Roukiata Ouedraogo

Roukiata Ouedraogo (born 1979) is a Burkinabé playwright, actress and comedian.

Biography She grew up in Fada N'Gourma, the daughter of a civil servant. Her father had been involved in the local theater scene and was a friend and soccer teammates with noted actor Sotigui Kouyaté. Her uncle is the Mossi chief of Soumiaga. At a young age, Ouedraogo moved to Ouagadougou to continue her education. In high school, she joined her local theater troupe and toured the country. To earn some money, she opened a small hairdressing salon near her home and designed clothes. After receiving her baccalaureate, Ouedraogo moved to Paris in 2000, where her older brother was living.

Ouedraogo made her film debut in September 2013, in the short film Marie et les gargouilles. The same year, Ouedraogo was approached by Dani Kouyaté to star in the docufiction series L'Amour en cage. In 2018, she acted in Je demande la route, which premiered in the Festival Off d'Avignon.

Ouedraogo is married to Stéphane Eliard, a film director.