Sonia Todd
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Sonia Todd | |
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Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Adelaide, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1989 – present |
Notable work | Police Rescue (1989–1996) McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009) Home and Away (2009–2013) |
Sonia Todd (born 1959; Adelaide) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in Police Rescue, Meg Fountain in McLeod's Daughters and Gina Austin in the soap opera Home and Away.
Biography
She studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art and starred in the play Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann. She also played the waitress, Sylvia, in the film Shine directed by Scott Hicks, in the café scene where Geoffrey Rush plays Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to an understandably stunned audience.
Todd is married to Rhett Walton and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship.[1]
Todd became known from the role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series Police Rescue, for which she won for an AFI Award in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series The Potato Factory (2000).
From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played 'Meg Fountain' in McLeod's Daughters.
Todd held a recurring role in All Saints from late 2007 to early 2008; she portrayed psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy. She also appeared in All Saints previously, playing the part of Kate Larson
In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of Seven Network drama series Home and Away in the regular role of Gina Austin. After four years on the show, Todd decided to leave Home and Away to pursue other acting challenges.[2] She appears in the legal drama Janet King.[2]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Police Rescue | Sgt. Georgia Rattray | |
1996 | Shine | Sylvia |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989–96 | Police Rescue | Sgt. Georgia Rattray | 58 episodes |
1990 | Come In Spinner | Helen McFarland | TV movie |
1991 | A Country Practice | Jane Anderson | Episodes: "Motherly Love: Part 1 and Part 2" |
1992 | Mother and Son | Policewoman | Episode: "The Big Sleep" |
1994 | G.P. | Judy Walsh | Episode: "Out" |
1996 | Natural Justice: Heat | Jennifer Harivald | TV film |
1997 | Halifax f.p.: Someone You Know | Helen Hunt | TV movie |
1997 | Reprisal | Susan | TV movie |
1997 | Simone de Beauvoir's Babies | Karla | TV miniseries |
1997 | Good Guys, Bad Guys | Wendy Johnson | Episode: "Storm Warning" |
1997 | Return to Jupiter | Cmdr Edwina Dent | Episode: "Rescue" |
1997 | Mirror, Mirror II | Caroline McFarlane | TV series |
1998 | Water Rats | Det. Sergeant Louise Bradshaw | 13 episodes |
1999 | Wildside | Dr. Alexa Grant | Episode: "2.20" |
2000 | Marriage Acts | Jean McKinnon | TV movie |
2000 | The Potato Factory | Hannah Solomon | TV miniseries |
2001 | All Saints | Kate Larson | 7 episodes |
2001–07 | McLeod's Daughters | Meg Fountain | 106 episodes |
2007–08 | All Saints | Dr. Elizabeth Foy | 7 episodes |
2009 | McLeod's Daughters | Meg Fountain | Episode: "The Long Paddock" |
2009–13 | Home and Away | Gina Austin | |
2010-16 | Rake | Jane | 7 Episodes |
2014 | Janet King | Gail Jones |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1984 | Holiday Makers | Unknown | Performed at NIDA in Sydney. |
1984 | All's Well That Ends Well | Unknown | Performed at NIDA in Sydney. |
1984; 1986 | Strictly Ballroom | Jenny Ferguson | Performed at NIDA in Sydney in 1984, and in Bratislava in 1986. |
1985 | Dreamplay | Unknown | Performed at NIDA in Sydney. |
1985 | Chamber Music | Unknown | Performed at NIDA in Sydney. |
1985 | The Greeks trilogy | Athene | Performed at NIDA in Sydney and at St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne. |
1985 | Once in a Lifetime | Unknown | Performed at NIDA in Sydney. |
1987 | The Winter Tale | Unknown | Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. |
1987 | The Golden Age | Unknown | Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. |
1987 | Les Liaisons Dangereuses | Unknown | Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. |
1989 | Operation Holy Mountain | Unknown | Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney. |
1989 | Harold in Italy | Unknown | Performed at the Sydney Opera House drama theatre. |
1994 | Table for One? | Unknown | Performed at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney. |
2005 | Love Letters | Unknown | Performed at the Parade Theatre at NIDA. |
2017 | Cold Light | Edith Berry | Performed at the Street Theatre, Sydney. |
References
- ^ "Rhett Walton".
- ^ a b Stewart, Carolyn (27 April – 3 May 2013). "So long, Sonia". TV Week (17): 7.