Sonja Bennett
Encyclopedia
Sonja Bennett is a Canadian
actress who portrayed Marcie Brasko in Battlestar Galactica
.
Born in Vancouver
, British Columbia
, Bennett has acted in various genre series including Eureka
, Stargate Atlantis
, Painkiller Jane
, The Dead Zone
, Cold Squad, as well as other Vancouver filmed television series.
Bennett starred in the 2002 film Punch which her father, Guy Bennett, wrote and directed.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actress who portrayed Marcie Brasko in Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
.
Born in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Bennett has acted in various genre series including Eureka
Eureka (TV series)
Eureka is an American science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy on July 18, 2006. Since then four seasons have aired, and a fifth is currently being filmed. The second half of season 4 began on SyFy on July 11, 2011 and ended on September 19, 2011...
, Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself...
, Painkiller Jane
Painkiller Jane (TV series)
Painkiller Jane was an American-Canadian science fiction and action television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the US starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the titular character...
, The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone (TV series)
The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
, Cold Squad, as well as other Vancouver filmed television series.
Bennett starred in the 2002 film Punch which her father, Guy Bennett, wrote and directed.
Awards and nominations
- In 2002 she won the Women in Film Award at the Vancouver International Film FestivalVancouver International Film FestivalThe Vancouver International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada for two weeks in late September and early October...
for Punch (2002). - In 2003 she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian FilmVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian FilmThe Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. In 2000 and 2001 the award was only given to Canadian actresses, the last few years every actress in a Canadian production can win the award.-2000s:...
of the Vancouver Film Critics CircleVancouver Film Critics CircleThe Vancouver Film Critics Circle was founded to represent Vancouver's print, on-line and broadcast media and honours the best in Canadian and international filmmaking.-Award categories:International*Best Film*Best Director*Best Actor...
for Punch (2002). - In 2005 she was nominated for the Leo at the Leo AwardsLeo AwardsThe Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...
for Dramatic Series: Best Supporting Performance by a Female for Godiva'sGodiva'sGodiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting...
(2005) for episode Having Her Cake, and for the Gemini at the Gemini Awards/2005 Gemini Awards2005 Gemini AwardsThe 20th Gemini Awards were held on November 19, 2005 to honour achievements in Canadian television. For the first time in its history the Gemini Awards were not broadcast on CBC Television, instead they were broadcast on Global.-Best Comedy Program or Series:...
for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series for Cold SquadCold SquadCold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...
(1998) for episode Righteous. - In 2006 she was twice nominated for the Leo at the Leo AwardsLeo AwardsThe Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...
for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for Godiva'sGodiva'sGodiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting...
(2005) for episodes Dead Flowers and Out the Door. - In 2008 she won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian FilmVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian FilmThe Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film is an annual award given by the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. In 2000 and 2001 the award was only given to Canadian actresses, the last few years every actress in a Canadian production can win the award.-2000s:...
of the Vancouver Film Critics CircleVancouver Film Critics CircleThe Vancouver Film Critics Circle was founded to represent Vancouver's print, on-line and broadcast media and honours the best in Canadian and international filmmaking.-Award categories:International*Best Film*Best Director*Best Actor...
for Young People FuckingYoung People FuckingYoung People Fucking, also called Y.P.F., is a 2007 romantic comedy directed, written and produced by Martin Gero and Aaron Abrams. It debuted at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. "Our generation makes an effort to separate love and sex," says Gero. "They're all trying to do this thing,...
(2007).
Filmography
- Dents in the Sky (2002) .... Sue
- The Water Game (2002) .... Grad
- Punch (2002) .... Ariel
- My Life Without MeMy Life Without MeMy Life Without Me is a 2003 Spanish/Canadian film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the book Pretending the Bed Is a Raft by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of the dying process of a 23-year-old woman who has a husband...
(2003) .... Sarah (uncredited) - John DoeJohn Doe (TV series)John Doe is an American science fiction drama television series that aired on Fox during the 2002–2003 TV season.-Synopsis:"I woke up in an island off the coast of Seattle. I didn't know how I got there ... or who I was. But I did seem to know everything else. There were things about me I didn't...
(1 episode, "Psychic Connection", 2003) .... Delphine Young - PeacemakersPeacemakers (TV series)Peacemakers is an American crime fiction television series about forensic science in the Old West. It was filmed in Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. The series premiered July 30, 2003, on the USA Network. The show was cancelled after one season of nine episodes.-Plot:This very interesting...
(1 episode, "No Excuse", 2003) .... Georgia - The Perfect ScoreThe Perfect ScoreThe Perfect Score is a teen heist film released in 2004 and directed by Brian Robbins. It stars Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg, Scarlett Johansson, Darius Miles, and Leonardo Nam....
(2004) .... Pregnant Girl - Tru CallingTru CallingTru Calling is an American television supernatural drama series that premiered on Fox Network on October 30, 2003. It ran for two seasons before being canceled....
