Sand Van Roy

Sand Van Roy is a Dutch actress and advocate for victims of sexual violence.[1]

Sand Van Roy
Born
Heerlen, Netherlands.
Occupation
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active2007–present

Born in Heerlen, Netherlands, daughter of a couple of general practitioners, she moved to Paris at the age of 17. She first worked as a model before turning to comedy.[2]

Practicing stand-up, she opened for Mathieu Madénian and Gad Elmaleh.[1] She was involved in the launch of Funny Bones, an English-language Youtube channel.[2]

She appears in supporting roles in two EuropaCorp productions. In the series Genius Picasso (2018) she plays opposite Antonio Banderas. In May 2018, during a period marked by the Harvey Weinstein case, she filed a complaint against Luc Besson for rape; Luc Besson's lawyer, Thierry Marembert, stated that the director "still denies the charges brought against him".[3]

Activism

On May 19, 2019, she protested the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Honneur being given to Alain Delon by walking the red carpet with a temporary tattoo that read "Stop violence against women".[4]

In 2020, Van Roy became an ambassador of foundation Stichting Cassandra which defends the interests of victims of sexual and psychological violence.[5]

Filmography

References
  1. Sand Van Roy at AlloCiné (in French)
  2. Marie-France Etchegoin (2019-04-25). "Que s'est-il réellement passé entre Luc Besson et la jeune actrice Sand Van Roy ?". www.vanityfair.fr (in French). Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  3. "Luc Besson : Sand Van Roy raconte l'agression sexuelle dont elle accuse le réalisateur". Le Figaro. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  4. Basile Lemaire; Mathilde Blottière (2019-05-19). "Sur le tapis rouge de Cannes, Sand Van Roy dénonce les violences faites aux femmes". www.telerama.fr (in French). Télérama. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  5. Stichting Cassandra (2020-03-31). "Corona crisis or not, the fight against rapists continues". www.stichtincassandra.nl. Stichting Cassandra. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  6. "Virgin". imdb.com. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
  7. Sand Van Roy at IMDb
  8. "Indulgence". imdb.com. Retrieved 2019-04-30.


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