Sara Martins

Personal context

Summary

Sara Martins is a Portuguese-born French actor known internationally for Death in Paradise and for a range of French film and television roles. She has said black actresses should not be confined to stereotyped roles and contributed a personal account to Noire n’est pas mon métier, a collection about black actresses’ experiences in French cinema. She has also publicly called attention to sexism and described women’s treatment as a feminist concern. No public partisan campaigning, political affiliations, or LGBTQ advocacy are on record.