Sabine Crossen is a French American actress and director.

Early life

Born in Béthune,

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, France, to an American father and a French mother, Sabine Crossen grew up in

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before settling at age 20 in Paris, France where she took drama lessons at the Actorat Dramatic Arts College.

Career

Her first appearance (uncredited) in a feature film was that of an elf in '' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' in 2001. In 2003, she starred as killer Kim Lee in the French film ''Shadow Girl'' by Steven Couchouron and Isabelle Lukacie, which won awards at the Houston (United States) and Thessaloniki (Greece) festivals. From 2005 to 2006 she made appearances in four

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(''L'Antidote'', '' Brice de Nice'', ''Olé!'', ''Jean-Philippe'')) and two short films ''Surface Sensible'', and ''Illusion''. In 2006 she plays in the video game Evidence: The Last Ritual and in the

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''Car Academy''. In 2007 she had a

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in the Franco-American film

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directed by

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. In 2011 she played the part of "The Blonde" in

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s ''Bienvenue à bord'' (''Welcome on Board''). Two years later she appeared in the movie ''

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'' and in ''The Borderland'' where she went to shoot in Hong Kong. On television, she became a columnist in 2002 on

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Canal+ show ''Hypershow''. In 2007, she participated in an episode of the series ''Le juge est une femme'' (The Judge is a Woman'', in 2008 to an episode the series ''Femmes de loi'' (''Women of law''), in 2009 in an episode of ''La vie est à nous''(''Life is ours'') and in two episodes of '' Plus belle la vie''. For her directorial debut in 2015, the short film ''L'amour rend Aveugle'' (''Love Makes Blind)'', Crossen was awarded the Ciné Ma Vénus Public Prize in 2017, and Best Short Film and Best director awards at the 2015

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. She has lived in London since 2013.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crossen, Sabine 1983 births Living people French film actresses French voice actresses 21st-century French actresses American film actresses American voice actresses Expatriate actors in New Zealand French expatriates in England French women film directors American women film directors People from Béthune 21st-century American women