Sofia Boutella is an Algerian actress, dancer, and model who pursued a career in acting in 2014 after dancing for 12 years.
Sofia Boutella Biography
Sofia Boutella is an Algerian actress, dancer, and model who rose to fame in 2018 and started starring in more central roles in films like Climax, HBO’s Fahrenheit 451, and Hotel Artemis. Boutella pursued a career in acting in 2014 after dancing for 12 years.
Sofia Boutella Career
Acting Career
Boutella pursued a career in acting in 2014 after dancing for 12 years. At first, she deliberately evaded lead role auditions as she wanted to gain more experience by playing supporting roles. She started rehearsing with renowned Spanish choreographerBlanca Li when she was 17 years old. Also, she started dancing in TV shows and films, concert tours, and commercials. She starred as Eva in StreetDance 2.
In 2015, she had her first big film when she starred in Kingsman: The Secret Service which boosted her acting career. A year later, she acted in Star Trek Beyond as Jaylah. Next, she acted inAtomic Blonde as a Frenchsecret agent and The Mummy.
In 2018, she started starring in more central roles in films like Climax, HBO’s Fahrenheit 451, and Hotel Artemis. The following year, she appeared in 5 episodes of Amazon Prime’sModern Love. She starred in the role of the female lead in SAS: Rogue Heroes in 2022. The following year, she starred in Rebel Moon.
Dancing career
Boutella’s family encouraged her to take up classical dance education at the age of 5. While growing up in Paris, she experienced various forms of dance, especially hip-hopandstreet dance. She was intrigued by the dance since it offered her more freedom as compared to the more disciplined styles of ballet and gymnastics.
In 2006, Boutella and the Vagabond Crew secured theBattle of the Year Award. She was also involved in a spin-off group called “Chiennes de Vie and Aphrodites.” The following year, Jamie King picked her choreography for Nike Women’s “Keep Up” campaign, thus she had a breakthrough. This boosted her career and she started working with stars like Rihanna and Madonna. For instance, she worked with Madonna’s Confessions Tour. She said that Madonna helped her to learn English.
Boutella was successful in auditioning for Michael Jackson’sThis Is Itconcerts. However, she couldn’t attend because of the lengthening of the Madonna tour new dates overlapped with Jackson’s tour. In 2011, she appeared as the main character in Michael Jackson’s music video for “Hollywood Tonight.”
Sofia Boutella Age
Boutella was born on April 3, 1982, in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers, Algeria. She is 41 years old as of 2023. Boutella celebrates her birthday every April 3rd.
Sofia Boutella Height
Boutella stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 5 inches
Sofia Boutella Family
Boutella was born to an architect mother and a jazz musician father, Safy. Boutella has a brother named Seif. Seif works in the entertainment industry as a visual effects artist. Her parents raised them in a rathersecularhousehold that stimulated creativity and artistic expression. She expressed happiness for the upbringing saying that it allowed her to be herself and bring her imagination to life.
At the age of 10, she and her family relocated to France from Algeria in 1992 during the Algerian Civil War. While in France, she began rhythmic gymnastics and joined theFrench national teamwhen she was 18 years old.
Sofia Boutella Wife
Boutella is very private about her personal life therefore it is not known if she is in any relationship. Before that, she was in a relationship with Robert Sheehan.
Sofia Boutella Net Worth
Boutella has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an actress, dancer, and model.
Sofia Boutella Kingsman: The Secret Service
Boutella starred as Gazelle in the spy action comedy film, Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Gazelle works for Richmond Valentine as a personal assistant and right-hand woman. She gets her legs removed so that they can be replaced with blades. Under Richmond, they reduced the population so that they could revamp it.
Sofia Boutella Mummy
Boutella starred as Princess Ahmanet in the 2017 fantasy film, The Mummy. After her father’s betrayal, Princess Ahmanet made a deal with Set so that she could have demonic powers. With her newfound powers, she murdered her family and tried to free Set but was daughter and mummified by Egyptian priests. She is brought back to life when her tomb is located and she tries to release Set.
Sofia Boutella Star Trek
Boutella starred as Jaylah in the sci-fi, Star Trek Beyond. Following Krall’s attack, she survived and resided in the ruined starship USS Franklin on the planet Altamid. Alongside the USS Enterprise crew, she helped defeat Krall.
Sofia Boutella Atomic Blonde
Boutella starred as Frenchsecret agent Delphine Lasalle inAtomic Blonde. She received an ALOS Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.
Sofia Boutella Instagram
Boutella has an active Instagram account that has over 625K followers. CLICK HERE to view his Instagram account.
Sofia Boutella Movies and TV Shows
Boutella has starred in a number of movies and TV shows such as
- Le Défi
- Azur et Asmar
- The Confessions Tour: Live from London
- Monsters: Dark Continent
- Tiger Raid
- Fahrenheit 451
- Love, Antosha
- Modern Love
- Prisoners of the Ghostland
- Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
- Rebel Moon
- Argylle
