Sonja Bennett

Sonja Bennett
Born	(1980-08-24) August 24, 1980 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2002–present
Height	5' 7" (1.70 m)
Family	Guy Bennett (father)
Website	www.sonjabennett.ca

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.

Life and career

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she is the daughter of director/writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother in different areas. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She also attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Afterwards, she attended Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia and enrolled in the Studio 58 program.

For the small screen Bennett played recurring roles on the NBC series Battlestar Galactica, Warner Brothers' Traveler, New Line television series Blade as well as Eureka, Dead Zone and Cold Squad. She has played guest starring roles on the series Supernatural, Stargate Atlantis, Psych, Painkiller Jane, John Doe. Bennett starred in the series Godiva's for CHUM television for which she received Leo Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series 2006.

Bennett starred in the 2002 film Punch which her father, Guy Bennett, wrote and directed.

She wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film Preggoland, in which she also starred.

Awards and nominations

• In 2002 she got a 'Special Citation' in the Women In Film And Video Vancouver Artistic Merit Award category at the Vancouver International Film Festival for Punch (2002).
• In 2003 she won the Best Canadian Actress in a Lead Role of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Punch (2002).
• In 2005 she was nominated for the Leo at the Leo Awards for Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance by a Female for Godiva's (2005) for episode Having Her Cake, and for the Gemini at the Gemini Awards/2005 Gemini Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series for Cold Squad (1998) for episode Righteous.
• In 2006 she was twice nominated for the Leo at the Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for Godiva's (2005) for episodes Dead Flowers and Out the Door.
• In 2008 she won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Young People Fucking (2007).
• In 2010 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the Leo Awards for Cole (2009).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Dents in the Sky	Sue	Short film
2002	The Water Game	Grad
2002	Punch	Ariel
2003	My Life Without Me	Sarah
2003	Ferry Tale	Vicky	Short film
2004	The Perfect Score	Pregnant Girl
2005	Where the Truth Lies	Bonnie
2005	The Fog	Mandi
2006	Nostalgia Boy	Connie Golden	Short film
2006	Fido	Tammy
2006	Catch and Release	Caterer
2007	The Cabinet	Lizzie	Short film
2007	The Sandlot: Heading Home	Pearl	Video
2007	Shutter	Aurora	Short film
2007	Young People Fucking	Mia
2008	Elegy	Beth
2008	Control Alt Delete	Jane
2008	Gold! Gold! Gold!	Trina	Short film
2009	Cole	Maybelline
2010	Stained	Jennifer
2010	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	Jules Scott	Video
2010	Fathers & Sons	Sonja
2011	Pleased to Meet You	Tracy	Short film
2011	Rise of the Planet of the Apes	Mother on Sidewalk
2011	Donovan's Echo	Sarah
2012	Random Acts of Romance	Lynn
2012	In No Particular Order	Claire
2014	Preggoland	Ruth

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	John Doe	Delphine Young	Episode: "Psychic Connection"
2003	Peacemakers	Georgia	Episode: "No Excuse"
2004	Tru Calling	Beth	Episode: "The Getaway"
2004	The Dead Zone	Rachel Caldwell	Episodes: "Finding Rachel: Parts 1 & 2", "Tipping Point"
2004-2005	Cold Squad	Det. Samantha Walters	Regular role (13 episodes)
2005	Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber	Eliza	TV film
2005	Marker	Kim	TV film
2005	The Dead Zone	Rachel Caldwell	Episode: "Broken Circle"
2005	Masters of Horror	Dana	Episode: "Deer Woman"
2005-2006	Godiva's	Daisy	Main role (19 episodes)
2006	Killer Instinct	Darla	Episode: "While You Were Sleeping"
2006	Stargate Atlantis	Dahlia Radim	Episode: "Coup D'etat"
2006	Blade: The Series	Vanessa	Episodes: "Descent", "The Evil Within", "Delivery"
2006	Whistler	Kate Judson	Episode: "Meltdown"
2006	Supernatural	Pamela Clayton	Episode: "Croatoan"
2007	This Space for Rent	April Melnyk	Episodes: "Stain'd", "Elvis Kwan Blows"
2007	Traveler	Maya	Episodes: "The Out", "The Tells", "The Trader"
2007	Masters of Science Fiction	Judge Pomfrey	Episode: "Jerry Was a Man"
2007	Painkiller Jane	Stacey	Episode: "Jane 113"
2007	Eureka	Callie Curie	Episodes: "Sight Unseen", "Maneater", "All That Glitters"
2008	Fear Itself	Ruthie	Episode: "In Sickness and in Health"
2008	Love to Kill (AKA Fatal Kiss)	Teresa	TV film
2008	Crime Stories	Vicki	Episode: "The Slave Master"
2008	Battlestar Galactica	Specialist 2nd Class Marcie Brasko	Episode: "Revelations"
2009	Battlestar Galactica'	Specialist 2nd Class Marcie Brasko	Episodes: "Sometimes a Great Notion", "Someone to Watch Over Me"
2009	Exes and Ohs	Kate	Episodes: "The Roads Previously Not Taken", "I Do. Do I?", "2.5"
2009	What Color Is Love?	Marsha Barclay	TV film
2009	Psych	Annie	Episode: "Tuesday the 17th"
2009	Held Hostage	Sandi Clark	TV film
2009	A Dog Named Christmas	Hannah McCray	TV film
2010	The Client List	Dee	TV film
2011	Hellcats	Vicky	Episode: "Fancy Dan"
2011	Gone	Liz Cook	TV film
2011	Past Obsessions	Estelle	TV film
2013	Arctic Air	Miranda	Episode: "Fool Me Once"
2015	Mistresses	Vivian Adams	10 episodes

External links

• Sonja Bennett at the Internet Movie Database
• Sonja Bennett's Official website
• Biography of Sonja Bennett
• http://www.tv.com/people/sonja-bennett/biography/
• Sonja Bennett on Twitter