Laure Moutoussamy – Actress and writer from Martinique

Laure Moutoussamy left Martinique, French West Indies, in the 1970s to Paris to complete her studies but quickly stopped after joining the cinema industry. She got small roles in popular movies directed by Lelouch or De Broca, and drama plays until a chance for a bigger exposure in « La Reine Blanche » with famous actors Catherine Deneuve and Bernard Giraudeau. After few years, facing difficulties to find interesting roles, she started to write fictions. The trilogy about Singapouli-Moutou, an Indian immigrant who settled in Martinique at the end of 19th century, put the light on this not-known community.

“Twenty-five thousand Indians came and most of them were South Indian. There were very few women so many of those workers married with the local women, thus giving birth to mix-cultured society. It’s not always perceived as a positive fact so many are still hiding their Indian origins.”

The third sequel about the descendants of Singapouli-Moutou is much awaited by her fans but they will have to be patient. Laure went back on stage for several French serials and just published “La fausse note du maestro”. With this drama fiction set in Bayern region of Germany, Laure Moutoussamy shows that she can beautifully write on a subject other than Martinique.