Baya Kasmi
Actor
Biography
Born in Toulouse in 1978, Baya Kasmi began working with Michel Leclerc on a TV series about adolescence, Âge sensible (2002), before the screenplay for Le Nom des gens (2010), which is said to have been inspired by an autobiographical story, won a César award. The duo reformed to write La vie très privée de Monsieur Slim (2015) and La lutte des classes (2018).
As a director, she first established herself successfully in a short format with J'aurais pu être une pute, nominated for a César in 2012 for Best Short Film, which revealed Vimala Pons alongside Bruno Podalydès. The young actress went on to play the lead role in Je suis à vous tout de suite (2015), the director's first feature film.
She then went on to work as a scriptwriter (for example, with Thomas Lilti on Hippocrate and Médecin de campagne), and it was not until early 2023 that her second feature was released: Youssef Salem a du succès, starring Ramzy Bedia.
Filmography
Battle of the Classes
as Mlle Delamarre 2019
Father & Sons
as Agathe 2019
Savage
as Christine, the mother 2019
My Guy
as Sybille 2018
Not My Type
as Mme Pietri 2022
Sextape
as La Tante 2018
La Fine Équipe
as Dom 2016
Le premier venu
as Sara 2023
Quand les bourgeois font leur cinéma
as Self - Director 2022
Je t'aime, filme-moi !
2022