Salomaa, Sonya

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Salomaa, Sonya

PERSONAL

Education: Graduated from Vancouver Academy of Dramatic Arts, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Career: Actress.

Awards, Honors: Leo Award nomination, best actress, 2004; Leo Award, best supporting performance by a female in a dramatic series, 2005, for The Collector.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Blonde, MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (also known as MVP 3 and MXP: Mon xtreme primate), Miramax, 2003.

Cynthia, House of the Dead (also known as House of the dead: Le jeu ne fait que commencer), Artisan Entertainment, 2003.

Rachel, Firefight, Concorde-New Horizons, 2003.

Waitress, After School Special, Barely Legal Productions, 2003.

Lean, Thralls (also known as Blood Angels), Screen Media Ventures, 2004.

Herself, Behind the House: Anatomy of the Zombie Movement (documentary), 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Maya Kandinski, The Collector (also known as The Collector—The Tattoo Artist), 2004–.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Head priestess, Legend of Earthsea, Sci-Fi Chnanel, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Reporter, 2gether (also known as 2GE+HER), MTV, 2000.

Cheryl, Croon, 2002.

Melanie Brandt, 1st to Die (also known as F1rst to Die and James Patterson's "F1rst to Die"), NBC, 2003.

First waitress, Critical Assembly, NBC, 2003.

Lynne, Fatal Reunion, Lifetime, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Reporter, "Awesomeness," 2gether: The Series, MTV, 2000.

First woman, "Henry's Secret," Pasadena, Fox, 2001.

Waitress, "The Rocks," Special Unit 2, UPN, 2001.

Lux, "Two," Dark Angel, Fox, 2001.

Lux, "Some Assembly Required," Dark Angel, Fox, 2001.

Jerri, "Teddy C," UC: Undercover, NBC, 2002.

Rosalind, "The Lost Girls," Glory Days, The WB, 2002.

Uxulta, "The Fair Unknown," Andromeda, syndicated, 2002.

Chris' girlfriend, "Lies, Speculation & Deception," Just Cause, PAX, 2003.

Sandy, "Rest in Peace," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

Aurelia, "Soon the Nearing Vortex," Andromeda, syndicated, 2003.

Emma, "L'Chaim," The L Word, Showtime, 2005.

Also appeared as Whelpette, "Puppy Love" and "Good Whelp Is Hard to Find," both episodes of Los Luchadores, Fox.

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