| Karidja Touré | |
| Birth Date: | 14 February 1994[1] |
| Birth Place: | Bondy, Ile-de-France, France |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 2014–present |
Karidja Touré (born 14 February 1994) is a French actress best known for starring in the film Girlhood.
Karidja Touré was born in the Paris Suburb of Bondy, France, the daughter of an estate agent and a childcare worker. Both of Touré's parents are from the Ivory Coast. She grew up in the 15th arrondissement of Paris and is a practicing Muslim.[2]
Touré was in her first year of an assistant management program when she was scouted by a casting director while at an amusement park for Céline Sciamma's film Girlhood.[3] For her work in the film she was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actress.
She auditioned for the role of Storm in , but the part eventually went to American actress Alexandra Shipp.[4] In June 2015, she appeared in the music video for Louane Emera's single "Jeune (j'ai envie)".[5]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Girlhood | Marieme / Vic | Céline Sciamma | Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Lumières Award for Best Female Revelation Nominated - Black Reel Award for Outstanding Actress Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Actress | |
| 2017 | The Midwife | Madame Naja | Martin Provost | ||
| Back to Burgundy | Lina | Cédric Klapisch | |||
| La colle | Leila | Alexandre Castagnetti | |||
| Skokan | Petr Vaclav | ||||
| The Adventures of Selika | Selika | Sybil H. Mair | Short | ||
| 2018 | Tamara Vol. 2 | Naima | Alexandre Castagnetti | ||
| Au bout des doigts | Anna | Ludovic Bernard | Post-Production | ||
| L'échappée | Morgane | Mathias Pardo | Post-Production | ||
| 2019 | Versus | Camille | François Valla | ||
| 2020 | Tout nous sourit | Yseult | Mélissa Drigeard | ||
| 2022 | Ima | Ima | Nils Tavernier | ||
| 2023 | Karmapolice | Pauline | Julien Paolini |