Sonia Rolland

Birth Name:

Sonia Rolland

Birth Place:

Kigali, Rwanda,

Profession

Actress

Founded the non-profit organization Maisha Africa in an effort to help children who suffered from the Rwandan genocide
Was nominated for a Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for her role as a member of the cast of "Midnight in Paris․"
In 2000, she won eight million phone votes to secure the title of Miss France
Her family was forced to leave Rwanda due to the ethnic war between Hutus and Tutsis
Placed ninth overall in the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 2000

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