Séphora Pondi, new resident of La Comédie Française

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Photograph of the show “Désobéir” with Lou-Adriana Bouziouane, Charmine Fariborzi, Hatice Ozer and Séphora Pondi.

© AxelleDeRussé

By: Muriel Maalouf

5 mins

The Comédie Française diversifies its troop by hiring a new boarder from the Parisian suburbs.

Séphora Pondi, born in Gennevilliers to parents from Cameroon, joined the oldest French theater company from September 1.

For her first role, she will play in a contemporary play by Stefano Massini then will be on the bill in Les

Précieuses ridicules

by Molière.

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