All All. Sign In. Advanced search. Search filters Expand all. Birth date. Enter full date. Page topics. Only includes names with the selected topics. Death date. Gender identity. Male Female Non-binary Other. Adult names. Exclude Include. Sofia Boutella. Sofia Boutella is an Algerian actress, dancer and model. She was born in the Bab El Oued district of Algiers in Algeria, the daughter of composer and jazz musician Safy Boutella , and an architect mother. She started classical dance education when she was five years old.
In , at age 10, she left Algeria with her family and moved to France, where she started rhythmic gymnastics, joining the French national team at age Sofia started with hip hop and street dance, and was part of a group called the Vagabond Crew.
She also participated in a group called Chienne de Vie and Aphrodites. She has been rehearsing since age 17 with choreographer Blanca Li , and danced in several film and television appearances, as well as commercials and concert tours. In , her breakthrough arrived when she was picked for the Jamie King choreography for Nike as a role model of femininity and hip-hop.
This was a major boost to her career and led to more work alongside stars like Madonna in her Confessions Tour, and Rihanna. Sofia successfully auditioned for Michael Jackson 's This Is It Tour, but could not attend due to the extension of Madonna's tour, whose dates coincided with Jackson's residency.
Edwige Fenech. She began her show-business career as a participant in beauty contests she won the title of "Miss Mannequin de la Cote d'Azur" at age 16 and even won a Miss France beauty contest and worked as a photo model prior to making her film debut in the comedy Toutes folles de lui With her lustrous and long black hair, lovely and sensuous face, full shapely figure and smoldering screen presence, Edwige soon became a very popular and much sought-after actress in a diverse array of European productions made in Italy, France, Spain and West Germany.
