Astrid Berges - Frisbey
Born 26 May 1986 (age 25)
Barcelona, Spain
Occupation Actress
Years active 2007-present
Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey (born 26 May 1986) is a Spanish-French actress, currently residing in Paris. She is fluent in French, Spanish and Catalan.
Bergès-Frisbey was born in Barcelona, Spain, to a Spanish Catalan father and a French-American mother.[3] She made her acting debut in 2007 on French television, and has since appeared in films alongside Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Perez and Daniel Auteuil.[2] In 2008 she made her feature debut in the film The Sea Wall. She took her first steps into the fashion world in 2010, fronting French Connection’s spring/summer campaign, The Woman, and continued in its autumn/winter campaign for a second consecutive season.[4]
Personally picked by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall, 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 mermaid Syrena after a whirlwind of auditions in France, Hollywood and the UK. Since her character played a vital role in the story, she had to refresh her acquaintance with the English language