Eliane Umuhire

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Eliane Umuhire
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Eliane Umuhire after receiving the MasterCard 2018 Rising Star from the International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera
Born
Kigali, Rwanda
NationalityFrench-rwandan
Occupation(s)actress and comedian
Notable workNeptune Frost
Awards2017: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress, Chicago International Film Festival

Eliane Umuhire is a French-Rwandan actress. Her artistic career explores themes of identity, memory and resilience. Her work has been featured in films presented at prestigious international festivals, where she has won awards for her acting and social commitment. Notably acclaimed for her role in the Polish film Birds Are Singing in Kigali by Krzystof Krauze & Joanna Kos, Eliane has been honored with Best Actress awards at festivals such as the Chicago International Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Gdynia Polish Fiction Festival, the Polish Festival in New York, the Let's CEE Festival in Vienna, as well as the Mastercard Rising Star award at the Netia Off Camera independent film festival.

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Recent projects include Baloji's Omen , awarded at Un Certain Regard in Cannes in 2023, Saul Williams' feature film Neptune Frost presented at the Directors' Fortnight in 2021, the Netflix film Trees of Peace by Alanna Brown, and the BAFTA-nominated short film Bazigaga directed by Jo Igabire Moys, which won her acting awards at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur. Eliane is also active on television, notably in the series Haven of Grace , broadcast on Arte. She will soon be starring in Planète B , directed by Aude Léa Rapin, alongside Adele Exarchopoulus, and Souheila Yacoub. She also appeared in the spin-off A Quiet Place: Day One alongside Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn and Djimon Hounsou. [1]

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