Carole Umulinga Karemera (born 1975) is a Belgian-born Rwandan actress, saxophone player, theater director, festivals producer and culture policy expert.

[1] She performed in several plays, such as Battlefield by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, "We call it love " by Felwine Sarr, "Jaz" by Koffi Kwahulé, "Scratchin' the innerfields" by Wim Vandekeybus "The Bogus Woman' by Kay Adshead, and Anathema by Jacques Delcuvellerie, and simultaneously started her film career.

[3] In 2005, Carole Karemera played the main role alongside Idris Elba in Raoul Peck's film Sometimes in April, about the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

[1] Upon moving to the country, Carole Karemera became involved in cultural projects, including the first mobile library in Rwanda, the first Rwandan performing arts centre in Kigali/ISHYO, the Espace Madiba (library dedicated to African and Caribbean Literature) staged interactive plays in bars and in the streets of Rwandan cities, in order to develop new audience and communities for the arts.

She co-coordinates Small citizens project aiming at training and supporting TYA's development and productions in Rwanda, Burundi, DRC, Kenya and Uganda.

She co-directed "Les enfants d'Amazi" with Le théâtre du Papyrus and Full-Fun, "Our house" & "Taking about silence" with Helios theater.