The star of "Astrid and Raphaëlle" has lifted the lid on a painful episode from her childhood. In the podcast "Dhombres et de Lumières," Sara Mortensen revealed that she suffered a serious accident to her left eye at the age of four, a tragedy that had a lasting impact on her life.
“It’s a good thing social media didn’t exist.”
The 45-year-old actress fondly remembers these multiple operations and their consequences: "This eye wasn't always very aesthetic, which earned me endless 'kindness' from my classmates at school throughout my schooling." School bullying that she puts into perspective today, aware of how lucky she was to have escaped the era of social media: "I don't know if I would have survived if this bullying had been anything other than what I went through."
This ordeal, far from breaking her down, forged the character of the Franco-Norwegian actress. Now the mother of a 16-year-old, she fully embraces her uniqueness: "I've always been unique, and in a dual culture, you're even more so." A touching testimony that reminds us that behind Astrid's success lies a resilient woman, transforming her differences into strength.
