Sonia Rolland
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Sonia Rolland | |
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Born | Kigali, Rwanda | 11 February 1981
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Children | 2 |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Burgundy 1999 Miss France 2000 |
Major competition(s) | Miss Burgundy 1999 (Winner) Miss France 2000 (Winner) Miss Universe 2000 (Top 10) |
Sonia Rolland (born 11 February 1981) is a Rwandan-French actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss France 2000 and represented her country at Miss Universe 2000 where she placed Top 10. She was the first African-born winner of the Miss France pageant.
Born in
In October 1999, Sonia Rolland won the "Miss Burgundy" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 2000 title and at the age of 18 she was the first woman of African descent to win. At the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, which took place in Cyprus, Rolland was a top 10 semi-finalist, placing 9th overall.
Rolland once lived in Paris with
At twenty years old after serious acting lessons with renowned actor Alain Delon, Rolland embarked on a new career as an actress. Following an unsettling incident during which she was attacked in the metro she took kickboxing classes that later proved advantageous as they helped her land the role of Léa in the television series Léa Parker that ran for two seasons from 2004 to 2006.[1]
Literary work
Rolland's first book was published in 2007 titled "Les gazelles n'ont pas peur du noir" which in English translates to "Gazelles are not afraid of the dark". The book is her testimony to her childhood in Rwanda, transition to a different culture, her modeling and acting career, her philanthropic work and her family.
Philanthropy
Rolland's work is mostly concentrated in Rwanda where she focuses a lot on education, as it is one of the things children survivors of the Genocide have missed out on.[3] She is currently collecting funds that will go towards building a school. With her new documentary "Rwanda Mon Amour" ("Rwanda My Love")[4] in the works the former Miss France is hoping to inspire other African nations to follow the example of Rwanda by encourage the people to participate in the ongoing changes but at the same time Rolland promises to be impartial and objective about the achievements of the country over the last 20 years. The documentary is expected to make an appearance at the Cannes film festival.[5]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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2001 | C'est pas facile... | TV series (1 episode) | ||
2002 | Les pygmées de Carlo | Désirée | Radu Mihăileanu | TV movie |
2004 | Le p'tit curieux | The optician | Jean Marboeuf | |
2004–06 | Léa Parker | Léa Parker | Jean-Pierre Prévost, Robin Davis, ... | TV series (50 episodes) |
2006 | A City Is Beautiful at Night | The Transsexual Dancer | Richard Bohringer | |
2007 | Les zygs, le secret des disparus | Lise | Jacques Fansten | TV movie |
2009 | Moloch Tropical | Michaëlle | Raoul Peck | TV movie |
2010 | Affaires étrangères | Clara Lecuyer | Vincenzo Marano | TV series (1 episode) |
2011 | Midnight in Paris | Josephine Baker | Woody Allen | Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast |
Les invincibles | Vanessa | Alexandre Castagnetti & Pierric Gantelmi d'Ille | TV series (7 episodes) | |
2012 | Désordres | Marie | Etienne Faure | |
Toussaint Louverture | Marie-Eugénie Sonthonax | Philippe Niang | TV mini-series | |
2013 | The French Minister | Nathalie | Bertrand Tavernier | |
Cherif | Ludivine Delaunay | Vincent Giovanni | TV series (1 episode) | |
Nos chers voisins | Sabrina | Emmanuel Rigaut | TV series (1 episode) | |
2015 | Le vagabond de la Baie de Somme | Aurore Debac | Claude-Michel Rome | TV movie |
Caïn | Betty | Christophe Douchand | TV series (1 episode) | |
2016 | Windows | The Woman | Jules Sitruk | Short |
2017 | Madame | Marinette | Amanda Sthers | |
La Colle | Alexandre Castagnetti (2) | |||
2019 | Tropiques criminels (Deadly Tropics) | Mélissa Sainte-Rose | TV series (24 episodes) |
References
- ^ "Léa Parker (TV Series 2004– ) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Le Figaro". Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Miss & Philanthrope". Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Sonia Rolland: Rwanda mon amour". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ "Sonia Rolland to star in 'Rwanda Mon Amour', a movie about Rwanda's untold story". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
External links
- Sonia Rolland at IMDb
- (in French) Official website