List of Burkinabe actors
This is a list of actors and actresses from, or connected to, Burkina Faso. This list also includes people of Burkinabé descent. The list is arranged alphabetically by surname.
B
- Serge Bambara (born 1971)[1]
- Seydou Boro (born 1968)
I
K
- Sotigui Kouyaté (1936–2010)[4]
N
- Philomène Nanéma (born 1982)[5]
O
- Delphine Ouattara (born 1967)[6]
- Roukiata Ouedraogo (born 1979)[7]
S
- Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966)[9]
- Koudous Seihon (born 1986)[10]
- Théophile Sowié (1960-2021)[11]
T
- Irène Tassembédo (born 1957)[12]
- Kady Traoré (born 1979)[13]
Y
- Blandine Yaméogo (born 1960)[14]
See also
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