Bio

Sonja made her feature-film debut in a leading role in the Canadian film Punch, earning Best Actress from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle and a special Artistic Merit Award from Women in Film and Video. Sonja made her feature-film debut in a leading role in the Canadian film Punch, earning Best Actress from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle and a special Artistic Merit Award from Women in Film and Video. She went on to series lead roles in Cold Squad and Godiva’s, earning Leo and Gemini nominations, and appeared in numerous feature films, including Atom Egoyan’s Where the Truth Lies, Elegy opposite Dennis Hopper and Ben Kingsley, Fido opposite Billy Connolly and Tim Blake Nelson, and Catch and Release with Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant and Kevin Smith. Her other starring roles include Donovan’s Echo, In No Particular Order, Random Acts of Romance, Cole — for which she received Genie and Leo nominations — and Young People Fucking, which earned her the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 2010, Sonja decided to apply some of what she had learned from ten years in front of the camera to and took up screenwriting. Her first feature film, Preggoland was directed by Jacob Tierney (Heated Rivalry) and starred James Caan and Danny Trejo in lead roles opposite Sonja. Preggoland premiered as a special presentation at TIFF, was awarded “Most Popular Film” at VIFF, was nominated for “Best BC Film” by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle, won “Most Popular Film” at the Omaha film festival and “Best Screenplay” at the Fargo film festival as well as receiving Leo nominations for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, and Best Film. It had a world-wide theatrical release.

Since then, Sonja has continued acting, most notably on Ghost Wars, Mistresses, Charmed, Law and Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, Android Employed, (Leo nomination for best actor in a comedy), Allegiance (Leo nomination for best guest lead in a dramatic series) and the film Kayak to Klemtu (Leo win for best supporting actress in a feature film).

Sonja has written on several television shows Kim’s Convenience for CBC (Winner: Leo, Best Screenwriting in a Comedy), Ghost Wars for Netflix and Letterkenny for Crave/Hulu (Nominated: Writers Guild of Canada Award, Winner: Leo, Best Screenwriting in a Comedy in 2019, 2021, and 2024), The Murders, Hudson & Rex and Family Law (Nominated: Writers Guild of Canada Award, Three time Nominee: Leo, Best Screenwriting in a Drama, Winner in 2023). In 2026, Sonja wrote and served as co-executive producer on Private Eyes: West Coast for Global/ The CW, and Murder in a Small Town for Fox.

As a playwright, Sonja co-wrote The Motherload for the Cultch, which has toured in several cities. In 2021, she adapted Alice in Wonderland into a pantomime for the Cultch. The following year, she adapted The Little Mermaid. It had a seven-week sold out run at the York Theatre.