Mame Bineta Sane (born 3 February 2000), also known as Mama Sané, is a

Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

ese

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. She is best known for the role as Ada in the supernatural romantic drama film '' Atlantics''.

Personal life

She grew up in

Thiaroye Thiaroye (or Tiaroye) is the name of a historic town in Sénégal, situated in the suburbs of Dakar, on the southeast coast of the Cap-Vert peninsula, between Pikine and Rufisque. Since the administrative reform in 1996, Thiaroye has been divid ...

, a suburb of

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

, Senegal. She did not receive a regular education from school. She started to work as an apprentice tailor in Thiaroye.

Career

She has not acted in any kind of drama before when she was selected for the lead role in 2019 film ''Atlantics'' directed by

Mati Diop Mati Diop (born 22 June 1982) is a French film director and actress. She won the Grand Prix at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival for her feature film debut, the supernatural romantic drama '' Atlantics'', and the Golden Bear at the 2024 Berlin In ...

as her first feature film. Sane didn't really attend school either when Diop invite her to play the role. In the film, Sane played the lead role 'Ada', who is haunted by her lover, Souleiman, along with a boatload of other young men, is lost at sea. The film had its premier in the capital of Dakar before its release in Senegal. The film had mainly positive reviews from critics and screened at several film festivals. The film later won the Grand Prix Award at the

2019 Cannes Film Festival The 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 14 to 25 May 2019. Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu served as jury president for the main competition. South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho won the , the festival's top prize, fo ...

. For her role, Sane later received a César nomination for Most Promising Actress in the 2020 César Awards and was also nominated for the

Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation The Lumière Award for Best Female Revelation () is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 2000. It was presented as the Lumière du meilleur espoir féminin from 2000 to 2013. In English, the award was variously referre ...

in the 2020 Lumière Awards and for the Black Reel Award for Female Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in the

Black Reel Awards of 2020 The 20th Annual Black Reel Awards ceremony, presented by the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in Film (FAAAF) and honoring the best films of 2019, took place on February 6, 2020. During the ceremony, FAAAF presented the Bl ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bineta Sane, Mame Living people People from Dakar region 2000 births Senegalese actresses Senegalese film actresses