
Sara Martins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1977-08-19 (47 years old)
Place of Birth
Faro, Portugal
Sara Martins
Biography
Sara Martins (born 19 August 1977) is a Portuguese-born 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. Sara was born in Faro, in the Portuguese region of Algarve, 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 theatre 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.
Acting
Comme une ombre
as Claire Legende
(2025)
À l'instinct - La mort en marche
as Emilie Charrier
(2023)
Coup de Chance
as Julia
(2022)
Un alibi
as Lucie
(2021)
Flowing Home
as Thao (voice)
(2019)
I Love My Mum
as Shannelle
(2018)
Her Word Against His
as Anna
(2018)
Kiss & Tell
as Serena
(2018)
Josephine Baker: The Story of an Awakening
as Josephine Baker (voice)
(2018)
Children of the Lie
as Carole Levasseur
(2017)
Missing Child
as Luisa Castelli
(2016)
Meurtres en Martinique
as Léna Valrose
(2014)
Une idée en l'air
as Coralie
(2011)
The Marquis
as Commandant Gilbert
(2011)
Above Suspicion
as Julie
(2011)
Leila
as Serena
(2011)
Last Blood
as Vérité N'Diaye
(2011)
Profil non conforme
as Sara
(2010)
Little White Lies
as La copine lesbienne de Marie
(2010)
Un divorce de chien
as Elsa
(2009)
The Concert
as Secretaire Duplessis
(2009)
Mensch
as Helena
(2009)
Orpailleur
as Yann
(2008)
Summer Hours
as Atachée de presse
(2008)
Belleville Tour
as Aline
(2008)
La veuve Tatouée
as Sylvie
(2007)
Autopsy
as Sarah Ouaziz
(2007)
Fragile(s)
as Sara
(2006)
Tell No One
as L'amie de Bruno
(2006)
Paris Je T'aime
as Sara (Parc Monceau)
(2006)
J'invente rien
as Stéphanie
(2006)
My Friends
as Shaheen
(2006)
Beyond the Ocean
as Olga
(2006)
Enceinte jusqu'aux dents
as Ambre, la réalisatrice
(2006)
(2006)
Mer belle à agitée
as l'inspectrice du travail
(2005)
In Your Dreams
as La femme de Keuj
(2005)
Bhaï bhaï
as Lola "bonnes vacances"
(2004)
Ne quittez pas !
as La réceptionniste de l'hotel
(2004)
Les amateurs
as Maya
(2003)
Par amour
as Maria
(2002)
French Wedding, Caribbean Style
as Cousin