Soniya Mehra


Sonia Mehra is an Indian Bollywood actress and daughter of late actor Vinod Mehra. She is best known for playing Tanya Kapoor in Ragini MMS 2.

Personal life

She is the daughter of the late actor Vinod Mehra from his third and last wife Kiran. She was less than one years old when her father died in October 1990. She was brought up in Kenya with her brother Rohan by her maternal grandparents. Soniya went to The Mombasa Academy in Mombasa, Kenya and completed her education in London. She began her training in acting at the age of eight in school where she earned the Gold Medal with an Honours at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Acting Examinations. She also took a short course at The Arts Educational Schools of London. When she was 18, she moved to Mumbai and joined Anupam Kher's Actor Prepares - The School of Actors for a 3-month course. Soniya is also a trained dancer, having started ballet when she was only 5 years old, she went on to do various forms of dance like street jazz, ballroom, Bollywood dance, kathak, hip hop and belly dancing.

Career

She made her acting debut in Victoria No. 203, a remake of the 1972 classic of the same name and released on 31 August 2007. After the release of Victoria 203 which was a commercial flop, Sonia took a long gap of several years and made a comeback with roles in Shadow and Ek Main Aur Ek Tu. Soniya was seen in an interesting role in Ekta Kapoor's horror thriller Ragini MMS 2, released on 17 January 2014. Sonia Mehra has also worked as a VJ on MTV India. She did various shows such as MTV Grind, MTV News, MTV Style Check etc.

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2007Victoria No. 203Sara
2009ShadowPriya
2012Ek Main Aur Ekk TuAnusha
2014Ragini MMS 2Tanya