Sonja Bennett
Actor
Biography
Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film Punch (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films Donovan's Echo, Cole, Control Alt Delete, Young People Fucking, and Fido as well as the television series Godiva's and Cold Squad. In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with Preggoland in which she also starred.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bennett is the daughter of director and writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother, living in several locations. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Following that, she attended Langara College in Vancouver, and enrolled in the Studio 58 program.
Filmography
The Fog
as Mandi 2005
Catch and Release
as Caterer 2006
The Perfect Score
as Pregnant Girl 2004
Fido
as Tammy 2006
Where the Truth Lies
as Bonnie 2005
Elegy
as Beth 2008
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
as Jules Scott 2010
The Client List
as Dee 2010
Young People Fucking
as Mia 2007
The Sandlot: Heading Home
as Pearl 2007
Donovan's Echo
as Sarah 2011
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber
as Eliza 2005
Preggoland
as Ruth 2014
A Dog Named Christmas
as Hannah McCray 2009
Gone
as Liz Cook 2011
Playing for Keeps
as Marsha Barclay 2009