
Writing
Born in Toulouse in 1978, Baya Kasmi began working with Michel Leclerc on a TV series about adolescence, Âge sensible (2002), before the screenplay for Le Nom des gens (2010), which is said to have been inspired by an autobiographical story, won a César award. The duo reformed to write La vie très privée de Monsieur Slim (2015) and La lutte des classes (2018).
As a director, she first established herself successfully in a short format with J'aurais pu être une pute, nominated for a César in 2012 for Best Short Film, which revealed Vimala Pons alongside Bruno Podalydès. The young actress went …

Le premier venu
as Sara

Bambino
as Cathy

Not My Type
as Mme Pietri

Je t'aime, filme-moi !

Quand les bourgeois font leur cinéma
as Self - Director

Father & Sons
as Agathe

Battle of the Classes
as Mlle Delamarre

Savage
as Christine, the mother

My Guy
as Sybille

Sextape
as La Tante
Savage
2019