: Pupille de Jeanne Herry : la femme au visage émacié 2021: Déflagrations de Vanya Peirani-Vignes : Camille

Television

Series

2007: Paris, enquêtes criminelles - l'assistante Magalie (Season 1, Episode 7) 2008: Engrenage - Marina Soltes (Season 2, Episode 2) 2009: La vie est à nous - Elsa (7 episodes) 2009: Femmes de loi - Helle (Season 9, Episode 6) 2009: Palizzi (Season 2, Episode 42) 2011: Victor Sauvage - Isabelle (Season 1, Episode 3) 2011: Le Jour où tout a basculé - Maud (Season 1, Episode 56) 2012: Valérie Marauni (3 episodes) 2012–2019: Plus belle la vie - Coralie Blain (261 episodes) 2013: VDM, la série (3 episodes) 2015J: Joséphine, ange gardien - Amélie Spontini (Season 16, Episode 4) 2016: Chefs - Cindy (8 episodes) 2017: Contact - Louise Martel (4 episodes) 2017: Nina - Clara (Season 3, Episode 9) 2017: On va s'aimer un peu, beaucoup... - Kim Rufo (Season 1, Episode 8) 2019: Cassandre - Chloé Vannier (Season 3, Episode 3) 2019: Astrid et Raphaëlle - Astrid Nielsen (49 episodes) 2020: Il a déjà tes yeux - Kristina (2 episodes) 2020: L'Art du crime - Estelle Domani (Season 4, Episode 2) 2021: Crimes parfaits - Solène Guillou (Season 3, Episode 11, "Sur un arbre perché") 2022: L'Abîme – Elsa Lacaze 2022: Tropiques criminels - Sandra Gauthier (Season 3, Episode 3)

Television films

2010: 4 garçons dans la nuit - Hélène Caron 2011: Ni vu, ni connu - Martine 2013: Le Déclin de l'empire masculin - Armelle 2018: Les Mystères de la basilique - Émilie 2019: Les Mystères du Bois Galant - Emma Thélier 2021: Les Mystères de l'école de gendarmerie - Emma Thélier 2022: Le Saut du diable 2 : le Sentier des loups de Julien Seri - Gabrielle Martinot 2023: Meurtres à Bayeux 2024: Meurtres aux Marquises 2025: Filip