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Mariam Kaba
Acting

Mariam Kaba
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1961-08-09,Beyla, Guinea
Gender
Female
Biography
Mariam Kaba (born 9 August 1961) is a French-Guinean actress. Kaba was born in Kankan, Guinea, the daughter of Mohamed Ba Kaba, a diplomat and the author of several books on Islam. She moved to France in the early 1980s. After receiving her baccalaureate, Kaba enrolled at École des nouveaux métiers de la communication largely at the behest of her father. She only attended the school for a year and spent the money her father sent her on acting lessons, studying under Isabelle Sadoyan. Kaba's first stage role was as the wife of Toussaint Louverture, alongside Benjamin Jules-Rosette, director of the Théâtre noir in Paris. Soon thereafter, she landed a role in the TV series Marc and Sophie. In 1989, Kaba made her film debut in Périgord noir, directed by Nicolas Ribowski. She played Maina, a young woman who came to work in the Périgord region. In 1992, she starred in her first African film, Blanc d'ébène. A World War II epic directed by Cheik Doukouré, she played a nurse engaged to the teacher Lancéi Kanté. Later in the year, Kaba appeared in Idrissa Ouedraogo's Samba Traoré. She collaborated with Doukouré again in 1994, in Le Ballon d'or. Her son was born in 1999. In 2000, Kaba played Pauline Lumumba, wife of the politician Patrice Lumumba, in Raoul Peck's Lumumba. Kaba had known his son, Roland, in her youth but did not want to meet Pauline in advance of the role. She fought for the role because she was interested in the history. Kaba has appeared in more than 15 French TV shows and TV films, such as Navarro, Villa mon rêve, l'Avocate, Quatre cent suspects and Justice de femmes. Her most controversial performance was in the 2002 TV films Fatou la Malienne and Fatou l'Espoir, directed by Daniel Vigne. Kaba played the mother of Fatou, forcing her into an unwilling marriage. It sparked outcry in Mali and led to her being heckled on the street. Kaba explains that she read the script before meeting the real Fatou, and would never allow her husband to do a similar thing to her daughter. Source: Article "Mariam Kaba" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

8

Villa mon rêve
2001-11-07

Adama: The World of Wind

6.139

Adama: The World of Wind
2015-10-21

6.222

Samba Traoré
1993-03-03

He Even Has Your Eyes

6

He Even Has Your Eyes
2017-01-18

0

Sororité
2020-10-01

5.237

Vanille fraise
1989-11-29

7.794

Io Capitano
2023-09-07

The Golden Ball

7.293

The Golden Ball
1994-04-13

7.081

Skirt Day
2008-11-09

6.9

Lumumba
2000-09-27

5.1

Vaurien
2018-09-19

The Wedding Ring

8

The Wedding Ring
2016-09-18

Fatou la Malienne

7

Fatou la Malienne
2001-05-14

5.24

Night Shift
2020-05-21

4.6

Périgord noir
1989-06-21

8

Blanc d'ébène
1991-01-02

One Step Forward

0

One Step Forward
2011-03-03

Sweeter Is the Night

7.2

Sweeter Is the Night
2024-06-09

0

Mater Insula
2025-11-22