Soko (singer)

"SoKo" redirects here. For other uses, see Soko (disambiguation).

Soko
Soko at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
Born
Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski[1]

(1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 (age 39)[2]
Bordeaux, France
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
Years active2002–present
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
LabelsBecause Music
Websitewww.sokothecat.com

Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski (born 26 October 1985), known professionally as Soko (stylized as SoKo), is a French singer and actress. She released her debut single "I'll Kill Her" in 2007. It achieved airplay success in several European countries as well as Australia, peaking at number three on the Danish music charts, and was included on her debut EP Not Sokute (2007). Her debut studio album I Thought I Was an Alien was released in 2012 and contains the single "We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow", which achieved ninth place on the Billboard Hot 100. Ensuing years saw the releases of her second and third studio albums My Dreams Dictate My Reality (2015) and Feel Feelings (2020).

As an actress, Soko began appearing in a number of French productions in the early 2000s and earned a César Award for Most Promising Actress nomination for her role in the film In the Beginning (2009). She won the Courage in Acting Award at the Women Film Critics Circle Awards and the Best Actress award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival for her role as Augustine in the film Augustine (2012). She later appeared in the short film First Kiss (2014), which featured "We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow" and contributed to the song's chart success. Her role as Loie Fuller in The Dancer (2016) earned her Best Actress nominations at the César and Lumières Awards.

  1. ^ Schütz, Violaine (7 March 2022). "Rencontre avec Soko, actrice et chanteuse à l'aura punk" [Meeting with Soko, actress and singer with a punk aura]. Numéro (in French). France. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ Notice de personne "Sokolinski, Stéphanie (1985-....)" (in French). 6 January 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)