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Sonja Bennett

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Sonja Bennett

Born August 24, 1980 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada31 films

Sonja Bennett (born August 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress and screenwriter. Her film debut was in the Canadian feature film Punch (2002), for which she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film. She has since starred in the films Donovan's Echo, Cole, Control Alt Delete, Young People Fucking, and Fido as well as the television series Godiva's and Cold Squad. In 2014, Bennett made her screenwriting debut with Preggoland in which she also starred.

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Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bennett is the daughter of director and writer Guy Bennett and Anna Hart. She was raised mainly by her mother, living in several locations. She is a graduate of Garibaldi Secondary School in Maple Ridge, British Columbia. She attended the University of British Columbia for two years on an academic scholarship. Following that, she attended Langara College in Vancouver, and enrolled in the Studio 58 program.

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes posterFirst watchRise of the Planet of the Apes20117.4as Mother on Sidewalk (uncredited)A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt…View film

Essential films

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Fido poster6.5Fido2006Catch and Release poster5.9Catch and Release2006The Perfect Score poster5.8The Perfect Score2004Elegy poster6.3Elegy2008Where the Truth Lies poster6.2Where the Truth Lies2005The Client List poster5.9The Client List2010Young People Fucking poster5.8Young People Fucking2007The Fog poster4.6The Fog2005

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 2018Kayak to KlemtuCory
  2. 2014PreggolandRuth
  3. 2012In No Particular OrderClaire
  4. 2012Random Acts of RomanceLynn
  5. 2011Donovan's EchoSarah
  6. 2011Rise of the Planet of the ApesMother on Sidewalk (uncredited)
  7. 2011GoneLiz Cook
  8. 2011Past ObsessionsEstelle
  9. 2010StainedJennifer
  10. 2010The Client ListDee
  11. 2010Control Alt DeleteJane
  12. 2010Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' BallJules Scott
  13. 2009A Dog Named ChristmasHannah McCray
  14. 2009ColeMaybelline
  15. 2009Fatal KissTeresa
  16. 2009Playing for KeepsMarsha Barclay
  17. 2008ElegyBeth
  18. 2008In Sickness and in HealthRuthie
  19. 2008Pants!
  20. 2007Young People FuckingMia
  21. 2007The Sandlot: Heading HomePearl
  22. 2007The Cabinet
  23. 2006Deer WomanDana
  24. 2006Catch and ReleaseCaterer
  25. 2006FidoTammy
  26. 2005The FogMandi
  27. 2005Where the Truth LiesBonnie
  28. 2005MarkerKim
  29. 2005Confessions of a Sociopathic Social ClimberEliza
  30. 2004The Perfect ScorePregnant Girl
  31. 2003PunchAriel