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| Awa Sène Sarr | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Senegalese |
| Education | University of Dakar |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Notable work | Kirikou and the Sorceress |
Awa Sène Sarr is a Senegalese actress and comedian.
Biography
Desiring to become a lawyer, Sarr studied law at the University of Dakar. She later enrolled in the National Institute of the Arts of Dakar in Senegal and graduated in 1980.
She has been a resident at the Daniel-Sorano National Theater in Dakar since 1980. Sarr has participated in several film festivals, including Cannes in 2005. In 2000, she played Mada in Ousmane Sembène's Faat Kiné.
Sarr has performed in over forty plays, including texts by Marie N'Diaye, Ahmadou Kourouma, Catherine Anne and Philippe Blasband. She organizes the Horlonge du Sud literary café every month in Brussels, intended to highlight African literature.
She hosted a radio program on Wolof language poetry entitled Taalifi Doomi Réewmi on the Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS).
Sarr has voiced Karaba the witch in Michel Ocelot's film trilogy Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998), Kirikou and the Wild Beasts (2005), and Kirikou and the Men and Women (2012). In the final film, she advised Ocelot to include a scene under a baobab tree in the village with a griot.
Partial filmography
- 1989 : Dakar Clando
- 1989 : Le grotto de Sou Jacob
- 1997 : Une couleur café d'Henri Duparc
- 1998 : Kirikou and the Sorceress
- 2000 : Faat Kiné
- 2000 : Amul Yakaar
- 2000 : Battù
- 2001 : Karmen Geï
- 2005 : Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
- 2012 : Kirikou and the Men and Women
References
- ^ "Awa Sène Sarr". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- Mitchell, Elvis (28 March 2001). "FILM REVIEW; At a Gas Station, Finding the Answers to Life's Questions". New York Times. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- "Awa Sène Sarr dans Bruxelles revit : de la littérature africaine aux "masques pour tous"". BX1 (in French). 11 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- "Awa Sene Sarr". RFI (in French). 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
- Schwartz, Arnaud (29 October 2012). "QUE SONT-ILS DEVENUS ? AWA SENE SARR. La dame de Pikine". La Croix. Retrieved 6 October 2020.