{{short description|French American actress and director|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Sabine Crossen | image = SabineCrossen.jpg | caption = Sabine Crossen | birth_name = Sabine Camille Crossen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Béthune, France | occupation = Actor, director | years_active = 2000-2023 }}
'''Sabine Crossen''' is a French American actress and director.<ref name="Magalas">{{cite web |url-status=live |title=Magalas : vendange et dédicace |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127121122/http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/09/20/magalas-vendange-et-dedicace,1563389.php |language=French |year=2017 |accessdate=27 November 2017 |url=http://www.midilibre.fr/2017/09/20/magalas-vendange-et-dedicace,1563389.php |trans-title=Magalas: vintage and dedication |work=Midi Libre |archivedate=27 November 2017}}</ref>
==Early life== Born in Béthune, Hauts-de-France, France, to an American father and a French mother, Sabine Crossen grew up in New Zealand<ref name="La Voix">{{cite news |url-status=live |archivedate=27 November 2017 |url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/148309/article/2017-04-14/ils-passent-de-star-wars-et-dany-boon-au-court-metrage-ternesien |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20171127115236/http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/148309/article/2017-04-14/ils-passent-de-star-wars-et-dany-boon-au-court-metrage-ternesien |language=french |last=Chartrel |date=14 April 2017 |first=Aline |title=Ils passent de " Star Wars " et Dany Boon au court-métrage ternésien ! |trans-title=They go from "Star Wars" and Dany Boon to a Ternes short film! |work=La Voix du Nord |accessdate=27 November 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> before settling at age 20 in Paris, France where she took drama lessons at the Actorat Dramatic Arts College.<ref name="artGr"/>
==Career== Her first (uncredited) appearance in a feature film was that of an elf in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' in 2001.<ref name="Magalas"/><ref>{{cite web |url-status=live |language=French |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127133539/http://www.lechodelalys.fr/Actualite/le_pays_de_la_lys/Aire_sur_la_Lys/2014/05/26/une-actrice-du-seigneur-des-anneaux-a-lo.shtml |date=22 May 2014 |location=Aire sur la Lys |title=Une actrice du Seigneur des Anneaux a logé quinze jours dans la ville |trans-title=A Lord of the Rings actress lodged for fifteen days in the city |first=Charlotte |work=l'Echo de la Lys |url=http://www.lechodelalys.fr/Actualite/le_pays_de_la_lys/Aire_sur_la_Lys/2014/05/26/une-actrice-du-seigneur-des-anneaux-a-lo.shtml |last=Pohier |archivedate=27 November 2017}}</ref>
In 2003, she starred as killer Kim Lee in the French film ''Shadow Girl'' by Steven Couchouron and Isabelle Lukacie, which won awards at the Houston (United States) and Thessaloniki (Greece) festivals.<ref name="Catalan"/><ref name="artGr">{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127143052/http://www.art-graphic.com/sabinecrossen/biography.php |url=http://www.art-graphic.com/sabinecrossen/biography.php |url-status=live |archivedate=27 November 2017 |accessdate=27 November 2017 |year=2013 |website=Art-Graphic.com |title=Sabine Crossen biography}}</ref>
From 2005 to 2006 she made appearances in four French films (''L'Antidote'',<ref name="La Voix"/> ''Brice de Nice'',<ref name="La Voix"/> ''Olé!'', ''Jean-Philippe'')) and two short films ''Surface Sensible'', and ''Illusion''.<ref name="Catalan"/>
In 2006 she plays in the video game Evidence: The Last Ritual and in the straight-to-DVD comedy ''Car Academy''.<ref name="Catalan"/> In 2007 she had a bit part in the Franco-American film Hitman directed by Xavier Gens.<ref name="Catalan"/><ref name="La Voix"/> In 2011 she played the part of "The Blonde" in Éric Lavaines ''Bienvenue à bord'' (''Welcome on Board'').<ref name="La Voix"/> Two years later she appeared in the movie ''The Big Bad Wolf'' and in ''The Borderland'' where she went to shoot in Hong Kong.<ref name="Catalan"/>
On television, she became a columnist in 2002 on Frédéric Beigbeder Canal+ show ''Hypershow''. In 2007, she participated in an episode of the series ''Le juge est une femme'' (''The Judge is a Woman'', in 2008 to an episode the series ''Femmes de loi'' (''Women of law''), in 2009 in an episode of ''La vie est à nous'' (''Life is ours'') and in two episodes of ''Plus belle la vie''.<ref name="Catalan"/>
For her directorial debut in 2015, the short film ''L'amour rend Aveugle'' (''Love Makes Blind)'',<ref name="Magalas"/> Crossen was awarded the Ciné Ma Vénus Public Prize in 2017,<ref name="Catalan">{{cite news |url=http://www.le-journal-catalan.com/clap-de-fin-pour-le-festival-de-films-de-court-metrage-cine-ma-venus-2017/46377 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929181125/http://www.le-journal-catalan.com/clap-de-fin-pour-le-festival-de-films-de-court-metrage-cine-ma-venus-2017/46377 |language=French |accessdate=27 November 2017 |website=Le-Journal-Catalan.com |trans-title=That's a Wrap for the Cine Ma Venus Short Film Festival 2017 |date=12 September 2017 |title=Clap de Fin pour le festival de films de court metrage Ciné ma Vénus 2017 |archivedate=29 September 2017}}</ref><ref name="FranceTv">{{cite news |url-status=live |archivedate=27 November 2017 |publisher=France 3 Alpes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127144750/https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/savoie/clap-de-fin-pour-le-1er-festival-de-court-metrage-de-la-plagne-montalbert-954169.html |language=french |title=Clap de fin pour le 1er festival de court métrage de La Plagne – Montalbert |trans-title=That's a Wrap for the first short film festival in La Plagne – Montalbert |first=Céline |last=Pilati |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-rhone-alpes/savoie/clap-de-fin-pour-le-1er-festival-de-court-metrage-de-la-plagne-montalbert-954169.html |date=17 March 2016}}</ref> and Best Short Film and Best director awards at the 2015 Monaco International Film Festival. She has lived in London since 2013.<ref name="Catalan"/>
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