---
name: "Eliane Umuhire"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eliane-umuhire"
fi1m_id: "eliane-umuhire"
imdb_id: "nm9111687"
tmdb_id: 1847948
wikidata_id: "Q48847547"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T19:56:29.529375+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Eliane Umuhire

## Identity

Eliane Umuhire

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eliane-umuhire
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eliane-umuhire
- **IMDb ID:** nm9111687
- **TMDB ID:** 1847948
- **Wikidata ID:** Q48847547
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliane_Umuhire, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48847547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9111687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1847948

Actor. Born 1 January 1986 in Kigali, Rwanda.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1986, Kigali, Rwanda
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliane_Umuhire, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48847547, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9111687/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1847948

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*A Quiet Place: Day One*](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Eliane Umuhire is a French-Rwandan actress. Born in Kigali, Rwanda in 1986, she studied accounting at the National University of Rwanda and later trained in acting at Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company and Ishyo Arts Center.

She is known for her role as Claudine Mugambira in the 2017 Polish film *Birds Are Singing in Kigali*, which brought her multiple Best Actress awards including the Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival. Other film credits include Annick in *Trees of Peace* (2021), Memory in *Neptune Frost* (2021), Hermès in *Planet B* (2024) and Zena in *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024). She has also appeared in television series including *De Grâce* (2023–2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sinemafocus.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Zena — [page](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Call Me Queen* (2026), as Queen
- *A Place for Her* (2026), Actor
- *Phiona, a girl from Madrid* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Planet B* (2024), as Hermès
- *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024), as Zena — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md)
- *Les malsouvenues* (2024), as Le fantôme de la chambre
- *Haven of Grace* (2024), series, as Joy
- *Omen* (2023), as Tshala
- *La Fille au cœur de cochon* (2022), series, as Colombe
- *Neptune Frost* (2022), as Memory
- *Bazigaga* (2022), Actor
- *Trees of Peace* (2021), as Annick
- *Birds Are Singing in Kigali* (2017), as Claudine Mugambira
- *A Blue Butterfly*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![L'actrice Eliane Umuhire (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/11308/gallery-e2cd0b0e5e1c.jpg) L'actrice Eliane Umuhire (2020) — Umuhireel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Eliane_Umuhire.jpg/1280px-Eliane_Umuhire.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eliane Umuhire](https://film.one/media/person/11308/gallery-57338ca04e0a.jpg) Eliane Umuhire — Umuhireel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Eliane_Umuhire_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Eliane_Umuhire_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sallieu Sesay, Stephanie Broocks, and Eliane Umuhire at 2025 Actor's Home Brunch at Cannes Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/11308/gallery-6ab13456e1a1.jpg) Sallieu Sesay, Stephanie Broocks, and Eliane Umuhire at 2025 Actor's Home Brunch at Cannes Film Festival. — CaseyJNewell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Sallieu_Sesay%2C_Stephanie_Broocks%2C_and_Eliane_Umuhire_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_01.jpg/1280px-Sallieu_Sesay%2C_Stephanie_Broocks%2C_and_Eliane_Umuhire_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sallieu Sesay, Stephanie Broocks, and Eliane Umuhire at 2025 Actor's Home Brunch at Cannes Film Festival.](https://film.one/media/person/11308/gallery-14434fbea43d.jpg) Sallieu Sesay, Stephanie Broocks, and Eliane Umuhire at 2025 Actor's Home Brunch at Cannes Film Festival. — CaseyJNewell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Sallieu_Sesay%2C_Stephanie_Broocks%2C_and_Eliane_Umuhire_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_02.jpg/1280px-Sallieu_Sesay%2C_Stephanie_Broocks%2C_and_Eliane_Umuhire_at_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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