1. Sonja Denise Plack, known professionally as Sonja Sohn, was born on May 9,1964 and is an American actress, filmmaker, and activist, best known for portraying Baltimore detective Kima Greggs in the HBO drama The Wire.
20 Facts About Sonja Sohn
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Sonja Sohn is known for having starred in the 1998 independent film Slam, which she co-wrote, and appearing as Samantha Baker in the ABC series Body of Proof.
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Sonja Sohn is the founder and CEO of the Baltimore-based outreach program, reWIRED for Change, which focuses on the rehabilitation of at-risk youth who have engaged in criminal behavior.
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Sonja Sohn's mother was Korean and her father was Black.
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Sonja Sohn's parents met when her father was stationed in South Korea after the Korean War.
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Sonja Sohn attended and graduated from Warwick High School in Newport News, Virginia.
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Sonja Sohn wrote lyrics and co-wrote the script for the film.
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Sonja Sohn starred in independent films Perfume, G and The Killing Zone.
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Sonja Sohn struggled during the first season of The Wire and considered quitting as she had trouble recalling her lines.
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Sonja Sohn guest-starred on many episodes of Cold Case as "Toni Halstead".
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Sonja Sohn won the supporting television actress award at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards for her character on The Wire.
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Sonja Sohn had a supporting role in the Hollywood film Step Up 2: The Streets.
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Sonja Sohn played Detective Samantha Baker in the first two seasons of the medical drama television series Body of Proof with Dana Delany and Jeri Ryan, which premiered on ABC on March 29,2011.
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Sonja Sohn made her directorial debut with the 2017 HBO documentary Baltimore Rising about the 2015 Baltimore protests and community organizing that arose in response to police violence.
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In 2021, Sonja Sohn directed The Slow Hustle, a documentary about the death of Baltimore Homicide Detective Sean Suiter, which was fictionally portrayed in the HBO miniseries We Own This City.
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Sonja Sohn was cast as a series regular in ABC's police drama Will Trent Sonja Sohn plays Amanda, the head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Trent's boss.
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Previously involved in political activism, Sonja Sohn took a break from acting in 2009 to concentrate on social issues.
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Sonja Sohn is the founder and CEO of the Baltimore-based reWIRED for Change, an outreach program intended to communicate with at-risk youth involved in criminal activity.
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Sonja Sohn has two daughters, Sophia and Sakira with her first husband, photographer Harvey Wang.
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On July 21,2019, Sonja Sohn was arrested in North Carolina and charged with felony possession of cocaine.