Assa Aïcha Sylla (born 3 June 1996) is a French actress and writer.
She debuted in the film Girlhood (2014), which earned her César and Black Reel Award nominations.
She has since starred in the French version of Skam (2018–2020), the Netflix series Mortel (2019), and the film The Last Mercenary (2021).
Sylla was born in the 15th arrondissement of Paris south of the river to Soninke parents from Mauritania, her father a cleaner and her mother a stay-at-home mother, and grew up in the Barbès area of the 18th arrondissement north of the river.
For this role, she took intensive boxing lessons whilst continuing to study for her baccalauréat professionnel.