Sandrine Holt Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned a Genie Award nomination for her very first appearance on film for "Black Robe" in 1991
• Her father is of Chinese ancestry, while her mother is French
• Initially a model in Canada, she moved to Paris at 17-years-old to model full-time before landing her first film role two years later
• Quote: "(On the transition from modeling to acting) "It was pretty easy․ I started acting when I was 17․ I started modeling when I was 13․ It helps in the way that you don't get fazed by cameras too much․ You get over that aspect but I think when I started acting it was 'Yeah but isn't she a model?'""
• Quote: "I'm a fairly boring person․ I think that's why I like acting․ The characters are always a little more exciting than I am․"
• Fluent in French, she has stated a desire to act in French-language films