Actress Angèle Metzger, revealed by ‘Chair tendre’, dies aged 27
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
French actress Angèle Metzger, who rose to prominence in 2022 with the series ‘Chair tendre’, died aged 27 on 7 November 2026 in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis. She was found at the foot of the community social action centre, and an investigation entrusted to the Livry-Gargan police station has not yet established the circumstances of the fall, according to Le Parisien.
French actress Angèle Metzger, who rose to prominence in 2022 through her role as Sasha, a 17-year-old intersex teenager, in the series ‘Chair tendre’, died aged 27 on Saturday 7 November 2026 in France. According to Le Parisien, the actress was found dead in the morning at the foot of the community social action centre building in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis; emergency services, alerted quickly, were unable to revive her.
According to information gathered at the scene and cited by Le Parisien, she may have fallen from a staircase or platform overlooking an underground car park. CCTV cameras reportedly showed her crossing a barrier to access the building and climbing into this area not open to the public, and several personal belongings were found nearby. The investigation, entrusted to the Livry-Gargan police station, is examining these images and the findings recorded at the scene; the exact circumstances of the fall have not been established.
‘Chair tendre’, created by Yaël Langmann and Jérémy Mainguy and broadcast on France 5, was awarded the same year at the Séries Mania festival. The daughter of actor Stéphane Metzger and director Marie Caldera, Angèle Metzger, who held a master's degree in philosophy and art history, also worked as a visual artist and musician. She had appeared in several short films and in the films ‘Fotogenico’ and ‘Drone Games’, and played the lead role in the music video for ‘Japan’ by Irish group Fontaines D.C., alongside Charlie Heaton, an actor in ‘Stranger Things’.
