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Recent Role:: Detective Samantha Baker on Body of Proof

Gender:: Female

Born:: 1964

Sonja's Korean mother met her African American father while he was serving in the U.S. army in Korea. Her older brother, Roger, was born in Korea. Sonja grew up in Newport News, Virginia and attended Warwick High School where she was a cheerleader and homecoming queen.

Sonja uses her mother's maiden name of "Sohn" as her professional name. Sonja describes her mother as a very hard worker who worked for the National Parks Service. Her mother died from cancer in 1998. Sonja moved to New York in 1984 where she eventually married and had two daughters, Sakira and Sophia. Her first
… More marriage ended in divorce.

She became interested in writing poetry after taking a creative writing class. She began doing performance poetry in which lyrics or poems are spoken aloud to an audience and this led her to acting. She also taught a poetry class at Riker's Island prison. Her film debut was in 1996 in Work and she attended acting workshops. Sonja's next film and big break was 1998's Slam, which was awarded the Sundance Grand Jury Award for best feature film.

She appeared in other films before getting the role of Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs in The Wire in 2002. She has also had a recurring role on Cold Case. Sonja lives in Maryland with her Australian husband, Adam Plack, a composer and musician.

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Dana Delany, Nicholas Bishop, and Sonja Sohn on Body of Proof from "Your Number's Up".

Chrishell Stause and Sonja Sohn on Body of Proof from "Your Number's Up".

Sonja Sohn, John Carroll Lynch, and Robert Irvine on Body of Proof from "Your Number's Up".

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Sojna is so great and so are here daughters. I have been best friends with her eldest since before i can remember, they used to live next door to me. Sojna is an amazing actress person and mother. Anyone who says and different really never got to know her, or doesnt know her and shouldnt be talking. She always encouraged me to be creative and Wierd when i was a child and it was great. I love that she is such an outgoing person and am so thrilled that she got this part, although it made me so sad when she moved away!! NYC misses her very much. She always encouraged me to do whatever i wanted to do and was quite an inspiration to me. So anyone who has anything bad to say about this great lady can take it up with me!!

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