Sonia Rolland

Sonia Rolland Beauty pageant titleholder
Birthdate:	February 11, 1981 (1981-02-11) (age 27)
Birth location:	Kigali, Rwanda
Title(s):	Miss France 2000 Miss Burgundy 1999
Sonia Rolland at IMDb

Sonia Rolland (born February 11, 1981 in Kigali, Rwanda) is a French actress and former Miss France (2000) she has also competed at Miss Universe. She is the first African-born Miss France pagant winner.

Born to a Tutsi mother and a French father, the family fled the civil unrest in Rwanda in 1990 to the neighbouring country of Burundi. With the growing unrest that led to the Burundi Civil War, they emigrated to France in 1994.

In October of 1999, Sonia Rolland won the "Miss Burgundy" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 2000 title, which she won. At the Miss Universe 2000 pageant, which took place in Cyprus, Rolland was a top 10 semi-finalist, placing 9th overall.

Filmography

• Les Pygmées de Carlo (2002) dir. Radu mihaileanu (TV ARTE)
• Léa Parker (2004-2006) Series TV M6 dir. Robin Davis, Bruno Gantillon, Jean-Pierre Prevost... 50 episodes
• Le P'tit curieux (2004) dir. Jean Marbeauf
• Les Zygs (2006) serie TV FR2 (2 ep. 52 min) dir. Jacques Fansten
• C'est beau une ville la nuit (2005) dir. Richard Bohringer

External links

• Sonia Rolland at the Internet Movie Database
• (French) Official website

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