Adama Niane (23 August 1966 – 28 January 2023) was a French actor.

Biography

Born in the

18th arrondissement of Paris The 18th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIIIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements, or administrative districts, of Paris, the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as '' ...

on 23 August 1966, Niane studied theatre at

Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 The Sorbonne Nouvelle University (, also known as Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, Paris 3, Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Sorbonne) is a Public university, public Liberal arts college, liberal arts and humanities university in Paris, Franc ...

and started in the theatre troupe of . At the end of the 1980s, he acted onstage in pieces by

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Pierre de Marivaux Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (; ; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist. Marivaux is considered one of the most important French playwrights of the 18th century, w ...

Bernard-Marie Koltès Bernard-Marie Koltès (; ; 9 April 1948 – 15 April 1989) was a French playwright and theatre director best known for his plays ''La Nuit juste avant les Forêts'' (''The Night Just Before the Forests'', 1976), ''Sallinger'' (1977) and ''Dans ...

, and

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''. He gained notoriety from his role as Sébastien Sangha in the series ''

Plus belle la vie ''Plus belle la vie'' (More beautiful life) is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air from 30 August ...

''. He also appeared in minor roles in cinema, portraying serial killer

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in '' SK1''. He was also part of the cast of ', directed by '. On 28 January 2023, Niane died at the age of 56.

Filmography

Cinema

*''Mo'' (1996) *''

Baise-moi ''Baise-moi'' is a 2000 French erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The ...

'' (2000) *''

35 Shots of Rum ''35 Shots of Rum'' () is a 2008 drama film directed by Claire Denis. It stars Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, and Grégoire Colin. It tells the story of a father-daughter relationship complicated by the arrival of an attractive young ma ...

'' (2008) *'' SK1'' (2014) *''Le Gang des Antillais'' (2016) *'' Perdrix'' (2019) *'' Get In'' (2019) *' (2020)

Telefilms

*' (2000) *' (2004) *' (2017)

Television

*''

Commissaire Moulin ''Commissaire Moulin'' (English: Police Commissioner Moulin) is a French television series created by Paul Andréota and Claude Boissol and starring Yves Rénier as the title character, Commissaire Jean-Paul Moulin. The show started in 1976 and w ...

'' (1992) *''

Julie Lescaut ''Julie Lescaut'' is a French police television series created by Alexis Lecaye. It was broadcast from 1992 to 2014 on TF1 (France), La Une-RTBF (Belgium) and TSR (Switzerland). It details the investigations of Police Superintendent Julie Lesca ...

'' (2001) *' (2003) *''Mystère'' (2007) *''PJ'' (2009) *''Plus belle la vie'' (2009) *' (2009–2010) *' (2011) *''The Last Panthers'' (2015) *' (2016–2023) *''

Braquo ''Braquo'' is a French crime drama television series created by Olivier Marchal. It was produced by Capa Drama with the participation of Canal+ in association with Marathon Group, Be-Films and RTBF. Braquo was first broadcast in France from 12 Oc ...

'' (2016) *'' La Mante'' (2017) *' (2018) *' (2019) *'' Inhuman Resources'' (2020) *''

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'' (2021) *' (2021) *' (2021)

References

External links

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