Sand Van Roy is a Dutch actress and advocate for victims of sexual violence.
[1] Born in Heerlen, Netherlands, daughter of two general practitioners, she moved to Paris at the age of 17.
[4] In April 2021, the Mail Online recognized that publishing three articles in 2018 and 2019 revealing Sand Van Roy’s name and complaint against Luc Besson were a breach of her privacy.
"[5] In in May 2019, she protested the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'honneur being given to Alain Delon by walking the red carpet with a temporary tattoo that read "Stop violence against women".
[6] In 2020, Van Roy became an ambassador of the foundation Stichting Cassandra, which defends the interests of victims of sexual and psychological violence.