Details
Alternate Names: Делфин Бафорт, デルフィーヌ・バフォー
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Steve + Sky (2004) as Sky
Most Important Roles: - Double Take (2009) as Waitress
- Steve + Sky (2004) as Sky
- Promises Written in Water (2010) as Mallory
- Dutch Touch (2023) as Daisy ("Hello, Stranger")
- New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing (2020) as Daisy
- Holy Rosita (2024) as Sabrina
- Hello, Stranger (2016) as Daisy
- You Go To My Head (2017) as Dafne / Kitty
- Eventide (2015) as
- Spring Summer (2013) as Caroline
Career Highlights: - Double Take (2009)
- Steve + Sky (2004)
- Promises Written in Water (2010)
- Dutch Touch (2023)
- New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing (2020)
- Holy Rosita (2024)
- Hello, Stranger (2016)
- You Go To My Head (2017)
- Eventide (2015)
- Spring Summer (2013)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 Best Actress - Best Actress (2017)
- Nominated for 1 Gold Award - Best Actress (2017)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Director's Choice Award - Best Actress - Adult (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Best Actor - Best Actress (2017)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Prize - Best Leading Actress in a Feature (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Evolutionary Award - Best Actress Feature Film (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Actress in a Feature Film (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Prize - Best Actress Feature (2018)
- Nominated for 1 International Competition - Best Actress (2018)
- Nominated for 1 FilmQuest Cthulhu - Best Actress - Feature (2018)
- Won Festival Prize - Best Actress (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Prize - Best Ensamble - Feature (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Cine Fantasy Award - Best Actress (Melhor Atriz) (2019)
- Won Jury Award - Best Actress (2018)
- Won Festival Award - Best Actress (2019)
- Nominated for 1 Festival Award - Best Actress (2018)
- Nominated for 1 Jury Prize - Best Actress (2018)
Full Biography
A native of Ghent, Belgium, Delfine Bafort began her career as a model at the age of 17. Since then, she has walked many a runway and become the face for such exclusive brands as Balenciaga, Versace, D&G, Jean Paul Gaultier, Loewe, Cacharel, Calvin Klein, Moschino and DKNY, among others.
She has adorned the covers of such international magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie-Claire, Elle and Dazed & Confused.
A passionate actress at heart, Bafort holds a Bachelor of Drama degree from the KASK Conservatorium of the Arts, in Ghent, and studied with John Korkes at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, in New York.
In 2003, she played the female lead in Belgian director Felix Van Groeningen’s film “Steve + Sky.” In 2008 she starred alongside Vincent Gallo, in his film “Promises Written in Water,” which premiered at the 2010 Venice Film Festival, where it was screened in competition.
Bafort has also performed in a handful of short films and, in 2016, appeared in two other features — Lydia Rigaux’s “Hoe Kamelen Leeuwin worden” and Marco Laguna’s “Doubleplusungood” — as well as starring in Dimitri de Clercq’s You go to my head
