2022----constrained-and-forced-------sara-mortensen-fired-from-a-famous-series--her-bitter-letter-after-this--mass-blow- [ 2025-2026 ]

For seven years, Sara Mortensen played the iconic character of (infamously nicknamed "Terminator" by students due to her severe teaching methods) on France 3’s massively popular daily soap opera Plus belle la vie .

In 2019, Mortensen landed the lead role of Astrid Nielsen, a brilliant autistic criminologist, in the pilot of the crime drama Astrid et Raphaëlle ( Astrid: Murder in Paris ). Recognizing the scheduling conflict, she approached the producers of Plus belle la vie to request a temporary leave of absence to film the new show. For seven years, Sara Mortensen played the iconic

Mortensen expressed severe pain over not being able to say goodbye to the crew, technical teams, and co-stars she worked with daily for nearly a decade. Mortensen expressed severe pain over not being able

The production team claimed that managing her heavily divided schedule was no longer feasible. For seven years

Rather than accommodating her schedule, the producers opted to fire her on the spot over the phone.