Sonya Salomaa

Sonya Salomaa Biography

Sonya Salomaa is a Canadian actress, known for her performances in The Collector and Durham County.

She was born in Sudbury, Ontario. Salomaa grew up in Prince George, British Columbia and attended the University of Northern British Columbia to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Forestry. In her last summer break, she went to Victoria to sing and play the guitar. While in Victoria she became interested in acting. She now lives in Vancouver and is married to Warren Christie.

Career

Salomaa, a Finnish Canadian, first appeared on screen in 2000. In 2005 she took over the role of Maya Kandinski from Carly Pope in the Canadian supernatural drama series, The Collector. She won Leo Awards two years running for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. This was followed by a season in Durham County (2007) and received a Leo nomination for her role as Traci Prager. In 2008, Salomaa again took over a role"?this time from Claudette Mink"?of the character Laura Nelson, a member of the coast guard in The Guard. She has also guest starred in several TV shows including Supernatural, Covert Affairs and Flashpoint. She was one of the presenters for the 2010 Leo Awards.

She has also performed in numerous films including the 2006 comedy, The Tooth Fairy, Shannen Doherty's Christmas Caper (2007) and 2009's Malibu Shark Attack. Salomaa starred as a wannabe singer coming to terms with not following her dreams in the 2006 Canadian drama Black Eyed Dog and was the antagonist of Ties That Bind opposite Brian Krause and Nicole De Boer.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	House of the Dead	Cynthia
2003	National Lampoon's Barely Legal	Cocktail Waitress
2003	Firefight	Rachel
2004	MXP: Most Xtreme Primate	Blonde	Video
2005	Fatal Reunion	Lynne	Video
2005	Thralls	Lean
2006	Hollow Man 2	Trophy Wife	Video
2006	Black Eyed Dog	Betty
2006	'	Cherise	Video
2008	Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists	Athena
2009	Watchmen	Adrian Veidt's Assistant
2014	Cut Bank		Filming

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	2gether	Reporter (uncredited)	TV movie
2000	2gether: The Series	Reporter	Episode: "Awesomeness"
2001	Los Luchadores	Whelpette	Episode: "A Good Whelp Is Hard to Find" Episode: "Puppy Love"
2001	Pasadena	Woman #1	Episode: "Henry's Secret"
2001	Special Unit 2	Waitress	Episode: "The Rocks"
2001	Dark Angel	Lux	Episode: "Two" Episode: "Some Assembly Required"
2002	Croon	Cheryl	TV movie
2002	'	Jerri	Episode: "Teddy C"
2002	Glory Days	Rosalind	Episode: "The Lost Girls"
2002	Andromeda	Uxulta	Episode: "The Fair Unknown"
2003	Andromeda	Aurelia	Episode: "Soon the Nearing Vortex"
2003	1st to Die	Melanie Brandt	TV movie
2003	Just Cause	Chris' Girlfriend	Episode: "Lies, Speculation & Deception"
2003	Dead Like Me	Sandy	Episode: "Rest in Peace"
2005	'	Emma	Episode: "L'Chaim"
2005	'	Ashley	TV movie
2005-2006	'	Maya Kandinski	26 episodes
2005	Stargate SG-1	Charlotte Mayfield / Athena	Episode: "Ex Deus Machina"
2006	Stargate SG-1	Charlotte Mayfield / Athena	Episode: "Memento Mori"
2006	Ties That Bind	Courtney Allison	TV movie
2006	'	Ellie Glassman	TV movie
2006	Kyle XY	Allison	Episode: "The Lies That Bind"
2006	Saved	Ellen	Episode: "Family"
2006	All She Wants for Christmas	Ashley Aikens	TV movie
2007	Painkiller Jane	Jennifer Towne	Episode: "The Healer"
2007	Christmas Caper	Savannah Cooper	TV movie
2007-2008	Flash Gordon	Lenu	4 episodes
2007-2009	Durham County	Traci Prager	7 episodes
2008	About a Girl	Ms. Martin	Episode: "About an All-Niter"
2008	'	Shannon	TV movie
2008-2009	'	Laura Nelson	15 episodes
2009	Malibu Shark Attack	Barb	TV movie
2010	V	Mary	Episode: "Heretic's Fork"
2010	Canadian Comedy Shorts	Prostitute	Episode: "Holy War Dance Party"
2011	Endgame	Sophie McGray	Episode: "Gorillas in our Midst"
2011	R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour	Mom	Episode: "The Perfect Brother"
2011	Supernatural	Rachel	Episode: "Frontierland" Episode: "The Man Who Would Be King"
2011	Covert Affairs	Megan Wilkons	Episode: "Welcome to the Occupation"
2011	Flashpoint	Marina Levin	4 episodes
2012	Republic of Doyle	Janel	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2012	Secrets of Eden	Alice	TV movie
2012	Broken Trust	Michelle Sarnowsky	TV movie

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