Sara Mortensen (born 10 December 1979) is a French actress.
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 Maxime Ferrier, a plastic artist, and Elisabeth Mortensen, a Norwegian actress, theater teacher, and director. Sara is fluent in French, Norwegian, and English. After attending the École Internationale Bilingue and a year of hypokhâgne (an academic programme), she obtained a master's degree in history. 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, and she was replaced by Coralie Audret. She plays Astrid Nielsen, an autistic documentalist, in the police series Astrid et Raphaëlle; Mortensen's mother Elisabeth Mortensen plays Astrid's mother.
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. She has a son from an earlier relationship.
Cinema
2008: 15 ans et demi de François Desagnat et Thomas Sorriaux: Barbara
2008: Un homme et son chien de Francis Huster
2012: 30° Couleur de Lucien Jean-Baptiste et Philippe Larue: l'universitaire blonde
2014: Les Trois Frères: Le Retour de Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan et Pascal Légitimus: femme du couple Miss Moss
2015: Good Luck Algeria de Farid Bentoumi: directrice financière équipementier
2015: Vicky de Denis Imbert: Pauline
2016: Et pourquoi pas? de Nicolas Fay et Blanche Pinon (short film): Virginie
2016: Il a déjà tes yeux de Lucien Jean-Baptiste: Kristina
2016: L'Idéal de Frédéric Beigbeder
2017: Honni soit qui mal y pense de Sarah-Laure Estragnat (short film): la quatrième femme
2017: La Deuxième Étoile de Lucien Jean-Baptiste: Brigitte, la scoring girl
2018: Pupille de Jeanne Herry: la femme au visage émacié
2021: Déflagrations de Vanya Peirani-Vignes: Camille
Series
2007: Paris, enquêtes criminelles - l'assistante Magalie (Season 1, Episode 7)
2008: Engrenage - Marina Soltes (Season 2, Episode 2)
2009: La vie est à nous - Elsa (7 episodes)
2009: Femmes de loi - Helle (Season 9, Episode 6)
2009: Palizzi (Season 2, Episode 42)
2011: Victor Sauvage - Isabelle (Season 1, Episode 3)
2011: Le Jour où tout a basculé - Maud (Season 1, Episode 56)
2012: Valérie Marauni (3 episodes)
2012–2019: Plus belle la vie - Coralie Blain (261 episodes)
2013: VDM, la série (3 episodes)
2015J: Joséphine, ange gardien - Amélie Spontini (Season 16, Episode 4)
2016: Chefs - Cindy (8 episodes)
2017: Contact - Louise Martel (4 episodes)
2017: Nina - Clara (Season 3, Episode 9)
2017: On va s'aimer un peu, beaucoup... - Kim Rufo (Season 1, Episode 8)
2019: Cassandre - Chloé Vannier (Season 3, Episode 3)
2019: Astrid et Raphaëlle - Astrid Nielsen (49 episodes)
2020: Il a déjà tes yeux - Kristina (2 episodes)
2020: L'Art du crime - Estelle Domani (Season 4, Episode 2)
2021: Crimes parfaits - Solène Guillou (Season 3, Episode 11, "Sur un arbre perché")
2022: L'Abîme – Elsa Lacaze
2022: Tropiques criminels - Sandra Gauthier (Season 3, Episode 3)
Television films
2010: 4 garçons dans la nuit - Hélène Caron
2011: Ni vu, ni connu - Martine
2013: Le Déclin de l'empire masculin - Armelle
2018: Les Mystères de la basilique - Émilie
2019: Les Mystères du Bois Galant - Emma Thélier
2021: Les Mystères de l'école de gendarmerie - Emma Thélier
2022: Le Saut du diable 2: le Sentier des loups de Julien Seri - Gabrielle Martinot
2023: Meurtres à Bayeux
2024: Meurtres aux Marquises
2025: Filip