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Barbara Sarafian

Barbara Sarafian

Actor · Born April 16, 1968 (58) · Ghent, Belgium

Barbara Sarafian is a Belgium actress born on April 16, 1968 in Ghent.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 16, 1968 (58)
From
Ghent, Belgium
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 63 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Up 6% in 30 days

What are Barbara Sarafian's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
24%
Bonds
22%
Morality
20%
Survival
15%
Society
12%
Power
5%
Ideas
2%
Identity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 8

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
12
Melancholic
7
Dread
5
Warm
5
Contemplative
3
Other
12

How their films linger

Unsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet9
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Barbara Sarafian's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Barbara Sarafian's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

63 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 17 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • All In(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · as Hilde Maenhout

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Miss Moxy(2025)

    as Rita (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Mr. K(2024)

    as Mrs. Hum

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Kotmadam Sarafian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 18 episodes · Actor

  • The virgin and child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Annabelle

  • Frakke & Jempie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 10 episodes · as Cindy

  • Achter De Schermen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Assisen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 8 episodes · as Florence Dumont

  • 1985 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 4 episodes · as Agnès De Vuyst

  • Zillion(2022)

    as Marleen Verstraeten

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Uncles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marie-Gisèle

  • The Window (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Marion Glass DI

  • Soil(2021)

    Show 8 episodes · as Marilou

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows

  • Waarheid, durven of doen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Glad IJs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · as Suzy Dewaele

  • Déjà Vu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Helena

  • Niets Te Melden (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · as Carine

  • Superette Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Mama Guy

  • Working Girls(2020)

    as The boss

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • All of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Els

  • Women of the Night(2019)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marina Carmin

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Is there a doctor in the room? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Baptiste(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · as Martha Horchner

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Wij(2018)

    as Vera - Mother Simon

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Baba Yega: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Cordelia Zen

  • The Day(2018)

    Show 12 episodes · as Procureur

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Sense of Tumor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · as Esther Schoonjans

  • Vrede op Aarde (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Control Pedro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hotel Beau Séjour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · as Melanie Engelhof

  • Everybody Happy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Laura Maris

  • Vincent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Marianne

  • Vossenstreken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 10 episodes · as Sara Roose

  • Billy the Bully (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Professor T.(2015)

    Show as Dokter Helena Gijselbrecht

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • In Flanders Fields (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 10 episodes · as Virginie Boesman

  • Brasserie Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Roos

  • The Out-Laws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 10 episodes · as Eva Goethals

  • Allez, Eddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Angel

  • Heaven(2012)

    as Brechtje

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Kiekens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Myriam Opdebeeck

  • Isabelle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Gislene

  • What If? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Various characters

  • Bullhead(2011)

    as Eva Forrestier

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Tegen de Sterren op (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 45 episodes · Actor

  • Dubbelleven(2010)

    Show 13 episodes · as Karen Van Dijck

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows

  • Saint(2010)

    as Moeder Frank

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Marieke, Marieke(2010)

    as Jeanne

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Crazy About Ya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Lydia Leekens

  • The Over the Hill Band (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Pascale

  • S&M Judge(2009)

    as Presenter

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Vermist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Mevrouw Maes

  • Moscow, Belgium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Matty

  • Ellektra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • Aspe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Margot Vanderlindt

  • Witse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Christina Houtmann

  • Zone Stad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 7 episodes · as Inge Daems

  • Sedes & Belli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · as Inge Wyffels

  • The Point Men(2001)

    as Sigma Reporter

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • CQ(2001)

    as Festival Critic

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Fortress 2: Re-Entry(2000)

    as Hart

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • 8 ½ Women(1999)

    as Clothilde

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Altijd welkom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 5 episodes · as Lieve

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 62 titles, 61 of them dated from 1999 to 2026; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

Bullhead (2011)

$4.5M worldwide

Highest rated

Professor T. (2015)

Midcredits 94th

Most popular right now

Wij (2018)

Film career

19992026

Peak 2009 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1999Screen debut· 8 ½ Women
  • 2008First top-billed film· Moscow, Belgium

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting62 of 62: 62 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score34th

By decade

1990s1 · acting2000s12 · acting2010s28 · acting2020s20 · acting

Billing

usually 10th · top billed in 8% of 13 roles
9909

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Barbara Sarafian's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 34th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th5
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 21 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Marieke, Marieke (2010)

53rd percentile spread · 26% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Day (2018)

Midcredits 95th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 10 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Barbara Sarafian's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 62 · intenseMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Barbara Sarafian work with?

People who share at least 2 of Barbara Sarafian's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Bouckaert shares the most, 3.

Actors

Composers

Producers