(1 episode, "The Getaway", 2004) .... Beth - Cold SquadCold SquadCold Squad is a Canadian police procedural television series first broadcast in 1998 that followed the investigations of a part of the Vancouver Police Department Homicide Division tasked with solving cold cases, the titular Cold Squad, as led by Sergeant Ali McCormick .The cast of Cold Squad was...
(8 episodes, 2004–2005) .... Det. Samantha Walters - The Dead ZoneThe Dead Zone (TV series)The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone is an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma...
(4 episodes, "Finding Rachel: Part 1", "Finding Rachel: Part 2", "Tipping Point" and "Broken Circle", 2004–2005) .... Rachel Caldwell - Confessions of a Sociopathic Social ClimberConfessions of a Sociopathic Social ClimberConfessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber is a romantic comedy television film made for the Oxygen Network released March 12, 2005 based on the novel of the same name by Adele Lang...
(2005) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Eliza - Marker (2005) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Kim - Where the Truth LiesWhere the Truth LiesWhere the Truth Lies is a 2005 Canadian/British drama film, written and directed by Atom Egoyan. It stars Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, and Alison Lohman, and is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Rupert Holmes.-Plot:...
(2005) .... Bonnie - The FogThe Fog (2005 film)The Fog is a 2005 horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright and starring Tom Welling, Selma Blair and Maggie Grace. It is a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name, but this time made more in the vein of a "teen horror film" .Both Carpenter and Debra Hill The Fog is a 2005 horror film...
(2005) .... Mandi - Godiva'sGodiva'sGodiva's is an hour long Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on Bravo! and Citytv in 2005. It completed a successful two-season run in 2006, but though the show received rave reviews, it was cancelled by CHUM broadcasting...
(19 episodes, 2005–2006) .... Daisy - Masters of HorrorMasters of HorrorMasters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.- Origin :...
(1 episode, "Deer WomanDeer Woman (Masters of Horror episode)Deer Woman is the seventh episode of the first season of Masters of Horror. It originally aired in North America on December 9, 2005.-Plot:An ancient Native American mythological creature wreaks havoc in this horror comedy....
", 2005) .... Dana - Exes and OhsExes and OhsExes & Ohs is an American and Canadian cable TV series that was launched on Logo on October 8, 2007, and Showcase in Canada. The show centres around the dating life of Jennifer , a lesbian documentary filmmaker with a vivid fantasy life and a floundering career. Jennifer is looking for Ms...
(1 episode, "The Roads Previously Not Taken") .... Kate - Killer InstinctKiller Instinct (TV series)Killer Instinct is an American crime drama television series filmed in Vancouver that originally aired on the Fox Network. The pilot episode aired on September 23, 2005, and the final episode aired on December 2, 2005....
(1 episode, "While You Were Sleeping", 2006) .... Darla - Stargate AtlantisStargate AtlantisStargate Atlantis is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of MGM's Stargate franchise. The show was created by Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper as a spin-off series of Stargate SG-1, which was created by Wright and Jonathan Glassner and was itself...
(1 episode, "Coup D'etat", 2006) .... Dahlia Radim - Nostalgia Boy (2006) .... Connie Golden
- Blade: The SeriesBlade: The SeriesBlade: The Series is a 2006 American live-action television program based on the Marvel Comics character and film series. It premiered on Spike on June 28, 2006...
(3 episodes, "Descent", "The Evil Within" and "Delivery", 2006) .... Vanessa - WhistlerWhistler (TV series)Whistler is a Canadian television drama centring on the aftermath of the mysterious death of a local snowboard legend. The series was created by Kelly Senecal and developed by Patrick Banister, John Barbisan, Mindy Heslin, and Susan James.-Premise:...
(1 episode, "Meltdown", 2006) .... Kate Judson - FidoFido (film)Fido is a 2006 Canadian zombie comedy film directed by Andrew Currie and written by Robert Chomiak, Currie, and Dennis Heaton from an original story by Heaton...
(2006) .... Tammy - Catch and Release (2006) .... Caterer
- SupernaturalSupernatural (TV series)Supernatural is an American supernatural and horror television series created by Eric Kripke, which debuted on September 13, 2005 on The WB, and is now part of The CW's lineup. Starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, the series follows the brothers as they...
(1 episode, "Croatoan", 2006) .... Pamela Clayton - The Cabinet (2007) .... Lizzie
- The Sandlot: Heading HomeThe Sandlot: Heading HomeThe Sandlot: Heading Home is the second direct-to-video sequel to the 1993 theatrical film The Sandlot and the first direct-to-video sequel The Sandlot 2. It was released straight to DVD on May 1, 2007...
(2007) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Pearl - This Space for RentThis Space for RentThis Space for Rent is a Canadian dramedy on CBC starring Dov Tiefenbach that premiered on January 4, 2006 as a 'special' CBC pilot as part of its "Comedy Week". Tiefenbach plays Lucky Carroway, a recent university graduate and writer who finds that life after university is not as perfect as it...
