Born on June 6, 1974 in London, England, Sonya Welger is an actress best known for her role on the controversial HBO series Tell Me You Love Me. Of Argentine heritage from her father's side, she studied English Literature at Christ Church, Oxford where she got a first-class degree.
Because of her Argentine heritage, she grew a love for Argentine music, and a yearly visit to Argentina with her family. She later on began acting and appeared in a number of feature films and television series. Among the movies she's had roles in are Caffeine, Eisenstein, and The Search for John Gissing. She has also acted in television series such as Lost as Desmond’s girlfriend Penny Windmore, the terrorism-themed series Sleeper Cell, CSI: NY, and Numb3rs. She has additionally lent her voice talents to the popular but controversial videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. In 2004, she bagged the role of Nicole Noone in The Librarian: Quest for the Spear opposite Noah Wyle.
In 2007, Walger was cast in the sexually explicit HBO series Tell Me You Love Me. For one, Walger’s character regularly performed hand jobs on co-star Adam Scott. She also played the role of Sarah Connor’s former fiance Michelle Dixon on the sci-fi series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chornicles.
- For Quest For The Spear, she had to take martial arts classes, and can very confidently do Tae Bo since she was trained.
- When not acting, Sonya finds herself expressing her first passion, writing.
(on how involved the fans get with the show "Lost")
- I think it's funny but also understandable when you've got writing that's as smart as that. It's inevitable that people are going to want to examine it more closely I think.
(on fan response on her doing "Lost")
- I was touched and delighted that people respond and reach out and want to talk to me about my work. It's lovely, but kind of amazing when I think that I've only done five episodes of the show and I've done whole seasons of other shows and not elicited a response like this.