# Mata Gabin

Mata Gabin is an actress, author, and actress of theatre, born in 1972 in Toulépleu, Ivory Coast. She is of French nationality.

## Biography

She was born on the border of Liberia and Ivory Coast, to a Liberian-Guinean mother and a father from Martinique. She was adopted at three years of age by her uncle and her aunt from Corsica. At an early age, Gabin was cared for by her Argentinian grandmother and her Italian husband. She has now been living in Paris for more than ten years and has played various roles in both theater and film. Gabin also writes her own scripts, preferably at dusk. She is a highly professional artist but is also known as being "down to earth", with a great sense of humor.

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Director |
| 1995 | Britannicus | Jean Racine | Tola Koukoui |
| 1996 | Sula | Toni Morrison | Maïmouna Coulibaly |
| 1997 | Au bon maquis | Daizy Watoso | Daizy Watoso |
| 1999 | Histoires naturelles | Jules Renard | Hervé Colin |
| 2000 | Lucrezia Borgia | Victor Hugo | Fabrice Merlo |
| 2001 | I have a dream | Vincent Byrd Le Sage | Vincent Byrd Le Sage |
| 2001 | J'hallucine | Marc Hollogne | Marciel |
| 2003 | Madame Huguette et les Souches | Julius-Amédée Laou | Julius-Amédée Laou |
| 2004 | La Femme d'un autre | Claudine Cohen | Claudine Cohen |
| 2005 | Twelve Angry Men | Reginald Rose | Tola Koukoui (2) |
| 2005 | Slogans | Soudaieva Volodine | Bérangère Bonvoisin |
| 2005 | L'Envol | Nathalie Guisset | Nathalie Guisset |
| 2006 | The Tragedy of King Christophe | Aimé Césaire | Benjamin Jules Rozet |
| 2006 | Outre ciel | Léopold Sédar Senghor, Gustave Akakpo & Tanella Boni | Anne-Sylvie Meyza & Luis Marquez |
| 2006 | Fam Kiroul Namaspamouss | Mata Gabin | Mata Gabin |
| 2006-07 | The Blacks | Jean Genet | Chrystèle Alves Meeira |
| 2009-10 | Bintou | Koffi Kwahulé | Laetitia Guedon |
| 2010 | Penda | Sandra Nkaké | Sandra Nkaké |
| 2010 | Betty ou la mélodie des souvenirs | Mata Gabin | Mata Gabin (2) |
| 2011-12 | Mata la mytho | Mata Gabin | Mata Gabin (3) |
| 2012 | Butterfly | Joël Dragutin | Diane Calma |

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1997 | U.Man | The woman | Julien Dajez | Short |
| 1997 | La cité des alouettes | Yassa | Luc Béraud | TV movie |
| 1999 | Evamag | Maïmouna | Agnès Boury | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2000 | Lumumba | Helene Bijou | Raoul Peck | |
| 2001 | Les p'tits gars Ladouceur | The nurse | Luc Béraud (2) | TV movie |
| 2002 | Mama Aloko | Eve | Jean Odoutan | |
| 2002 | Georges chez les tops | | Olivier Chrétien | Short |
| 2002 | Angelina | | Claude d'Anna | TV movie |
| 2003 | Monsieur Ibrahim | Fatou | François Dupeyron | |
| 2003 | Dyschromie | | Julien Bossé | Short |
| 2004 | La valse des gros derrières | Akwélé | Jean Odoutan (2) | |
| 2004 | Vie sur Mars | The woman | Carlo Avventi | Short |
| 2004 | P.J. | Sabine Amoris | Gérard Vergez | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2005 | La barrière des préjugés | Virginie | Foued Mansour & Luc Saint-Eloy | Short |
| 2006 | L'année suivante | | Isabelle Czajka | |
| 2006 | Lettres de la mer rouge | Fatouma | Emmanuel Caussé & Eric Martin | TV movie |
| 2007 | Déjà vu | Fatou | Guillaume Bonnier | Short |
| 2007 | Kull ! | Nkruma's wife | Anders Skog | Short |
| 2007 | Greco | Arleth Shenge | Philippe Setbon | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2008 | With a Little Help from Myself | Marijo | François Dupeyron (2) | |
| 2008 | Expectations | The woman | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | Short |
| 2008 | Sex, Okra and Salted Butter | Hortense | Mahamat Saleh Haroun (2) | TV movie |
| 2008 | La mort dans l'île | Judge Rorcher | Philippe Setbon (2) | TV movie |
| 2008 | Femmes de loi | Rose Decastel | Hervé Renoh | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Groupe flag | Sandy | Michel Hassan | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2008 | Scénarios contre les discriminations | | Blandine Lenoir | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2009 | Black | Fatoumata | Pierre Laffargue | |
| 2009 | La première étoile | The barber's client | Lucien Jean-Baptiste | |
| 2009 | Machination | Sista | Arnaud Demanche | Short |
| 2009 | Plan cul | Mata | Olivier Nicklaus | Short |
| 2009 | À la lune montante | Intervener | Annarita Zambrano | Short |
| 2010 | La métaphore du manioc | The woman | Lionel Méta | Short |
| 2010 | Nola | | Askia Traoré | Short |
| 2010 | Kennedy's Brain [de] | Lucinda | Urs Egger | TV movie |
| 2010 | Sœur Thérèse.com | The judge | Bertrand Van Effenterre | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2010 | Julie Lescaut | Claude Kalou | Didier Delaître | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011 | Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie | Esméralda | Eric Woreth | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2011–present | Deux flics sur les docks | Lucie Dardenne | Edwin Baily | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2012 | Par amour | Elisabeth | Laurent Firode | |
| 2012 | Bye Bye Blondie | The maid | Virginie Despentes | |
| 2013 | Des étoiles | Rose | Dyana Gaye | |
| 2014 | Lune noire | Entité | Gallien Guibert | Short |
| 2015 | Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux | Djenabou | Josza Anjembe | Short |
| 2015 | Accusé | Catherine | Didier Bivel | TV series (1 episode) |
| 2016 | Le pantin | The customs | Mallory Grolleau | |