Diêm Camille
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Diêm Camille is an Ivorian-Danish actress and writer. Born in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, she moved permanently to Denmark with her father at the age of five. Diêm quickly leaped into dance and gymnastics, and studied drama, music and Spanish in high school. During this time, she joined an athletics club and competed at the nationals within 5 months. After graduating from Copenhagen Business School in 2016, she got her first role in the TV series Warrior (2018) (Miso Film).
In 2019, Diêm wrote her first short film Doll (2020), which she directed and starred in. Doll (2020) was very well-received and won 5 awards, including for Best Actress and Best First-Time Director. From 2020-2022, Diêm played the forensic technician Lina in the hit TV crime series The Sommerdahl Murders (2020) (Sequoia Global Alliance). Other notable screen credits include Sister Martha in The Great Silence (2022) (Monolit Film), nominated for 7 Danish Film Awards (Robert). Assassin Alyona in Alex Rider (2020) (Amazon Studios) and the warrior Esi in Washington Black (Indian Meadows Productions/Hulu).
In 2022, Diêm created, wrote and played the lead role, Nikki, in Bad Bitch (2022), a Danish TV series directed by Patricia Bbaale Bandak, and created for the major Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). The series was critically acclaimed and Diêm was nominated for Best Actress and Best Short-Format TV Series at the Danish Film Awards (Robert), as well as making Danish TV history with the first series in Denmark with an African main cast.
In 2023, Diêm started filming the new TV series Alien: Earth (2025) as a main supporting role. The series is directed by Noah Hawley for FX/Hulu, making it Diêms first major international project, and a genre she is hugely passionate about.
In 2019, Diêm wrote her first short film Doll (2020), which she directed and starred in. Doll (2020) was very well-received and won 5 awards, including for Best Actress and Best First-Time Director. From 2020-2022, Diêm played the forensic technician Lina in the hit TV crime series The Sommerdahl Murders (2020) (Sequoia Global Alliance). Other notable screen credits include Sister Martha in The Great Silence (2022) (Monolit Film), nominated for 7 Danish Film Awards (Robert). Assassin Alyona in Alex Rider (2020) (Amazon Studios) and the warrior Esi in Washington Black (Indian Meadows Productions/Hulu).
In 2022, Diêm created, wrote and played the lead role, Nikki, in Bad Bitch (2022), a Danish TV series directed by Patricia Bbaale Bandak, and created for the major Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). The series was critically acclaimed and Diêm was nominated for Best Actress and Best Short-Format TV Series at the Danish Film Awards (Robert), as well as making Danish TV history with the first series in Denmark with an African main cast.
In 2023, Diêm started filming the new TV series Alien: Earth (2025) as a main supporting role. The series is directed by Noah Hawley for FX/Hulu, making it Diêms first major international project, and a genre she is hugely passionate about.
