Sofia Boutella
Boutella in 2015, photo Prphotos.com
Place of Birth: Bab El Oued, Algiers, Algeria
Date of Birth: 3 April, 1982
Ethnicity: Algerian
Sofia Boutella is an Algerian-French actress, model, and dancer. She is known for her roles in the films Climax, Hotel Artemis, The Mummy (2017), and Kingsman: The Secret Service.
Sofia was born in Bab El Oued, Algiers, Algeria, the daughter of an architect mother and Safy Boutella, a jazz musician. Her brother, Seif, is a visual effects artist. In 1992, at the age of ten, she left Algeria with her family and moved to France. She is said to be a cousin of actress Shirine Boutella.
Source: https://www.tsa-algerie.com
her mother’s name is Samia
Are you sure that’s not a mistaken reference to her first role, a character named Samia?
It’s written in her Wiki profile in French
I know.
https://www.tsa-algerie.com/sofia-boutella-lalgerienne-qui-a-conquis-hollywood/
I know. It doesn’t seem very definitive. It’s not even a real interview with her.
That is an interesting article about her background, @stlucas would have quoted it. Her mother, with a name like that, appears to be Algerian too. That was my main interest.
Is she white? why some people consider middle eastern people as white?
In what world Algeria is in the Middle East ? Algeria is in AFRICA, NORTH AFRICA, IN THE MAGHREB REGION, Maghreb means “sunset” means “WEST” , we are not from the EAST BUT FROM THE WEST ! Understood ?
She is North African.
Dont be mad dear haha
Berber?
North africans and west and east afric ans are different. Algeria is a part of africa but there are more arabs, bebers in north african that are different from the Khan, Igob, luo etc people who are Black africans and part of the negriod race.
Berbers(North Africans) are Caucasian.
The rest of the inhabitants from other portions of the African continent are sub-Saharan Africans.
Not true. Berbers are more closely to arabs. And there are more than other inhabitants than sub Saharans Africans. Arabs, minorities of asian, european and indian groups and mixed race Africans.
Arabs are Caucasian also. Caucasian doesn’t only mean European exclusively. It includes South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. Also only North Africans in the African Continent are Caucasian.
Somalis/Ethiopians on the other hand have sub-Saharan African roots.
actually somalis and ethiopians have a historically mixed linage due to the back to africa migration that occurred in east africa
Arabs have a variety of shades. I’ve met really dark skinned Lebanese and pale Palestinians. True Caucasians are from the Caucasus (Iran,Turkey,Iraq, Georgia,Armenia and a bunch of Stan countries), they are really Central Asians and are often darker complected. Amazigh are not from the Caucasus.
Ethiopia was once an empire called Abyssinia that lasted from around 95 B.C. until 1974. Abyssinia also included parts of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Yemen. Ethiopia was never colonized by Europe.
Bunch of Stan countries in the Caucasus? Like Hayastan, Gürcistan?
@memphis
It might not count to you since you stated that Italian-Americans look like ‘African-Americans’ and Puerto Ricans (we can agree about the ones of Spanish descent), but Ethiopia was colonized by Italy.
@Andrew
Quote(Ethiopia was colonized by Italy.)
True, but only partially and for a short time
Yes, Italy’s colonialism was poor. On the other hand, they’re colonizing Italy (and Europe), starting from Sicily. I hope you watch what’s happening down there.
We are not Caucasians, we are North Africans. We are genetically closer to East Africans actually. North Africans are a lighter version of’East Africans, period. Don’t try to white wash us, we are not white.
@ samiiraa
interesting response from you
Because we aren’t. It still doesn’t make us black though :)
And I am trolling and exaggerating sometimes because I hate people who perceive the world in black or white. Black nationalists claiming anyone who has some African dna, or White nationalists thinking that the world has only 3 races of Humans.
@Samiiraa
Quote(It still doesn’t make us black though :) )
I didn’t say you were. I did say the original North Africans were. Also up to about 1900 something North Africans were still being referred to as Negroes
@Samirra
Quote(Black nationalists claiming anyone who has some African dna)
Who exactly are they claiming
North Africans are not Caucasians. Most North Africans especially Moroccans and Algerians have an AFRICAN haplogroup.
African doesn’t equal black.
Like East Africans, North Africans are the result of a back to Africa migration.
Indians are considered Caucasians because the share a common ancestor with Europeans, but Dravidians are not considered Caucasians. However, the Caucasian theory has been challenged with modern research. It’s completely outdated, we are in 2017. This theory is centuries old, like the theory that states that there are only 3 human races. Science and genetics prove it’s not that simple.
It’s also simplistic to divide Africa in 2, North Africa (supposedly Caucasian and Subsaharan Africa supposedly Negroid). A lot of so called Subsaharan African are not “Negroid”. In East Africa, and even West Africa (the Tuaregs, the Fulani people) but also in Madagascar which is considered part of Subsaharan Africa, Malagasy people are of Asian descent.
@Samiiraa
Quote(African doesn’t equal black.)
Well not anymore
Quote(Like East Africans, North Africans are the result of a back to Africa migration)
this is just my opinion here, but I think it’s more to it than that. There’s been multiple waves into North Africa. You said yourself that North Africans are lighter East Africans .I think you’ve inherited both pale skin genes from those multiple waves, with the last wave coming from the Middle East about 70yrs ago
Quote(It’s also simplistic to divide Africa in 2, North Africa (supposedly Caucasian and Subsaharan Africa supposedly Negroid). A lot of so called Subsaharan African are not “Negroid”. )
Interesting response again, I mean I agree with, but still interesting for me that you said it.
Quote(Malagasy people are of Asian descent.)
They are a combo of African and East Asian, with a little something else
She looks amerindian
No she doesn’t. I swear to god some people on this site are fucking stupid and blind.
True. They can’t see for shit. Every single celeb listed under African American you have people saying they don’t look truly Black….Like what?!?
yes she does you fucking blind idiot go to central and south american countries and you’ll find many people that look like her
uhmn no
Hahahahahahaha NO