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Aïssa Maïga

1975 - Today

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Aïssa Maïga (born 5 May 1975) is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut. Maïga is an advocate for inclusion and has been vocal about racial discrimination in the film industry throughout her career. Maïga was inspired to speak out and create the DiasporAct collective after realising she was often the sole performer of colour to receive top billing and awards season attention—despite the abundance of diverse talent around her. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Aïssa Maïga is the 9,397th most popular actor (down from 7,874th in 2024), the 55th most popular biography from Senegal (down from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Senegalese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Aïssa Maïga ranks 9,397 out of 13,578. Before her are Allisyn Ashley Arm, Josh Hopkins, Dick Foran, Sandra Echeverría, Sarah Roemer, and Jerry Maren. After her are Jesse Moss, Takeru Satoh, Vince Edwards, Julian Cheung, Franz Rogowski, and Hiro Shimono.

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Among people born in 1975, Aïssa Maïga ranks 446. Before her are Magnus Bäckstedt, Luca Castellazzi, Houko Kuwashima, Stefania Rocca, Alex Mineiro, and Erlend Øye. After her are Renate Götschl, Gláucio de Jesus Carvalho, Laure Calamy, Dirk Verbeuren, Viktor Lukashenko, and Ryoko Tani.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Aïssa Maïga ranks 55 out of 138. Before her are Henri Camara (1977), Khady Sylla (1963), Cheikh Hadjibou Soumaré (1951), Fatou Diome (1968), Amara Traoré (1965), and Tony Sylva (1975). After her are Papiss Cissé (1985), Nicolas Jackson (2001), Dame N'Doye (1985), Nicolas Vanier (1962), Souleymane Ndéné Ndiaye (1958), and Lamine Diatta (1975).

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Among ACTORS In Senegal

Among actors born in Senegal, Aïssa Maïga ranks 1. After her are Anna Diop (1988).

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