Sand Van Roy

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Sand Van Roy
Born
Heerlen, Netherlands
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active2007–present

Sand Van Roy is a Dutch actress and advocate for victims of sexual violence. [1]

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Born in Heerlen, Netherlands, daughter of two general practitioners, she moved to Paris at the age of 17. She worked as a model before turning to comedy. [2]

Practising stand-up, she opened for Mathieu Madénian and Gad Elmaleh. [1] She was involved in the launch of Funny Bones, an English language YouTube channel. [2] She since appeared in supporting roles in two EuropaCorp productions.

Luc Besson case

In May 2018, during a period marked by the Harvey Weinstein case, she filed a complaint against Luc Besson for rape; Luc Besson's lawyer, Thierry Marembert, stated that the director "still denies the charges brought against him". [3] Legal proceedings later acquitted Besson. [4]

In April 2021, the Mail Online recognized that publishing three articles in 2018 and 2019 revealing Sand Van Roy’s name and complaint against Luc Besson were a breach of her privacy. They also recognized that she never mentioned being drugged. They "offered to pay compensation and legal costs, and apologized to her for the distress caused." [5]

Activism

In May 2019, she protested the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'honneur being given to Alain Delon by walking the red carpet with a temporary tattoo that read "Stop violence against women". [6]

In 2020, Van Roy became an ambassador of the foundation Stichting Cassandra, which defends the interests of victims of sexual and psychological violence. [7]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sand Van Roy at AlloCiné (in French)
  2. 1 2 Etchegoin, Marie-France (25 April 2019). "Que s'est-il réellement passé entre Luc Besson et la jeune actrice Sand Van Roy?". Vanity Fair (in French). Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Luc Besson: Sand Van Roy raconte l'agression sexuelle dont elle accuse le réalisateur". Le Figaro . 16 July 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Regisseur Luc Besson definitief niet vervolgd voor verkrachting Belgisch-Nederlandse actrice". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Gentleman, Amelia (21 May 2021). "Associated Newspapers pays damages for revealing Sand Van Roy as Luc Besson accuser". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  6. ↑ Blottière, Mathilde; Lemaire, Basile (19 May 2019). "Sur le tapis rouge de Cannes, Sand Van Roy dénonce les violences faites aux femmes". Télérama (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Corona crisis or not, the fight against rapists continues". Stichting Cassandra . 31 March 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Virgin". imdb.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. 1 2 Sand Van Roy at IMDb
  10. ↑ "Indulgence". imdb.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "A (K)Night in Paris". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.


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