2010
Next show: Upright Citizens' Brigade
Sunday, July 18th
2:30 - 3:30pm
Btn 8th & 9th Ave
Sonora will next be seen in the pilot of Martin Scorsese's Boardwalk Empire, for HBO in September 2010.
In April and May, Sonora recorded voice overs, ranging from IVR to a South Boston children's book and performed with her class at Upright Citizens' Brigade.
In March, Sonora shot a guest star on The Hotel (recently re-named Away) in Los Angeles, written by Chad Darnell and directed by X. Dean Lim from On the Lot. She recorded a voice over for ERGO in New York and L.A.
In February, Sonora shot the role of Betty on the episode Perry Dates His Assistant on Romantically Challenged, airing Mondays at 9:30/8:30 Central on ABC. The show stars Alyssa Milano (Charmed), Kyle Bromheimer (Worst Week), and Kelly Stables (Two and a Half Men, Greek).
Check out the voice over page for her new commercial demo!
2009
In January Sonora played the horror film victim in Shooting Cliches by Roberta Marie Munroe. In February, she shot a PSA, Give a Mulligan, in association with the Chip Hale film Mulligans.
She spent March and April traveling through Israel and returning to New York City to study Shakespeare with Patsy Rodenburg.
In September Sonora shot a costar in Martin Scorsese's pilot for HBO, Boardwalk Empire, about Atlantic City and prohibition. In October, Sonora performed at Upright Citizen's Brigade and filmed an infomercial for Joan Rivers' Amazingly Magic Foot Cream.
2008
In June, Sonora shot a costar on the smart action comedy, Chuck, on NBC, which aired October 20th, guest starring Nicole Richie.
She finished level one of The Groundlings and filmed several funny commercials. Most notably, her commercial for Extended Stay Hotels, directed by Smart People's Noam Murro, aired September 15th on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report in a segment on the year's funniest commercials.
In September and October she received a glowing review from Variety for The Chalk Boy, and was featured on Arts in Review on KPFK and American Theater Magazine. for her portrayal of Breanna.
In November Sonora performed her solo show, Texas Tall Tales, at Celebration Theater in Hollywood, and portrayed Sarah in the staged reading of The Age of Bees by Tira Palmquist.
2007
Sonora was featured in the August 2007 issue of Backstage about New York stage actors moving to Los Angeles.
Upon graduation from the MFA Acting Program at Brooklyn College in June 2007, Sonora moved to Los Angeles and filmed BPS: Baby Parcel Service for the 72 Hour film festival. The film was a top ten finalist, nominated for Best Screenplay and Most Original Film, and won runner up for Audience Favorite. It aired on AZN, the American Asian Network.
She shot a short film called The Divorce, appeared in the print campaign for Beauty Queen From Virginia: The Jackie Bong Wright Story, and performed in Nicole Atkins' music video for Maybe Tonight with Lucent Dossier, airing beginning on VH1. She can also be seen in the PSA: Green Slap series, in Nescafe commercials airing in the European Union, and online in the Extended Stay Hotels series directed by Noam Murro.
The PSA Green Slap
Extended Stay commercial on The Colbert Report, Comedy Central
Oprah's Baby Nurse on The Chappelle Show
On Women's Murder Club
