Sabine Timoteo (born 25 March 1975) is a Swiss actress from the Lorraine district of Bern. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 2000.

Early life

Timoteo grew up dividing time between the United States and

Lausanne, Switzerland Lausanne ( , , , ) ; it, Losanna; rm, Losanna. is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French speaking canton of Vaud. It is a hilly city situated on the shores of Lake Geneva, about halfway between the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and fac ...

. As a trained

ballet dancer A ballet dancer ( it, ballerina fem.; ''ballerino'' masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet; however, dancers have a strict hierarchy and strict gender roles. They rely on ye ...

, she won the Prix de Lausanne at 17 years of age.

Career

Prior to acting, Timoteo was an award-winning dancer. She gave up dancing after it began to negatively affect her body. She spent three months in the Japanese Zen monastery

Antaiji is a Buddhist temple that belongs to the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism. It is located in the town of Shin'onsen, Mikata District, in northern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, where it sits on about 50 hectares of land in the mountains, close to a ...

for the film ''Zen for Nothing.''

Selected filmography

References

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* 1975 births Living people Swiss film actresses People from Bern 21st-century Swiss actresses Lielais Kristaps Award winners {{Switzerland-actor-stub