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      Barbara Sarafian

      Barbara Sarafian

      Highest Rated: 93% Moscow, Belgium (2008)

      Lowest Rated: Not Available

      Birthday: Apr 16, 1968

      Birthplace: Belgium

      Hailing from Belgium, actress Barbara Sarafian exudes the same sort of world-weary authenticity that Frances McDormand can. Stage trained, Sarafian was most well known in the 1990s as a radio personality and on television working as a comedic actress on shows like "Alles kan beter," "Blinde vinken," and "De mannen van de macht." During this time in the late 1990s, she also started seguing into feature film work, especially in international productions such as Peter Greenaway's "8 1⁄2 Women," where she played a surrogate mother who joins a harem of women for a wealthy father and son desiring to indulge in the mysteries of femininity in all its variety. She also appeared in the science-fiction sequel "Fortress 2: Re-Entry" and had a small part as a film critic in Roman Coppola's debut feature "CQ." Sarafian garnered strong notices internationally in 2008 with the release of the comedy drama "Moscow Belgium." In it, she plays a depressed, married, middle-aged mother who begins a relationship with a charming yet questionable truck driver after her husband, a teacher, leaves her and moves in with one of his students. Her nuanced performance was widely praised and showed her considerable range and depth. When not in front of the camera, Sarafian also directs television commercials.

      Highest rated movies

      Moscow, Belgium
      Bullhead
      8 1/2 Women
      The Over the Hill Band
      Fortress 2: Re-Entry

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      MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), Barbara Sarafian (foreground), 2008. ©NeoClassics Films EIGHT AND A HALF WOMEN, John Standing, Barbara Sarafian, Natacha Amal, 1999, (c) Lions Gate MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), foreground from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), Jurgen Delnaet (far left), Barbara Sarafian (second from left), 2008. ©NeoClassics Films EIGHT AND A HALF WOMEN, Barbara Sarafian, 1999 MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Johan Heldenbergh, Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Anemone Valcke, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Jurgen Delnaet, Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Barbara Sarafian, Anemone Valcke, Johan Heldenbergh, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), from left: Jurgen Delnaet, Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films MOSCOW, BELGIUM, (aka AANRIJDING IN MOSCOU), Barbara Sarafian, 2008. ©NeoClassics Films EIGHT AND A HALF WOMEN, (left to right) Polly Walker, Toni Collette, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Barbara Sarafian, Kirina Mano, Vivian Wu, Natacha Amal, Amanda Plummer, Manna Fujiwara, 1999

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Vincent Marianne (Character) - 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Everybody Happy Laura Maris (Character) - 2016
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Emmenez-Moi Tania (Character) - 2013
      No Score Yet 56% Brasserie Romantique Roos (Character) - 2012
      No Score Yet 33% Hemel Brechtje (Character) - 2012
      No Score Yet 12% Go, Eddy! Angel (Character) - 2012
      87% 80% Bullhead Eva Forrestier (Character) $118.1K 2011
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Isabelle Gislene (Character) - 2011
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Marieke, Marieke Jeanne (Character) - 2010
      38% 42% The Over the Hill Band Pascale (Character) - 2009
      No Score Yet 60% Sm-rechter La présentatrice (Character) - 2009
      93% 80% Moscow, Belgium Matty (Character) - 2008
      0% 21% Fortress 2: Re-Entry Hart (Character) - 1999
      42% 55% 8 1/2 Women Clothilde (Character) $417.5K 1999

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 60% Grond Unknown (Character) 2022
      86% 59% Baptiste on Masterpiece Martha (Character) 2019