ECI TALENT is Aïssa Maïga’s agent in Africa and Asia.

Aïssa Maïga is a French actress, author, and director of Senegalese and Malian descent.

She has worked with renowned directors such as Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako, and Michel Gondry, and starred in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor (2019). Her acclaimed performance in Sissako’s Bamako (2006) earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress in 2007, and she won the Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress for Prêt à tout.

Aïssa Maïga has built a demanding career, moving between art-house cinema and international productions, marked by a sensitive acting style, a strong screen presence, and a wide range of roles.

In parallel with her acting work, she is actively engaged in issues of representation and inclusion in cinema. In 2018, she initiated the collective book Noire n’est pas mon métier (Being Black Is Not My Job), bringing together fifteen other Black actresses to denounce stereotypes and discrimination in the industry.

She has also directed two films:

• Marcher sur l’eau (Above Water, Bonne Pioche, 2021), shot in Niger, which addresses the climate crisis through the daily life of a local community.

• Regard Noir (2021), co-directed with Isabelle Simeoni, a traveling documentary from Paris to Los Angeles via São Paulo, exploring systemic racism in film and television across different cultures.

Films

• 2024 – Un château en Espagne – Corinne Masiero

• 2024 – Killing of a Nation – Carlos Bolado

• 2025 – Braqueuses malgré elles – Jérôme L?hotsky & Eric De Montalier

• 2025 – Promis le ciel – Erige Sehiri

• 2022 – Quand tu seras grand – Andréa Bescond, Eric Métayer

• 2023 – Neneh Superstar – Ramzi Ben Sliman

• 2022 – Le marchand de sable – Steve Achiepo

• 2021 – Mystère à la Tour Eiffel – Léa Fazer

• 2020 – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – Chiwetel Ejiofor
  (Sundance 2019 – Berlin 2019)

• 2018 – 20 £ Dream – Andy Amadi Okoroafor

• 2018 – Mon frère – Julien Abraham

• 2017 – Bienvenue à Marly-Gomont – Julien Rambaldi

• 2017 – Corniche Kennedy – Dominique Cabrera

• 2016 – Rupture pour tous – Eric Capitaine

• 2016 – Il a déjà tes yeux – Lucien Jean-Baptiste

• 2014 – Prêt à tout – Nicolas Cuche
  (Globe de Cristal Award for Best Actress)

• 2013 – Toussaint Louverture – Philippe Niang

• 2013 – Mortel été – Denis Malleval
  (Best Actress Award – Festival de Luchon)

• 2013 – L’écume des jours – Michel Gondry

• 2012 – Sur la piste du Marsupilami – Alain Chabat

• 2010 – Ensemble c’est trop – Léa Fazer

• 2010 – L’avocat – Cédric Anger

• 2009 – Pas de toit sans moi – Guy Jacques

• 2009 – Quand la ville mord – Dominique Cabrera
  (New York African Diaspora Festival – Gilda Award for Acting, Florence “Cinema e Donne” Festival)

• 2009 – Diamant 13 – Gilles Béat

• 2008 – Bianco e nero – Cristina Comencini
  (Best Actress – Bastia Italian Film Festival 2009)

• 2008 – Les insoumis – Claude-Michel Rome

• 2008 – Le temps de la kermesse est terminé – Frédéric Chignac

• 2007 – Sexe, gombo et beurre salé – Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

• 2007 – No Way – Owell Brown

• 2006 – Une famille parfaite – Pierre Trividic, Patrick-Mario Bernard

• 2006 – Je vais bien, ne t’en fais pas – Philippe Lioret

• 2006 – Paris, je t’aime – Olivier Schmitz

• 2006 – Prête-moi ta main – Eric Lartigau

• 2006 – Bamako – Abderrahmane Sissako
  (César Nomination – Most Promising Actress 2007)

• 2006 – L’âge d’homme – Raphaël Fejtö

• 2005 – Caché (Hidden) – Michael Haneke

• 2005 – Les poupées russes (Russian Dolls) – Cédric Klapisch

• 2005 – L’un reste, l’autre part – Claude Berri

• 2004 – Par accident – Jérôme Foulon

• 2003 – Les baigneuses – Viviane Candas

• 2003 – Mes enfants ne sont pas comme les autres – Denis Dercourt

• 2001 – Negro – Karim Akadiri Soumaila

• 2001 – Voyage à Ouaga – Camille Mouyeke

• 2000 – Le prof – Alexandre Jardin

• 2000 – Code inconnu (Code Unknown) – Michael Haneke

• 2000 – Lise et André – Denis Dercourt

• 1999 – Maison de famille – Serge Moati

• 1999 – Jonas et Lila, à demain – Alain Tanner

• 1999 – Marie-Line – Mehdi Charef

• 1998 – Un mois de réflexion – Serge Moati

• 1998 – La justice de Marion – Thierry Binisti

• 1997 – Saraka Bô – Denis Amar

• 1997 – La revanche de Lucy – Janusz Mrosowski

• 1993 – Le royaume du passage – Eric Cloué

Series

• 2021 – The Fear Index – David Caffrey

• 2022 – King Shaka – Antoine Fuqua / Seith Mann

• 2021 – Neuf meufs – Emma de Caunes

• 2021 – Exterminate All the Brutes – Raoul Peck

• 2020 – Au-dessus des nuages – Jérôme Cornuau

• 2018 – Taken Down – Stuart Carolan

• 2017 – Le rêve français – Christian Faure
  (La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival 2017)

Short Films (Directing)

• 2022 – Talents Cannes Adami

Short Films (Acting)

• 2022 – Maria Schneider, 1983 – Élisabeth Subrin
  (César Nomination – Best Documentary Short, 2023)

Stage

• Bintou (Koffi Kwahulé) – Directed by Gabriel Garran – Théâtre International de Langue Française

• Sula (Toni Morrison) – Directed by Maïmouna Coulibaly

• Brooklyn Boy (Donald Margulies) – Directed by Michel Fagadau – Comédie des Champs-Elysées

• Les grandes personnes (Marie Ndiaye) – Directed by Christophe Parton – Théâtre de la Colline

• Des gens bien (David Lindsay-Abaire) – Directed by Anne Bourgeois (with Miou-Miou) – Théâtre Hébertot

Voice Work

• 2020 – Atomu

• 2021 – The Underground Railroad

• 2022 – Le Pharaon, le Sauvage et la Princesse – Michel Ocelot

• 2022 – Femmes and Fame – Amandine Fredon

• 2022 – L’autre moitié du soleil

• 2021 – Les contes de Beedle le Barde : le sorcier au cœur velu

• 2021 – Notes sur le chagrin

• 2020 – Ickabog

• 2018 – The Tower – Wardi – Mats Grorud

• 2018 – Les routes de l’esclavage – Juan Gélas & Daniel Cattier

Awards

• 2022 – Maria Schneider, 1983 / César Nomination – Best Documentary Short Film 2023