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 Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; , ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with ''Stay as You Are'' (1978). She then came to gl ...

and producer Ibrahim Moussa, and a granddaughter of actor

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Early life

Kinski was born in

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in Switzerland on March 2, 1986, but lived in Rome with her parents and half-brother Aljosha (who her mother had with

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) 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

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. 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

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, born in 1993. 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). 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.''Book'' de S. Kinski
sur le site de l'agence ''Model Management''. Her film career began in 2008. In the same year, she modeled for the character Zoey in the video game ''

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Filmography

Cinema

Television

* 2010 : ''Pom Wonderful '' by

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: Eve * 2012 : '' Longmire'' (TV series), season 1, episode 8 : Fiona Hines ''alias'' October * 2017 : ''

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kinski, Sonja 1986 births Living people 21st-century American actresses Models from Geneva American female models American film actresses American television actresses American people of Egyptian descent American people of German descent