Sofia Boutella Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Early Years & Family, Education, Social Media, Career, Relationships & Girlfriends, Interesting Facts & More (2024)

Sofia Boutella is an Algerian dancer, actress, and model. She is famous for her hip-hop and street dance. Sofia got recognition as “Nike Girl” when she appeared in Nike Women’s Campaigns. Her notable roles include Gazelle in the film “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2014), Jaylah in “Star Trek Beyond” (2016), and the title role in “The Mummy” (2017). She is also part of many TV series like Rogue Heroes (2022), Rebel Moon (2023), and Argylle (2024).

Biography

The Mummy star was born on 3rd April 1982 in Bab Al Qued, Algeria. Her current age in 2024 is 42 years old. The zodiac sign of Sofia is Aries. She moved to France in her childhood with her family. She is been praised not only for her acting talent but also for her versatility, having successfully moved from dance to acting on the global stage.

Appearance

She is of Arabic descent and has royal looks. Her height is 5 feet 5 inches with a weight of 54 kg. She has black hair which she keeps on changing colors and hairstyles. Her eyes are brown. She has beauty which is a blend of royalty from Algeria and style from France.

Early Years & Education

Sofia was born in Bab Al Qued, Algeria. She started to practice classical dance at the age of Five years old. She moved to France at the age of 10 with her family amid the Algerian Civil War. She started Rhythmic Gymnastics there and also joined the French national team.

Boutella started hip hop and street dance with a group called Vagaband Crew and also participated in the Chienne de Vie and Aphrodites group. She has been practicing dance with choreographer Blanca Li since the age of 17. She also attended Berklee College of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Family

She was born into an artistic family. Her mother Samia Boutella was an architect and her father is an Algerian Jazz musician named Safy Boutella. She has one brother Seif Boutella, who is a visual effects artist in the entertainment industry. According to some sources she had another brother named Azad boutella-Kassapian who is also an actor. Her cousin Shirine Boutella also works in the Industry as an actress.

She came from a fairly secular family and according to her, she is blessed to have such broad broad-minded family who supports her in following her dreams. She had a happy childhood.

Career

She started practicing dance at the age of 5, after moving to Paris she learned many forms of dance, especially hip-hop and Street dance. She becomes part of the street dancer group Vagabond Crew. Sofia joined the French National team at the age of 18 in Rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympics. After that, she danced in various television and film appearances, in commercials, and concert tours.

She got her breakthrough in 2007 as a ‘Nike Girl’ when she worked with choreographer Jamie King and was represented as a role model of femininity and hip-hop. This career boost led her to star like Madonna who chose her for the Confessions Tour. Madonna was inspired by her dance and once said she learned from her. She also worked with Rihana and Mickael Jackson she was the main character in Jackson’s last music video, Hollywood Tonight (2011).

Transitioning to acting, Sofia Boutella made her film debut in the French film “Le Défi” (The Challenge) in 2002. She continued to build her acting career, gaining international attention for her roles in various films. Some of her notable performances include Gazelle in “Kingsman: The Secret Service” (2014), Jaylah in “Star Trek Beyond” (2016), an undercover French agent in Atomic Blonde (2017), and the titular role in “The Mummy” (2017).

She also worked in series like Rebel Moon (2023) as Kora, whose next part is coming soon. Besides that, she appeared in Argylle (2024) as Saba Al Badr. Other series include Rogue Heroes which played the role of Eve Mansour and 2nd part of the series was recently launched. She also appeared in many famous music videos.

Relationships & Girlfriends

According to sources she has been dating Keean Johnson, a spooksville actor, since 2018. The couple made public appearances together and also posted pictures. But they keep a low profile and haven’t made any posts since 2021 so it is been speculated that they are still dating.

Before Keean, Sofia dated Robert Sheehan for four years and they broke up in 2018 and she met Keean. No information about their break up is provided by both parties so it is assumed that Sofia is still dating Keean.

She has 627K followers on her Instagram with 883 posts. Her following on Twitter is above 57.9k. She posts frequently on her social media accounts.

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Net Worth Of Sofia Boutella

The estimated net worth of Sofia in 2023 is around $4 Million. Her net worth is expected to increase by leaps and bounds this year due to her recent projects.

Interesting Facts about Sofia Boutella

• Although she was brought up in France, she has deep emotional roots in Algeria, she often visits there and also does charity work.
• Sofia was selected for Mickael Jackson’s This is It Tour but due to an extension of Medonna’s Confession tour she was unable to join the Jackson tour but he cast her in his music video as a main character.
• Her religious affiliation is in doubt as she was born Muslim but brought up in a secular family and she never mentioned any clue regarding religion.
• The meaning of her surname “Boutella” is “ men of the mountains”

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