- Born
- Birth nameSonja Kari Kristiansen
- Nickname
- Red
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Sonja O'Hara is an Emmy-nominated Canadian writer, director and actor represented by WME and Anonymous Content. She was chosen as one of the "10 Filmmakers To Watch" by Independent Magazine, chosen by a jury from MovieMaker Magazine, the Sundance Institute, and Austin Film Festival. Past recipients include Barry Jenkins, Oscar-winning director of "Moonlight." Sonja recently directed the feature film "Root Letter," an adaptation of the popular Japanese video game, written by Tribeca Film Festival Narrative Prize winner David Ebeltoft, which will be released in 2021. Sonja also wrote, directed, and starred in the critically acclaimed series "Doomsday" (Amazon) which won Best Series at ITVFest. A Streamy Nominee (for "Best Indie Series"), Sonja was presented the "Best Director" award out of 4000 submissions at The New York Television Festival. Sonja's film OVUM (which she wrote, produced, and starred in) won "Best Picture" at The Big Apple Film Festival and was released by The Orchard. Her film "Anatomy of an Orchid" premiered at the Academy Award qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Sonja was a guest speaker at SXSW Film Festival on the episodic TV panel. Her series "Astral" was greenlit by Adaptive Studios and she will write and direct all six episodes.
As an actress, O'Hara began her professional on-screen career with supporting roles in local Canadian film productions before moving to New York City at seventeen where she attended The New York Conservatory For Dramatic Art. Shortly after arriving in Manhattan, Sonja earned her first lead movie role in the independent film "Norman Normal: A Modern Metamorphosis". She now splits her time between New York and Los Angeles.
- IMDb mini biography by: Parza
- Her bright red hair
- She graduated from acting school and started working with a talent manager and a new agent.
- Sonja studied the Meisner acting technique at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts at SFT (a full time two-year drama school program accredited by the National Association of Schools' of Theatre.).
- Sonja worked as Faye Dunaway's personal assistant upon first arriving in Hollywood. Miss Dunaway sent Sonja orchids on the opening night of a production of 'Twelfth Night' where Sonja played Olivia because she too had played that role when she was the same age as Sonja.
- She left her hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia, at the age of 17 to move all alone to Manhattan to pursue her acting career.
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