She is known for her role as Coralie Blain in the television series Plus belle la vie, and that of the young autistic criminology expert, Astrid Nielsen in Astrid et Raphaëlle. She has also appeared in the recurring lead role of Captain Emma Thélier, in the police TV series Les Mystères de..., as well as in several other series and numerous TV movies and films.
Early life, family and education
Sara Mortensen was born on 10 December 1979 in Paris to a plastic artist father and Elisabeth Mortensen, a Norwegian actress, theater teacher, and director. Sara is fluent in French, Norwegian, and English.[1] After attending the École Internationale Bilingue and a year of hypokhâgne (an academic programme), she obtained a master's degree in history.[1] She joined the Cours Florent drama school from 2001 to 2004 and directed a short film: Facteur chance.
Acting career
Sara Mortensen has performed in theater, television and film. She has appeared in several series: Spiral, Femmes de loi (2008), Joséphine, ange gardien (2014), Clem (2015) and in the movies 15 ans et demi (2008), Un homme et son chien (2009), 30° Couleur (2012), Les Trois Frères: le retour (2014), Vicky (2015), Good Luck Algeria and L'Idéal (2016) by Frédéric Beigbeder. In 2016, she played Cindy, a cook and rock singer, in season 2 of Chefs and then Kristina in Il a déjà tes yeux. In 2017, she played a policewoman in season 2 of Contact, on TF1 then in 2018 and 2019, in the TV movies Les Mystères de la basilique (with Isabel Otero), then in Les Mystères du Bois Galant and Les Mystères de l'école de gendarmerie, on France 3, from 2018 to 2020.
In June 2019, her participation in Plus belle la vie was discontinued,[2][3][4] and she was replaced by Coralie Audret.[4][5][6][7] She plays Astrid Nielsen, an autistic documentalist, in the police series Astrid et Raphaëlle, with Lola Dewaere; Mortenson's mother Elisabeth Mortensen plays Astrid's mother.[1]
Personal life
Sara Mortensen is in a relationship with Bruce Tessore who plays Nicolas Berger in Plus belle la vie, whom she met during the shooting of the series.[8] She has a son from an earlier relationship.[9]
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