Sonja Kinski Explained

Sonja Kinski
Birth Name:Sonja Leila ibrahim Moussa
Birth Date:2 March 1986
Birth Place:Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality:American Egyptian
Occupation:Actress, model
Years Active:2008–present (acting)

Sonja Leila Moussa (born March 2, 1986), better known as Sonja Kinski, is an American-Egyptian model and actress. She is the daughter of actress Nastassja Kinski and producer Ibrahim Moussa, and a granddaughter of actor Klaus Kinski.

Early life

Kinski was born in Geneva in Switzerland on March 2, 1986, but lived in Rome with her parents and half-brother Aljosha (who her mother had with Vincent Spano) until the age of 6 years.

Her parents divorced in 1992. She then moved to Los Angeles, where her mother began to have a relationship with musician and producer Quincy Jones. It is the latter that she considers as her true father, who raised and advised her in life. Kinski also has a younger half-sister Kenya, born in 1993.[1] [2] Sonja Kinski is of Egyptian, German, and Polish origin.

Career

With Nastassja Kinski being an international celebrity in the 1980s and 90s, women's magazines were very interested in her daughter Sonja.

At the age of 14, Kinski appeared on the cover of the German edition of the Marie Claire magazine of March 2000. Then in the 2000s, on the covers of Marie Claire (February 2001, Germany), Photo (June 2003, France), Evening Standard (June 2006, United Kingdom), Jalouse (October 2006, France).[3] In addition to advertisements in the press, she is regularly invited to participate in photo shoots for promotional events.

Kinski is affiliated to the Model Management agency.[4] Her film career began in 2008. In the same year, she modeled for the character Zoey in the video game Left 4 Dead developed and published by Valve.

Filmography

Cinema

Year Title Director Character
2008 All God's Children Can DanceRobert Logevall Sandra
2010 Somewhere Party Girl (uncredited)
2013 Diamond on Vinyl J.R. Hughto Charlie
2014 Dark Hearts Fran
2015 A Beautiful Now Jessica
2015 The Wicked Within Maggie
2016 Holidays

Mother's Day

Crystal
2016 She's Allergic to Cats Michael Reich Cora
2017 First House on the Hill Matteo Saradini Dorothy

Television

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lematin.ch/people/sonja-kinski-sort-ombre/story/16295150 "Sonja Kinski sort de l'ombre"
  2. http://www.parismatch.com/People/Cinema/Sonja-Kinski-se-fait-un-prenom-159073 "Sonja Kinski se fait un prénom"
  3. http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/sonja_kinski/showphoto/270414 Sonja Kinski : premières couvertures de magazines dans les années 2000
  4. http://www.model-management.de/book/cel/sonja-kinski-986 Book de S. Kinski