Fatou Jupiter Toure

Fatou Jupiter Touré is a Senegalese actress, filmmaker and producer who works across film, television and theatre. She was born and trained in Senegal and is particularly known for the TV series C'est la vie, where she played Assitan, as well as Golden, Yelo Pèppè and You Taxi.

She also played the lead role in the Senegalese feature film Que le Père soit! (2021), for which she received the Best Actress award at FESTICAB in Burundi in 2022.

As a filmmaker, she directed and wrote the short film La promesse (2016), and IMDb also credits her as director of Awadi: Messenger of Truth (2008). She worked as an associate director on Mati Diop's Atlantics (2019).

She is also the founder of the Les Téranga Film Festival and president of WIFT Senegal (Women in Film and Television). Her official biography describes her as an actress, director and producer focused on African stories and talent.