About: Sonja O'Hara

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Sonja O'Hara (born Sonja Kristiansen; October 1, 1989) is an Emmy-nominated Canadian writer, director and actress who is represented by William Morris Endeavor (WME) and Management 360. She is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and resides in Los Angeles, California. Her digital series Doomsday (which she created, co-directed and stars in) was nominated for the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards under Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program. In 2019, O'Hara made her feature film directorial debut helming the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese video game Root Letter.

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  • Sonja O'Hara (born Sonja Kristiansen; October 1, 1989) is an Emmy-nominated Canadian writer, director and actress who is represented by William Morris Endeavor (WME) and Management 360. She is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and resides in Los Angeles, California. Her digital series Doomsday (which she created, co-directed and stars in) was nominated for the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards under Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program. She was selected as one of the “10 Filmmakers to Watch” by Independent Magazine, chosen by a jury from MovieMaker Magazine, the Sundance Institute and Austin Film Festival. Past recipients include Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning director of Moonlight. O'Hara created the critically acclaimed Amazon series Doomsday, which won Best Series at HBO's ITVFest. A Streamy Nominee (for “Best Indie Series”), O'Hara was presented the “Best Director” award out of 4,000 submissions at The New York Television Festival. She was a guest speaker at SXSW Film Festival on the episodic TV panel. Her upcoming series Astral was greenlit by Adaptive Studios, and she will write and direct all six episodes. As an actress, she is best known for playing the role of Calpurnia Dylan in the 2015 American film Ovum. In 2007, O'Hara appeared on the New York stage in a production of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Norman Mailer's play The Deer Park as a character based on Marilyn Monroe. In 2019, O'Hara made her feature film directorial debut helming the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese video game Root Letter. (en)
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  • Sonja O'Hara (born Sonja Kristiansen; October 1, 1989) is an Emmy-nominated Canadian writer, director and actress who is represented by William Morris Endeavor (WME) and Management 360. She is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and resides in Los Angeles, California. Her digital series Doomsday (which she created, co-directed and stars in) was nominated for the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards under Outstanding Daytime Fiction Program. In 2019, O'Hara made her feature film directorial debut helming the live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese video game Root Letter. (en)
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