French actress Angèle Metzger, 27, found dead; police probe possible fall in Seine-Saint-Denis

Body found at a social services building

The body of Angèle Metzger, a 27-year-old French actress, was found on Saturday morning, 7 November, at the foot of the Centre communal d'action sociale (CCAS) building in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. Rescuers arrived quickly and tried to resuscitate her, but could only confirm that she had died. One report places the building in Paris, while the other sources locate it in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois. Citing Le Parisien, several outlets say she may have fallen from a staircase or from a platform overlooking an underground car park.

What the investigation has established

Police in Livry-Gargan opened an inquiry to reconstruct how the fall happened. Surveillance cameras in the area recorded her climbing over an outer fence to enter a section of the site that is normally closed to the public. Mediafax reports that she was seen crossing a barrier to reach the building. Officers recovered some of her personal belongings at the scene. Reports agree that no element so far confirms a deliberate act, and no note or farewell message has been found. Investigators are keeping every line open, including an accidental fall.

A breakout role as Sasha

Metzger became known to French audiences in 2022 through Chair tendre, a series broadcast on France 5 and directed by Yaël Langmann and Jérémy Mainguy. She played Sasha, an intersex teenager dealing with questions of identity, the gaze of others and the difficulties of adolescence. The series ran ten episodes of roughly 25 minutes each and tackled a subject that French fiction rarely shows, according to Il Messaggero. Her performance earned a revelation award at the Séries Mania festival in Lille. Fanpage adds that Sasha was the first intersex character not labelled as either male or female.

Film work and a music video with Charlie Heaton

Metzger was the daughter of an actor and a director, and she held degrees in philosophy and art history, according to Fanpage. She also appeared in short films and auteur projects, including Fotogenico and the thriller Drone Games. Most recently she had the lead role in the video for 'Japan' by the Irish rock band Fontaines D.C., published online in October 2026. She appears alongside Charlie Heaton, known for his role in Stranger Things.

What remains open

The exact circumstances of her death remain unclear. Fanpage reports that a deliberate act currently appears ruled out, while Il Messaggero says nothing so far confirms that hypothesis. Mediafax notes that the Livry-Gargan police station was notified in order to establish the precise sequence of events. The reports describe France as shaken by the death, and investigators have not yet said how she came to fall.