The Under Paris cast features Bérénice Bejo, Nassim Lyes and Léa Léviant. This info article contains minor spoilers and cast/character summaries for Xavier Gens’ 2024 Netflix movie. Check out more streaming guides in Vague Visages’ Know the Cast category, and then browse complete soundtrack song listings in the Soundtracks of Cinema section.

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Under Paris centers on a traumatized scientist. Three years after a personal and professional tragedy, Sophia gets recruited by a young environmentalist for an ocean project. The narrative follows the main protagonists as they try to protect a group of mutant sharks from people, and vice versa. Here’s every actor and character in Under Paris.

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Under Paris Cast: Bérénice Bejo as Sophia

Character Profile: An aquatic scientist who recovers from a traumatizing experience. She studies shark migration based on climate research. Sophia teams up with a young environmentalist in Paris.

Bejo’s Resume: Christiana in A Knight’s Tale (2001), Larmina El Akmar Betouche in OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006), Peppy Miller in The Artist (2011), Marie Brisson in The Past (2013), Chantal in Sisterhood (2023)

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Under Paris Cast: Nassim Lyes as Adil

Character Profile: A Paris police sergeant. He is a former soldier who seeks redemption for a past mistake. Adil initially clashes with Sophia before learning about her complicated history.

Lyes’ Resume: Zaher Ma’azi in The Spy (2019), Jamal in Birds of Paradise (2021),  Sam in Mayhem! (2023), Yussuf/Thiago in All-Time High (2023), Sam Slimani in Julia (2023)

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Under Paris Cast: Léa Léviant as Mika

Character Profile: A 20-year-old environmentalist. She runs an ocean defense organization called Save Our Seas with her girlfriend. Mika recruits Sophia in an effort to rescue a rogue shark in Paris.

Léviant’s Resume: Juliette Petit in Héroïnes (2017), Marion Rouillet in Profilage (2018), Manue in Savage Days (2021), Alexandra’s Daughter in I Am Not an Easy Man (2018), Mélanie Tavares in Mortel (2019-21)

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The Under Paris cast also includes:

• Anne Marivin as La Maire de Paris (Paris Mayor)
• Sandra Parfait as Caro
• Aksel Ustun as Nils
• Aurélia Petit as Angèle
• Marvin Dubart as Markus
• Daouda Keita as Léopold
• Ibrahima Ba as Adama
• Stéphane Jacquot as Poiccard
• Jean-Marc Bellu as Berruti
• Nagisa Morimoto as Ben

Q.V. Hough (@QVHough) is Vague Visages’ founding editor.