As Omar’s wife, she cultivates a relatable and purpose-oriented online persona. How many kids do Omar and Hélène Sy have? Omar Sy and Hélène Sy have 5 kids together.

Despite the innate (but here tamped down) charisma of Omar Sy as Seydou Tall and the adorably natural Lionel Basse as Yao, a schoolboy who travels 387 kilometers on his own to get Tall’s ...

Wild Bunch has unveiled a slew of sales for Philippe Godeau’s Senegal-set, feel-good dramaYao, starring Omar Sy as a French-Senegalese writer who returns to his native country for a book tour ...

Sy also hopes the show inspires viewers to engage with the original source material, though, much in the way it did for him. “I hope it will maybe invite people to read more,” he says.