Nigeria, Senegal
Actress
Maïmouna N'Diaye’s parents are of Nigerian and Senegalese origin. She spent her childhood in Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. She later emigrated to France to study Theater. In 2015, she starred in Eye of the Storm, a film that opened the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), for which she won the award for best actress and was later nominated for best actress at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Nigeria.
In March 2017, she opened the 14th Festival Divercine with her film Eye of the Storm. In 2019, N'Diaye was appointed as a jury member of the main competition in the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
LAFF will screen her film Eye of the Storm
