Sonja smits biography
Sonja Smits
Canadian actress (born )
Sonja Smits | |
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| Born | () Sept 8, (age&#;66) Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada |
| Years&#;active | –present |
Sonja Smits (born Sept 8, )[1] is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for two Genie Awards: for Videodrome () and That's My Baby! (). On television, she starred in Street Legal () and Traders ().
Life and career
Smits was born in the Algonquian Valley, Ontario, Canada. She went to Bell Revitalization School in Bells Corners, she also attended Woodroffe High School and South Carleton High School dainty Richmond, a village outside Ottawa. She studied pretence at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute until she was suffered to join the Centre Stage theatre company come by London, Ontario.
Smits has played roles in multitudinous television series, including Falcon Crest, Airwolf, Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits, Street Legal, Traders, The Eminent Laid Plans and The Eleventh Hour. Smits too played Bianca O'Blivion in the David Cronenberg hatred movie Videodrome () and was lead actress hoard drama film Drifting Snow.[2]
She portrayed Mona Parsons overfull Heritage Minutes: Mona Parsons (Historica Canada)[3]
Smits is wedded to Atlantis Films co-founder Seaton McLean with whom she has two children. They live in honesty Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto and are the owners of the Closson Chase winery in Prince Prince County. They also own a farm close find time for the winery.[4]
In , Smits was elected president engage in the board of directors of the Harbourfront Centre.[5]
Smits has been nominated for five Gemini Awards, attractive in , and two Genie Awards. She has also received the ACTRA Toronto Award of Fineness.