Magali Semetys, the French television actress, is venturing into fictional roles in Duanju

In the ecosystem of the new "Duanju" format, certain trajectories are as important as the series themselves. Magali Semetys is one of those French actresses whose experience lends credibility to a script still under construction. Accustomed to the rhythms of television and the demands of cinema, she applies her expertise to a shorter, more direct, vertical narrative, where the performance must be immediately clear, and where every intention, every glance, every silence becomes a catalyst.

Magali Semetys built her career in a style familiar to French audiences, with popular long-running series and regular television appearances, allowing her to firmly establish a character in viewers' daily lives. This experience becomes a particular asset when the narrative becomes more concise and everything has to unfold more quickly. Cinema, for its part, has taught her a different kind of depth: how to bring a role to life over the course of a film, with a different kind of precision, one that is specifically designed for the big screen.

In 2024 and 2025, Magali Semetys attended the first two public screenings organized by the Studio Phocéen association in Paris, which presented this format for the first time in France, on November 23, 2024 , and June 14, 2025. Her presence at these two events contributed to raising the profile of a format that was still new to French audiences. Currently, Magali Semetys is involved in two series using the Duanju format.

In Militiamen , she plays a police inspector tasked with interrogating the main characters: a tense and confrontational role designed to quickly bring contradictions to the surface, push the characters to reveal themselves, and drive the plot forward under pressure. Watch the series: Link

In Amber, she plays the sister of a man haunted by the disappearance of the woman he loved. More ambiguous, more introspective, this character holds certain information about the disappearance and nurtures the idea of an incomplete truth. Watch the series: Link

Two different styles, but the same narrative function: to be a turning point, the one that forces the protagonists to take a stand and propels the story forward. To learn more about Magali Semetys, listen to the podcast interview by Maëlle Billant, where she discusses her career.