Sonia Friedman is a British West End and Broadway theatre producer.
16 Facts About Sonia Friedman
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On 27 January 2017, Friedman was named Producer of the Year for the third year running at The Stage Awards, becoming the first person to win the award three times.
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In 2018, Sonia Friedman was featured in "TIME100", Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People of 2018 and was named Broadway Briefing's Show Person of the Year.
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Sonia Friedman CBE was featured in The Standard 100, a celebratory feature of the key power players shaping London in 2024.
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Sonia Friedman is the youngest of three daughters of Clair Llewelyn, a concert pianist, and violinist Leonard Freedman, who was leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Thomas Beecham and co-founder of many national institutions including the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Scottish Baroque Ensemble.
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Sonia Friedman's father was from a Russian-Jewish immigrant family, and her mother is English.
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From 1998, Sonia Friedman worked as a producer for the Ambassador Theatre Group.
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Sonia Friedman launched her own theatre company, Sonia Friedman Productions, in 2002.
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Sonia Friedman's productions have been nominated for and won numerous Olivier, Tony and other awards.
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At the 2014 Olivier Awards, Sonia Friedman Productions made Olivier Awards history by winning the most awards for any producer and for winning prizes for Best New Play, Best New Musical, Best Play Revival and Best Musical Revival.
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In 2018, Sonia Friedman was awarded the Equity Services to Theatre Award at the 18th Annual WhatsOnStage Awards, and was featured in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.
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In July 2022, it was announced that Sonia Friedman would be developing a play with Stephen Daldry set in the same world as the TV series Stranger Things.
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In 2015, Sonia Friedman Productions co-produced two television dramas, the BAFTA Nominated The Dresser which aired on BBC Two and directly followed after SFP's partnership with Playground Entertainment on the six-part mini-series adaptation of Dame Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, which aired on BBC Two in January 2015 and won two BAFTA Television Awards in 2016.
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In 2020, Sonia Friedman Productions partnered with Angelica Films to create a re-interpretation of Ian Rickson's stage production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
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In 2021, Sonia Friedman produced J'Ouvert for BBC Four, a film version of the live theatre production at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
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Sonia Friedman was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to theatre and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2023 New Year Honours, for services to theatre.