Karidja Touré

Karidja Touré (born 14 February 1994) is a French actress best known for starring in the film Girlhood.

Karidja Touré
At the Locarno Film Festival for 'Don't Let The Sun', 10 August 2025
Born	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 31)[1] Bondy, Ile-de-France, France
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2014–present

Life and career

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 X-Men: Apocalypse, 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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2014	Girlhood	Marieme / Vic	Céline Sciamma	Nominated - César Award for Most Promising Actress Nominated - Lumière 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
2025	Don't Let the Sun	Ana	Jacqueline Zünd	Premiered at the 78th Locarno Film Festival[6]