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Sofia Boutella
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Film & TV
Bab El-Oued, Alger, Algérie
Sofia Boutella (born April 3, 1982) is an Algerian dancer, model, and actress. She is known mainly for her hip-hop and street dance, and for appearing in Nike Women's advertising campaigns. Boutella has starred as Gazelle in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015), an alien warrior named Jaylah in Star Trek Beyond (2016), and the main antagonist, Princess Ahmanet, in Universal's Dark Universe film…
Known for
- DreamQuil — Rebecca2026
- The Basics of Philosophy — Rebecca Richards2026
- Only What We Carry — Charlotte Levant2026
- The Killer's Game — Maize Arnaud2024
- Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver — Kora / Arthelais2024
- Argylle — Saba Al-Badr2024
- Creating a Universe - The Making of Rebel Moon — Self2024
- Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire — Kora / Arthelais2023
- SAS Rogue Heroes — Eve Mansour2022
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Dr. Zahra2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1982-04-03 ) 3 April 1982 (age 44) , Bab El Oued, Algiers , Algeria
- Alma mater
- Berklee College of Music
- Occupations
- Actress dancer model
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Father
- Safy Boutella
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sofia
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bab El Oued
- Father
- Safy Boutella
- Occupation
- dancer
- Educated at
- Berklee College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Arabic
- Notable work
- Climax
- Sport
- rhythmic gymnastics
- Country for sport
- France
- Image
- Sofia Boutella (34705024651).jpg
- Height
- 1.67
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- name in native language
- صوفيا بوتلة
- date of birth
- 1982-04-03
- Commons category
- Sofia Boutella
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- social media followers
- 59190
- birth name
- صوفيا بوتلة
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Encyclopedic overview
Sofia Boutella (Arabic: صوفيا بوتلة; born 3 April 1982) is an Algerian actress, dancer and model. Born in Algiers, she emigrated to Paris at the age of 10. Shortly thereafter, she started rhythmic gymnastics, joining the French national team at the age of 18. She began dancing in film and television shows, as well as in commercials and concerts. She was one of Madonna's backup dancers for six years, performing in numerous music videos and at the 2012 Super Bowl. As an actress, her breakthrough role came in 2012 in the British film, StreetDance 2.
She went on to appear in the well-received films Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), Star Trek Beyond (2016), Atomic Blonde (2017), Climax (2019), Prisoners of the Ghostland (2021), and the Rebel Moon duology (2023, 2024), among others. In 2017, she portrayed the titular character in the American fantasy action-adventure film The Mummy. As a model, Boutella has featured in a series of Nike ads and videos, choreographed by creative director Jamie King.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sofia Boutella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.