Jenna Thiam
# Jenna Thiam

Jenna Thiam (born 19 December 1990) is a Belgian actress. She is known for the French series The Returned.

## Early life

Thiam was born in Brussels. She wanted to be an actress from the age of four. She took a course in acting in New York at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, staying only two months of a year-long course.

Her mother is half-Armenian and half-Belgian. Her father is half-Senegalese, one-quarter English and one-quarter French; he was born in Dakar. Her father is a percussionist and once toured with Nina Simone. Her mother worked as an agent in Paris and Brussels for small fashion brands. She has one younger brother. Thiam modelled from the age of 4 and throughout her childhood and adolescence. She lived in the Paris neighbourhood, Montmartre with her English grandmother, cousin, and family. Later, she was a student at the drama school, Cours Florent.

## Career

She started modelling for a clothing company before she left her career in fashion to become an actress. She was studying at National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts of Paris, when she was cast in The Returned. The French edition of Grazia reported that she rejected a role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales to complete her studies. She has also appeared in the French film Salaud, on t'aime.

## Personal life

Thiam married Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral in a small ceremony in Lisbon on 29 December 2018.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2009 | Le Chant des sirènes | Marine | Short film |
| 2010 | Clem | Léna | TV series |
| 2010 | R.I.S, police scientifique | | TV series |
| 2010 | Le Rollerboy | VRP Robotscan 3000 | Short film |
| 2010 | Bienvenue | | Short film |
| 2011 | O | | Short film |
| 2012–2015 | The Returned | Léna Séguret | TV series |
| 2014 | Salaud, on t'aime | Hiver Kaminsky | |
| 2014 | La Crème de la crème | Photocopy shop girl | |
| 2014 | Next Year | Aude | |
| 2014 | Wild Life | Céline | |
| 2014 | Anton Tchékhov 1890 | Lika Mizinova | |
| 2015 | Jeanne d'Arc | Jeanne | Short film |
| 2016 | Daydreams | Axèle | |
| 2016 | The Collection | Nina | TV series |
| 2018 | A Paris Education | | |
| 2018 | Capri-Revolution | | |
| 2018 | The Black Book | | |

## Theatre

| Year | Title | Director | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2011 | La Fiancée aux yeux bandés | Daniel Mesguich | Espace Pierre Cardin |
| 2012 | Caligula | Sébastien Dpommier | CNSAD |
| 2013 | Love Me or Kill Me | Philippe Calvario | CNSAD |
| 2014 | À l'Ouest des terres sauvages | Pauline Bayle | Théâtre 13 |
| 2016 | Danton's Death | François Orsoni | Théâtre de la Bastille |
