Screen
In 2015 Umuhire appeared in the British/Rwandan film Things of the Aimless Wanderer, written, directed, and co-produced by Kivu Ruhorahoza, [7] [8] as well as Behind the World by Clemantine Dusabijambo, both of which were both premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. [3]
Umuhire was cast in Birds Are Singing in Kigali in 2014, [1] [3] (Ptaki spiewaja w Kigali), [9] a Polish film by Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos, which was released in 2017. Her performance was highly praised by reviewers in Screen Daily [10] and Variety . [11] and won her Best Actress awards at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, the Polish Film Festival, and others. [9] The film treats the Rwandan genocide of Tutsi people in Rwanda in 1994, and the actress said that she wanted the world to know what had happened in Rwanda, so that it would never happen again anywhere. [1]
She appeared in Saul Williams' 2021 feature film Neptune Frost , as the character Memory. [12] [9] [1]
In 2022 she played Annick in Trees of Peace , [13] as one of four women hiding during the 1994 genocide. [1] [9]
In 2023 she played Tshala in Augure (Omen), [9] directed by Belgian rapper Baloji. [1] [3] Omen premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Un Certain Regard New Voice Prize, and went on to become an international critical success, being nominated for and winning several awards. [14] The film had its Rwandan premiere in Kigali on 28 June 2024. [5]
Her role in the BAFTA-nominated short film Bazigaga , directed by Jo Ingabire Moys, earned her acting awards at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur. [1] [3]
In 2024 she appeared in the prequel A Quiet Place: Day One alongside Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, and Djimon Hounsou, [15] [3] and in the same year starred in Planète B , directed by Aude Léa Rapin. [9]
On television, Umuhire appeared in the series Nina and the Pig (La fille au coeur de cochon; 2022), created and directed by David Andre, [8] [16] [17] and Haven of Grace (De Grâce), broadcast on Arte in 2023. [18] [19]
Stage
In 2012, Umuhire appeared in the plays La ravizor, Umutego Speciale, and African Hope. [3]
In 2021 Umuhire played the leading role in the one-woman play, Solas with Cie Corps Indociles, directed by Brazilian director Fernanda Areias. [20] [8] The two had a residency together at the French Institute in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2021. [21]
