Kady Traoré | |
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Born |
Bobo-Dioulasso, Upper Volta | March 18, 1979
Occupation(s) | Actress, film director, producer |
Years active | 1998-present |
Spouse | Serge Martin Bambara |
Children | 2 |
Kady Traoré (born 18 March 1979) is a Burkinabé actress, film director, and film producer.
Traoré was born in Bobo-Dioulasso in 1979. [1] She studied at ISIS (Higher Institute of Image and Sound) in Ouagadougou. [2]
She made her acting debut in 1998, in the TV series A nous la vie, directed by Toussaint Tiendrébéogo. In 2001, Traoré appeared in Issouf Tapsoba's TV series Les jeunes branchés. The same year, she starred in Gomtiogo. [2] In 2008, she played Timy, the half sister of Ousmane who has a relationship with Inspector Marc, in the police drama series Super flics. [3]
In 2014, Traoré directed A vendre, her first feature film. [1] It tells the story of a man who is selling his house and pool and screens his buyers, until finally selling to a young couple. The man ends up falling in love with the young wife. [4] She directed Conflit conjugal in 2017, which was one of two films to receive the Succès Cinema Burkina Faso award at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou. [5] In 2018, Traoré directed Prejuge, which was produced using a grant from the Ouaga Film Lab. [6] She founded the production company Athena Films. [2]
Traoré married the rapper Smockey ( Serge Martin Bambara) on 31 January 2008. [7] The couple have two children. [2]