Sonya Smith

Sonya Smith
Born	Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet (1972-04-23) April 23, 1972 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Other names	beautiful
Occupation	Actress
Parent(s)	Ileana Jacquet Federico Albertini Smith

Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet [ˈsonja eleoˈnoɾa (e)smit ʝaˈket] (born April 23, 1972) is an American-born Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of German-born Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Frederick Smith, who is American. Her maternal great-grandfather was French. After her parents divorced, her actress mother along with Smith went back to Venezuela; Smith grew up in Venezuela and identifies herself with the Venezuelan culture. She speaks fluent Spanish, English, and German; the latter is learned from her mother who is a German who grew up in Venezuela. She studied college for psychology in Universidad Central de Venezuela

Her breakthrough came in the early 1990s when she played Estrellita Montenegro, the main character in Cara Sucia, her most successful telenovela as the lead actress. Smith remains a popular actress not only in Venezuela, also in other countries where her telenovelas have shown. In 2006, she returned to telenovelas with Olvidarte Jamás, her biggest hit as the lead actress since Cara Sucia, which was shot in Miami; this is the time where Smith returned to her birth country, but this time in Miami. Later, in 2007, she reappeared in Acorralada, in which she was one of the main stars and which has been a huge success. There, she was Fedora Gaviota.

During 2005, Smith made her Hollywood debut, playing Angela La Salle in Cyxork 7, where she acted alongside Ray Wise; although Smith recently lives in the United States and appeared in a Hollywood film, she still wants to remain more in the Spanish media of the country because the Spanish media opened opportunities for her to fame. In 2007, she participated in another Hollywood film, Ladrón que roba a Ladrón, where she shared credits with actors, Fernando Colunga, Gabriel Soto, Miguel Varoni, and Saúl Lisazo among others.

Filmography

Film

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Pacto de sangre		Short film
1991	Un sueño en el abismo
2004	East L.A. King	Nurse Diaz
2006	Cyxork 7	Angela LaSalle
2007	La misma luna	Sra. Snyder
2007	Ladrón que roba a ladrón	Verónica Valdéz
2008	I Didn't Know Who I Was	Michelle	Short film
2010	Hunted by Night	Tania
2012	Unknowns	Riley

Television

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Gardenia		Supporting role
1991	El desprecio		Supporting role
1992	Cara sucia	Esterella Montenegro	Lead role
1993	Rosangelica	Rosangélica González Hernández / Elisa Montero	Lead role
1994	María Celeste	María Celeste Paniagua	Lead role
1996	Guajira	Sonia Arbeláez	Lead role
1997	Destino de mujer	Mariana Oropeza	Lead role
2000	Milagros	Milagros De La Torre Vargas / Chachita Vargas	Lead role
2000	Mariú	Coralia Lozada de Gálvez	Supporting role
2006	Olvidarte jamás	Luisa Dominguez / Victoria Salinas	Lead role
2007-08	Acorralada	Fedora "La Gaviota" Garcés Soriano	Protagonist
2007	Pecados ajenos	Elena Sandoval	Antagonist
2007	Tiempo final	Claudia	Episode: "Falso cura"
2008	Azúcar Morena	Manuela	Television film
2009	Vuélveme a querer	Liliana Acosta	Co-Protagonist
2010	¿Dónde está Elisa?	Dana Riggs	Protagonist
2010-11	Aurora	Angela Amenabar	Co-Protagonist
2012	Corazón valiente	Isabel Uriarte de Arroyo	Special participation
2013	Marido en alquiler	Griselda Carrasco	Protagonist
2014-2015	Tierra de reyes	Cayetana Belmonte del Junco	Antagonist / Co-Protagonist

Web

Webnovela
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Secreteando	Marisol	Episode: "El chisme de los chismes"

Awards

• Latin Pride National Awards (for Outstanding Woman Achievement, 2008)
• Miami Life Award (2011)

Trivia

• Smith has played the role of actress Mariana Torres's mother in four telenovelas: Olvidarte Jamas, Acorralada, Pecados Ajenos and Vuelveme A Querer.

External links

• Sonya Smith Biography
• Sonya Smith at IMDb
• Sonya Smith official page