Barbara Sarafian (born 16 April 1968) is a Belgian actress.
She began her career in radio programmes, including Sonja Duplex from Studio Brussel and Dutch; Flemish: De Nieuwe Wereld (The New World) from Radio 1. In Flanders, her television debut in the much-repeated series Dutch; Flemish: [[Alles Kan Beter]] (Everything Can Be Better, 1998) often places her in a comic context.
She made her international debut in Peter Greenaway's 8½ Women (1999). She also appeared in Fortress 2 (2000) and in Roman Coppola's CQ (2001). She received a Best Actress award for her role as Matty in the film Collision in Moscow. In 2015 she won a Flemish Television Star for "Best actress" for her performance in the series Dutch; Flemish: In Vlaamse velden (In Flemish fields). She was awarded the Italian: Boccalino d'Oro for Best Actress at the Locarno Festival in 2016.
In 2016 she was the face of the campaign Dutch; Flemish: Hey hoe gaat het? (Hey how are you?) which tries to break the taboo around suicide.[1]
| Year | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Alles Kan Beter | |
| 1999 | (literally "Blind Finches") dinner-table current affairs series | |
| 2000 | ("Men of power"), comedy series | |
| 2009 | , live talk show series hosted by Marcel Vanthilt | |
| 2010 | , quiz show | |
| 2013 | ("Heylen and the Heritage"), genealogy show hosted by Martin Heylen | |
| 2018 | ("The smartest people in the world"), celebrity quiz show | |
| 2020 | , game show |
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Sanne | ||
| 1995 | Goodyear girl | ||
| 1999 | Fortress 2 | Hart | |
| 1999 | 8½ Women | Clothilde | |
| 2001 | CQ | Commentator | |
| 2001 | The Point Men | Journalist | |
| 2003 | Mother | ||
| 2004 | |||
| 2008 | Collision in Moscow | Matty | |
| 2009 | TV presenter | ||
| 2009 | The Over the Hill Band | Pascale | |
| 2010 | Sint | Mother of Frank | |
| 2010 | Jeanne | ||
| 2010 | Lydia Leekens | ||
| 2011 | Bullhead | Eva Forrestier | |
| 2011 | Gislene | ||
| 2012 | Allez, Eddy | Angel | |
| 2012 | Hemel | Brechtje | |
| 2012 | Roos | ||
| 2013 | Tania | ||
| 2014 | Mother | ||
| 2016 | Vincent | Marianne | |
| 2016 | Laura Mares | ||
| 2018 | Baba Yega: The Movie | Cordelia Zen | |
| 2019 | All of Us | Therapist Els | |
| 2020 | Superette Anna | Mother of Guy | |
| align=center colspan=3 | Television | ||
| 2000 | Spike | ||
| 2002 | ("Look at the box", satirical series | ||
| 2003 | , detective series | Inge Wyffels | |
| 2007 | Aspe, detective series | Margot Vanderlint | |
| 2008 | Vermist, crime drama | Mother | |
| 2008 | Kinotipp (German series) | ||
| 2009 | , comedy | Laurence de Tromond d'Arbanville | |
| 2009 | Witse | Christina Houtteman | |
| 2010–2011 | Dubbelleven | Karen Van Dyck | |
| 2010-2015 | Tegen de Sterren op, comedy sketch series | various roles | |
| 2011 | , sitcom | Myriam Opdebeeck | |
| 2011 | Zone Stad | Psychiatrist Inge Daems | |
| 2012 | Aspe, detective series | Indira Brouwers | |
| 2012 | Clan | Eva Goethals | |
| 2013 | Zone Stad | Psychiatrist Inge Daems | |
| 2013 | , comedy | voice-over | |
| 2013 | Daisy Vanderweghen | ||
| 2014 | Virginie Boesman | ||
| 2014 | , comedy sketch series | various roles | |
| 2015 | , police procedural hased on New Tricks | Sarah | |
| 2016, 2018 | Professor T, comedy sketch series | Helena Gijselbrecht | |
| 2016 | Wat als?, comedy sketch series | various roles | |
| 2017 | Beau Séjour | Melanie Engelenhof | |
| 2018 | , tragi-comedy | Esther Schoonjans | |
| 2019 | Baptiste | Martha Horchner | |
| 2020 | Carine | ||
| 2021 | Déjà Vu | Helena | |
| 2021 | Marion Glass DI | ||
| 2021 | Suzy | ||
| 2021 | Marilou | ||
| 2024 | Mr. K | ||
| align=center colspan=3 | Theatre | ||
| 2009 | |||
| 2014 | (All about Eve) | ||
| 2015 | Closer | ||
| 2016 |
Barbara Sarafian is of Armenian and Belgian heritage.[2]