Sonja Bennett

Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film Punch (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films Donovan's Echo, Cole, Control Alt Delete, Young People Fucking, and Fido as well as the television series Godiva's and Cold Squad. ^[1] In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with Preggoland in which she also starred.

Life and career

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she is the daughter of director/writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother in different areas. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She also attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Afterwards, she attended Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia and enrolled in the Studio 58 program.

For the small screen Bennett played recurring roles on the NBC series Battlestar Galactica, Warner Brothers' Traveler, New Line television series Blade as well as Eureka, Dead Zone and Cold Squad. She has played guest starring roles on the series Supernatural, Stargate Atlantis, Psych, Painkiller Jane, John Doe. Bennett starred in the series Godiva's for CHUM television for which she received Leo Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series 2006.^[1]

Bennett starred in the 2002 film Punch which her father, Guy Bennett, wrote and directed.^[2]

She wrote the screenplay for the 2014 film Preggoland, in which she also starred.

Awards and nominations

• In 2002 she got a 'Special Citation' in the Women In Film And Video Vancouver Artistic Merit Award category at the Vancouver International Film Festival for Punch (2002).^[3]
• In 2003 she won the Best Canadian Actress in a Lead Role of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Punch (2002).
• In 2005 she was nominated for the Leo at the Leo Awards for Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance by a Female for Godiva's (2005) for episode Having Her Cake, and for the Gemini at the Gemini Awards/2005 Gemini Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series for Cold Squad (1998) for episode Righteous.
• In 2006 she was twice nominated for the Leo at the Leo Awards for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for Godiva's (2005) for episodes Dead Flowers and Out the Door.
• In 2008 she won the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Young People Fucking (2007).
• In 2010 she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film at the Leo Awards for Cole (2009).^[4]

Filmography

Film

Television

|2016 | Supernatural | Deputy Jan Harris |Episode: "Don't Call Me Shurley" |-

References

External links

• Sonja Bennett at the Internet Movie Database
• Sonja Bennett's Official website
• Biography of Sonja Bennett
• http://www.tv.com/people/sonja-bennett/biography/
• Sonja Bennett on Twitter