Sonia Kruger
Sonia Kruger is an Australian television presenter. She is best known for hosting (alongside Daryl Somers) the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, and for the role of ballroom dancer Tina Sparkle in the hit 1992 film Strictly Ballroom.
Kruger is also an entertainment reporter for Sunrise and Today Tonight, that along with Dancing, air on the Seven Network.
She attended Beenleigh State High School, completing Year 12 (equivalent to graduating) in 1982. Sonia has also completed an Arts Degree at the University of Technology, Sydney and taught dance for around 4 years at the prestigeous National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney which has produced fine performers such as Mel Gibson and Hugo Weaving.
Sonia began with the Seven Network in 1997 on a show called 11AM as entertainment reporter.