Sara Martins
| Sara Martins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 August 1977 Faro, Portugal |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Sara Martins (born 19 August 1977) is a French-Portuguese actress.[1] She is known in France for her roles on television and in film and theatre.[2] From 2011 she appeared as Detective Sergeant Camille Bordey in the joint British-French crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise, which is filmed in Guadeloupe, a French overseas department. She played opposite Ben Miller in the first and second series and with Kris Marshall in the third and fourth series. She left the show halfway through the fourth series (Jan 2015).
Early life
Martins was born in Faro, Portugal, and is of Cape Verdean descent.[3] She moved to France to study at the French National Academy of Dramatic Arts.[1] She is fluent in Portuguese, French and English.
Career
Early work
Martins trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, France’s main theatre school. She is committed to theatre and enjoys being a stage actor. 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's television debut was in 2001, when she appeared in the French police series Police District.[1] While filming Death in Paradise Martins worked on the French TV crime series Détectives. She also appeared in a series called Pigalle. [4]
Death in Paradise
In April 2011 it was announced that Martins would star in the BBC One and France Télévisions co-produced crime comedy-drama Death in Paradise.[5] The show started airing on 25 October 2011. In the series, Martins plays Camille Bordey, a detective sergeant on the fictional Caribbean island of Saint-Marie. During the series, Camille and other local officers help British Detective Inspector Richard Poole (played by Ben Miller in series 1 and 2) solve murders.
This series was Martins's debut in both comedy and on British television.[6] Martins did have experience playing a cop.[7] During a stunt for a first-season episode, Martins tore her achilles tendon.[6] She has said that during the production of Death in Paradise she discovered that some of her mannerisms are distinctly French.[8]
Series 3 kills off Poole in the first episode, and he is replaced by another British Detective Inspector, Humphrey Goodman (played by Kris Marshall). The fourth episode of the fourth series was Martins's last; she is written out as moving to Paris. Of her departure from the show, she is quoted as saying: "I’ve loved everything about the show. But the only way to grow in life is to take risks, even if it means losing something you love, or leaving a place that’s comfortable".[9]
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Les Amateurs (Amateurs) | Maya | Feature Film |
| 2002 | Merguez, panini, kebab, jambon-beurre | Short Film | |
| 2004 | ne quittez pas! (Local Call) | Feature Film | |
| 2004 | Dans tes rêves | Feature Film | |
| 2006 | Tell No One | L'amie de Bruno | Feature Film |
| 2006 | Beyond the Ocean | Olga | |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Sara | Feature Film |
| 2006 | Girlfriends | Shaheen | Feature Film |
| 2006 | J'invente rien | Feature Film | |
| 2006 | Fragile(s) (By the Way) | Sara | Feature Film |
| 2007 | Rumeurs, commérages, on dit que | Short Film | |
| 2007 | La Solution | Short Film | |
| 2008 | l"Heure d'été (Summer Hours) | Press agent | Feature Film |
| 2008 | Après l'océan | Olga | Feature Film |
| 2008 | Orpailleur (Garimpeiro, The Gold Forest) | Yann | Feature Film |
| 2009 | Mensch | Helena | Feature Film |
| 2010 | Les Petits Mouchoirs (Little White Lies) | Marie's girlfriend | Feature Film |
| 2010 | Last Blood | Short Film | |
| 2010 | Non Compliant Profile | Short Film | |
| 2010 | The Marquis | Feature Film | |
| 2013 | Une Ideé en l'air (Just an Idea) | Short Film | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 & 2003 | Police district | Julie | season 1 & 3 |
| 2001 | Maigret | Jojo | season 10, episode 2 |
| 2003 | Par amour | Maria | |
| 2005 | Disparition | Karine | Television movie |
| 2005 | Le Proc | Virginie Desplat | season 2 - episode 3 |
| 2006 | Les Tricheurs | Sophie | episode 1 |
| 2006 | Les Bleus | Mathilde Forestier | episode 1 |
| 2006 | Les Secrets du volcan | Jasmine Mahé | season 1 |
| 2006, 2007 | P.J. | Estelle | season 18-20 / 10 episodes |
| 2007 | Merci, les enfants vont bien! | Jeanne | saison 3, episodes 5-8 |
| 2008 | La Veuve tatouée | Sylvie | Television movie |
| 2008 | Les Tricheurs | Sophie | season 1 |
| 2011 | Caïn | Barbara Simon | season 1, episode 2 |
| 2011 | Signature | Hélène | season 1 |
| 2011 | Insoupconnable | Julie | |
| 2013-2014 | Détectives | Nora Abadie | season 1-2 as regular |
| 2011—2015 | Death in Paradise | Camille Bordey | season 1-4 as regular |
| 2015 | American Odyssey | season 1, episodes 5-6 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Sara Martins Bio". Premiere. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ "Camille - Death in Paradise". BBC One. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sara Martins: du Cap Vert à la France star sans frontières" (in French). United Fashion for Peace. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ↑ "My France Interview – Sarah Martins". completefrance.com. Complete France. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Catriona Wightman (5 April 2011). "Ben Miller, Sara Martins join BBC drama". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- 1 2 Morgan Jeffery (24 October 2011). "'Death in Paradise' Sara Martins interview: 'Ben Miller is my hero'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sara Martins: 'I'd love to do more Death in Paradise'". What's on TV. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Interview with Sara Martins". BBC. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
- ↑ "Sara Martins Interview". whatsontvuk. whatsontvuk. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
External links
- Sara Martins at the Internet Movie Database
- Sara Martins' Filmography: http://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/321457/sara-martins/filmography
- additional reference http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-94423/filmographie/
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