Eliane Umuhire

Eliane Umuhire
Eliane Umuhire after receiving the MasterCard 2018 Rising Star from the International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera
Born1986 (age 3839)
Kigali, Rwanda
CitizenshipFrench, Rwandan
Occupation(s)Actress, comedian
Notable workNeptune Frost (2021)
Awards2017: Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress, Chicago International Film Festival

Eliane Umuhire (born 1986) is a French-Rwandan actress. She is known for her breakthrough role in the Polish film Birds Are Singing in Kigali (2017), for which she won several Best Actress awards at various festivals. Other notable performances include in the 2021 Afrofuturist film Neptune Frost and the 2024 film A Quiet Place: Day One, as Zena.