Sonja Sohn

Sonja Sohn is one of those performers I came to admire through a single, indelible role: Detective Kima Greggs on The Wire. What strikes me is that she didn't stop at acting. She came up writing poetry, and that sensibility shows in how grounded and unsentimental her work feels. Born in Newport News, Virginia in 1964, she carries a quiet authenticity that's hard to fake. I respect that she's used her platform for activism rather than chasing celebrity. To me she's proof that one perfectly inhabited character can outweigh a long, scattered filmography.

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Name (English)

Sonja Sohn

Name (Japanese)

ソーニャ・ソーン

Reading

そーにゃ・そーん

Born

May 9, 1964 (age 62)

Origin

Newport News, Virginia, United States

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / poet / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Dragon

High school

Warwick High School

• Official sitehttp://www.sonjasohn.net/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/sonjasohn/
• Xhttps://x.com/sonjasohn
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja%20Sohn
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441836

Tags

• Virginia
• actor
• screenwriter
• poet

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.