Born : 26 May 1986
Occupation : Actress
Personal Life
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey born 26 May 1986 is a French-Spanish actress and model. She is best known for playing Suzanne in The Sea Wall and the mermaid Syrena in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in the series.
She was born in Barcelona, Spain, to a Spanish Catalan father and a French-American mother. Her family moved to Paris, France when she was five years old. She is fluent in French, Spanish, and Catalan. She made her acting debut in 2007 on French television, and has since appeared in films alongside Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Perez, and Daniel Auteuil. In 2008, she made her feature debut in the film The Sea Wall. She began modelling in 2010, fronting French Connection's spring/summer and autumn/winter campaigns.
Personally picked by director Rob Marshall and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Bergès-Frisbey made her English language debut in 2011 in the highly-anticipated sequel Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. She landed the role of the mermaid Syrena, after a whirlwind of auditions in France, Hollywood, and the UK. She had to learn to speak English for the role. During filming in Hawaii, she was restricted from going out in daylight in order to keep her skin pale.
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