Sand Van Roy


Sand Van Roy is a Dutch actress.
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.
Practicing stand-up, she opened for Mathieu Madénian and Gad Elmaleh. She was involved in the launch of Funny Bones, an English-language Youtube channel.
She appears in supporting roles in two EuropaCorp productions. In the series Genius Picasso 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".
On May 19th 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".

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