Sonya Walger was born on 6 June 1974 and is a British actress who holds American citizenship.
15 Facts About Sonya Walger
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Sonya Walger had starring roles in the short-lived sitcoms The Mind of the Married Man and Coupling before landing her role as Penny Widmore in the ABC drama series Lost.
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Sonya Walger was educated at the independent Wycombe Abbey School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where she studied English Literature, receiving a first class degree.
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Sonya Walger is conversational in French and fluent in Spanish, as her father was Argentinian.
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In 2004, Sonya Walger played Nicole Noone opposite Noah Wyle in the TNT television film, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, for which she received Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination.
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From 2006 to 2010, Sonya Walger had a recurring role as Penny Widmore in the ABC drama series, Lost.
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Sonya Walger had recurring roles on Sleeper Cell, CSI: NY, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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From 2009 to 2010, Sonya Walger starred as Olivia Benford, a surgeon and wife of FBI agent Mark Benford in the ABC series, FlashForward.
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Sonya Walger played John Cusack's wife in the 2011 Direct-to-video crime thriller The Factory.
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In 2013, Sonya Walger had a brief role in the comedy film Admission, as a Virginia Woolf scholar.
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From 2013 to 2014, Sonya Walger appeared on the NBC drama series Parenthood.
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In 2014, Sonya Walger guest-starred in Shonda Rhimes' series Scandal as Katherine Winslow.
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In 2019, Sonya Walger starred as NASA astronaut Molly Cobb in the first season of the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind.
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In 2021 and 2022, Sonya Walger returned for seasons two and three.
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Sonya Walger gave birth to a daughter Billie Rosie Holmes on 14 February 2013.