Sara Martins (born 19 August 1977) is a Portuguese-French actress of
Cape Verdean descent. She is known in France for her roles on
television and in film and theatre. She also appeared as Detective
Sergeant Camille Bordey in the joint British-French crime comedy-drama
Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe, a French overseas department.
She left the show halfway through series 4 (January 2015).Martins was
born in Faro, Portugal, and is of Cape Verdean descent. She moved to
France at the age of three. She studied ballet in her youth and was
the first person of African descent to join the Lyon Opera. She
learned that she would be unable to advance to the Paris Opera, where
the corps was expected to look alike and there were no other black
dancers. Instead, she received her Baccalauréat with a theater
option. After receiving a DEUG in law, at age 20 she studied at the
École de théâtre Les Enfants Terribles in Paris. Then, she
completed an acting degree at the extremely selective French National
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She learned English through U2 lyrics as a
teenager.[needs update] Shortly after graduating from high school,
Martins was hired by Roger Planchon for a local production of Le
Radeau de la Méduse at the Théâtre National Populaire in
Villeurbanne. She appeared in a play at the Young Vic in London called
Le Costume (The Suit) and in a French-language production of David
Mamet’s Race.Martins' television debut was in 2001, in the French
police series Police District. She appeared in the series Pigalle, la
nuit as Fleur. While filming Death in Paradise, Martins worked on the
French TV crime series Détectives as Nora Abadie.
Cape Verdean descent. She is known in France for her roles on
television and in film and theatre. She also appeared as Detective
Sergeant Camille Bordey in the joint British-French crime comedy-drama
Death in Paradise, filmed in Guadeloupe, a French overseas department.
She left the show halfway through series 4 (January 2015).Martins was
born in Faro, Portugal, and is of Cape Verdean descent. She moved to
France at the age of three. She studied ballet in her youth and was
the first person of African descent to join the Lyon Opera. She
learned that she would be unable to advance to the Paris Opera, where
the corps was expected to look alike and there were no other black
dancers. Instead, she received her Baccalauréat with a theater
option. After receiving a DEUG in law, at age 20 she studied at the
École de théâtre Les Enfants Terribles in Paris. Then, she
completed an acting degree at the extremely selective French National
Academy of Dramatic Arts. She learned English through U2 lyrics as a
teenager.[needs update] Shortly after graduating from high school,
Martins was hired by Roger Planchon for a local production of Le
Radeau de la Méduse at the Théâtre National Populaire in
Villeurbanne. She appeared in a play at the Young Vic in London called
Le Costume (The Suit) and in a French-language production of David
Mamet’s Race.Martins' television debut was in 2001, in the French
police series Police District. She appeared in the series Pigalle, la
nuit as Fleur. While filming Death in Paradise, Martins worked on the
French TV crime series Détectives as Nora Abadie.
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