She's the muscular and sensitive heroine of “GTMAX”, Netflix's new French action film, and you've probably already seen her somewhere. Spotlight on Ava Baya's career.
New French action film on Netflix, GTMAX is the first feature film by Olivier Schneider, actor, screenwriter and director but also stunt director and stunt coordinator who cut his teeth on films like Taken, Fast & Furious 6 or again the James Bond 007 Specter and No Time to Die.
The film, punctuated by numerous stunt scenes and other dangerous motocross and Tmax chases, tells the story of Soélie, a young motocross prodigy, sees her dreams of success shattered following an accident.
She now focuses on training her brother, Michael. When he is recruited by Tmax scooter pilots for a high-level heist in Paris, Soélie must overcome her fears to save him.
Ava Baya is the revelation of “GTMAX”
GTMAX can count on its lead actress Ava Baya, who lights up the feature film and impresses with her strength, charisma and sensitivity. Thanks to her past as a great high-level sportswoman, the young woman is cut out for physical and powerful roles.
The heroine of GTMAX has already distinguished herself in cinema and television, in addition to the theater. You have surely seen her in the films The Battle of the Rail by Jean-Charles Paugam, Marguerite's Theorem by Anna Novion and Notre-Dame Burns by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
This year, you saw her in the series Ourika in the role of Allyah alongside Adam Bessa, Noham Edje, Salim Kechiouche and Elie Yaffa (Booba) on Prime Video, but also in A devoted friend in the role of Myriam alongside Laure Calamy on the MAX platform.
Advertising star and singer in “The Voice”
But before her acting career took off, Ava Baya lit up your television screens as the heroine of the Intermarché commercial “L'amour, l'amour” in 2017. She played a young cashier who succumbed to the charm of a client, who changed his eating habits for her.
The advertisement, punctuated by the music “L'amour, l'amour, l'amour” by Mouloudji, seduced viewers and highlighted the young Ava Baya. The song has also punctuated her life since the actress is also a singer and has released several tracks that you can listen to on his YouTube channel.
And you have surely seen her in the famous TV show “The Voice” since she participated in season 8 in 2019. She passed the blind audition stage and joined Julien's team Clerc by covering “La Foule” by Edith Piaf.
But the journey of this former high-level athlete ends at the battles, which was already a great victory for Ava, who had only started music for a year at that time.
The movie “GTMAX” is available on Netflix.
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