(2 episodes, "Stain'd" and "Elvis Kwan Blows", 2007) .... April Melnyk - TravelerTraveler (TV series)Traveler is a short-lived American television series that ran from May 10, 2007 until July 18, 2007 on ABC in the United States. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Television....
(3 episodes, "The Out", "The Tells" and "The Trader", 2007) .... Maya - Masters of Science FictionMasters of Science FictionMasters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series by the same creators as Masters of Horror. The show debuted on ABC on August 4, 2007 at 10PM for a run of four episodes...
(1 episode, "Jerry Was a ManJerry Was a ManJerry Was a Man is a short story by Robert A. Heinlein. It is about an attempt by a genetically modified chimpanzee to achieve human rights...
", 2007) .... Judge Pomfrey - Shutter (2007) .... Aurora
- Painkiller JanePainkiller Jane (TV series)Painkiller Jane was an American-Canadian science fiction and action television series based on the comic book character of the same name. Airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the US starting April 13, 2007 and Global in Canada, it starred Kristanna Loken as the titular character...
(1 episode, "Jane 113", 2007) .... Stacey - Young People FuckingYoung People FuckingYoung People Fucking, also called Y.P.F., is a 2007 romantic comedy directed, written and produced by Martin Gero and Aaron Abrams. It debuted at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. "Our generation makes an effort to separate love and sex," says Gero. "They're all trying to do this thing,...
(2007) .... Mia - EurekaEureka (TV series)Eureka is an American science fiction television series that premiered on Syfy on July 18, 2006. Since then four seasons have aired, and a fifth is currently being filmed. The second half of season 4 began on SyFy on July 11, 2011 and ended on September 19, 2011...
(3 episodes, "Sight Unseen", "Maneater" and "All That Glitters", 2007) .... Callie Curie - ElegyElegy (film)Elegy is a 2008 drama directed by Spanish director Isabel Coixet and based on a Philip Roth novel, The Dying Animal. Staring Penélope Cruz and Ben Kingsley. The film is set in New York City, but was filmed in Vancouver.-Plot:...
(2008) .... Beth - Battlestar GalacticaBattlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)Battlestar Galactica is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the Battlestar Galactica franchise. The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore as a re-imagining of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica television series created by Glen A. Larson...
(3 episodes, "RevelationsRevelations (Battlestar Galactica)"Revelations" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It first aired on television in the United States on June 13, 2008. The episode serves as the mid-season finale of the fourth season, with the concluding episodes of the series airing after a hiatus...
", "Sometimes a Great NotionSometimes a Great Notion (Battlestar Galactica)"Sometimes a Great Notion" is the thirteenth episode in the fourth season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It aired on television on SCI FI and Space in the United States and Canada respectively on January 16, 2009 and on Sky One in the United Kingdom on January 20, 2009...
" and "Someone to Watch Over MeSomeone to Watch Over Me (Battlestar Galactica)"Someone to Watch Over Me" is the seventeenth episode in the fourth season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It aired on television in the United States and Canada on February 27, 2009. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,556....
", 2008–2009) .... Specialist 2nd Class Marcie Brasko - Fear ItselfFear Itself (TV series)Fear Itself was a horror/suspense anthology television series shot in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with some additional shooting in the city of St. Albert and the town of Devon, Alberta. It began airing on June 5, 2008 on NBC....
(1 episode, "In Sickness and in HealthIn Sickness and in Health (Fear Itself episode)In Sickness and in Health is the fourth episode of the NBC horror anthology Fear Itself.-Plot:Samantha is about to be married to Carlos , a man whom she loves deeply despite the fact that she has only known him for a short while...
", 2008) .... Ruthie - Control Alt DeleteControl Alt Delete (film)Control Alt Delete is a 2008 comedy film set in an information technology firm just before the year 2000. Lead programmer Lewis Henderson is in charge of solving various Y2K bugs, but finds himself increasingly distracted by his computer-mediated sexual yearnings...
(2008) .... Jane Fredrickson - Fatal Kiss (2008) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Theresa - PsychPsychPsych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
(1 episode, "Tuesday, the 17th", 2008) .... Annie - Playing for Keeps (2009) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Marsha Barclay - Cole (2009) .... Maybelline
- The Client ListThe Client ListThe Client List is a 2010 television film that premiered on the Lifetime Network on July 19, 2010. Starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and directed by Eric Laneuville...
(2010) .... Dee - Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' BallSmokin' Aces 2: Assassins' BallSmokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball is an action crime film directed by P.J. Pesce and starring Tom Berenger, Vinnie Jones, Tommy Flanagan, Autumn Reeser and Ernie Hudson. The film is a prequel to Joe Carnahan's 2007 film Smokin' Aces. The film centers on an FBI desk jockey who is targeted for murder...
(2010) .... Jules Scott - HellcatsHellcatsHellcats is an American cheerleading comedy-drama television series that originally aired on The CW in the United States from September 8, 2010 to May 17, 2011...
(Guest Star, Season 1 - Episode 16, 2011) .... Vicky - Donovan's Echo (2011) .... Sarah
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) .... Woman on Street