Sonia Todd
{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sonia Todd
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1959}}
| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| nationality = Australian
| notable_works = Police Rescue (1989–1996)
McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009)
Home and Away (2009–2013)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1984–present
|education = National Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
}}
Sonia Todd (born 1959) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in Police Rescue (1989–1996), Meg Fountain in McLeod's Daughters (2001–2008) and Gina Austin in the soap opera Home and Away (2009–2013).
Career
Todd studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art where she starred in the play Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann.
Todd became known from her role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series Police Rescue, for which she won for an AFI Award in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series The Potato Factory (2000).
From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played Meg Fountain in McLeod's Daughters.
Todd held a recurring role in All Saints from late 2007 to early 2008; portraying psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy, after having previously played the part of Kate Larson
In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of Seven Network drama series Home and Away in the regular role of Gina Austin. After four years on the show, Todd decided to leave Home and Away to pursue other acting challenges.{{cite journal|last=Stewart|first=Carolyn|date=27 April – 3 May 2013|title=So long, Sonia|journal=TV Week|issue=17|page=7}} She appeared in the legal drama Janet King.
Personal life
Todd is married to Rhett Walton and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910572/|title=Rhett Walton|website=IMDb }}
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1989–96
| Sgt. Georgia Rattray | Seasons 1–5 (main role, 62 episodes) |
| 1990
| Helen McFarland | Miniseries (4 episodes) |
| 1991
| Jane Anderson | Season 11, Episodes 9 & 10 |
| 1992
| Policewoman | Season 5, Episode 3 |
| 1994
| G.P. | Judy Walsh | Season 6, Episode 6 |
| 1997
| Wendy Johnson | Season 1, Episode 1 |
| 1997
| Commander Edwina Dent | Season 1 (main role, 13 episodes) |
| 1997
| Karla | Miniseries (4 episodes) |
| 1997–98
| Caroline McFarlane | Season 2 (26 episodes) |
| 1998
| Detective Sergeant Louise Bradshaw | Season 3 (13 episodes) |
| 1999
| Helen Hunt | Season 1, Episode 13 |
| 1999
| Wildside | Dr. Alexa Grant | Season 2, Episode 20 |
| 2000
| Hannah Solomon | Miniseries (4 episodes) |
| 2001
| Kate Larson | Season 4 (recurring, 10 episodes) |
| rowspan="4"|2001–08
| rowspan="4"|McLeod's Daughters | rowspan="4"|Meg Fountain / Dodge | Seasons 1–4 (main role, 88 episodes) |
| Season 4 (guest, 1 episode) |
| Seasons 5–6 (recurring, 19 episodes) |
| Seasons 7–8 (guest, 3 episodes) |
| 2007–08
| Dr. Elizabeth Foy | Seasons 10–11 (recurring, 7 episodes) |
| 2009–13
| Seasons 22–26 (main role, 322 episodes) |
| 2010–18
| Rake | Jane Greene | Seasons 1–2, 4–5 (13 episodes) |
| 2014
| Gail Jones | Season 1 (5 episodes) |
| 2022
| Judge | Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2 |
| 2022
| Anita Lang | Season 1 (recurring, 3 episodes) |
=Film=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 1987
| Damsels Be Damned | Female Shoe Sales Assistant | Short film |
| 1994
| Sgt. Georgia Rattray | Feature film version of series |
| 1996
| Shine | Sylvia | Feature film |
| 1996
| Natural Justice: Heat | Jennifer Harivald | TV movie |
| 1997
| Reprisal | Susan | TV movie |
| 2000
| Jean McKinnon | TV movie |
| 2012
| Spirit-ED | Miss Judy | Short film |
Theatre
=As actor=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope="row"| 1984
|Jenny Ferguson | NIDA, Sydney |
|---|
| scope="row"| 1984
| Yulia | NIDA, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 1984
| Three French Farces: Impromptu at Versailles | Mrs du Parc | NIDA, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 1984
| | NIDA, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 1985
| | NIDA, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 1985
| | NIDA, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 1985
| The Greeks trilogy | NIDA, Sydney & St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne |
| scope="row"| 1985
| | NIDA, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 1986
| Hero |
| scope="row"| 1986
|Jenny Ferguson | Bratislava with Bond Theatre Co. |
| scope="row"| 1987
| Perdita | Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company |
| scope="row"| 1987
| Angel / Nurse / Maid | Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company |
| scope="row"| 1987
| Cecile | Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company |
| scope="row"| 1987
| Hamlet | Ophelia | Q Theatre, Penrith |
| scope="row"| 1989
| Directors' Workshop | | The Peter Summerton Foundation |
| scope="row"| 1989
|Operation Holy Mountain | | Seymour Centre, Sydney with Toe Truck Theatre |
| scope="row"| 1989
| Julia | Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
| scope="row"| 1994
|Table for One? | Jenny | Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with Hunter Valley Theatre Company for Sydney Festival |
| scope="row"| 2005
| |
| scope="row"| 2007
| ALP Arts Election Launch | |
| scope="row"| 2014
| Leititia Blacklock | Mousetrap Productions Ltd |
| scope="row"| 2014
| Worst Kept Secrets | Annie Steeper | Bontom Productions |
| scope="row"| 2017
| Edith Campbell Berry | Street Theatre, Sydney |
| scope="row"| 2020
| Edith | Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company |
=As crew=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
| scope="row"| 1986
| Ridin' High: the Ethel Merman Story | Choreographer | Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company.{{cite web | url=https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3490 | title=AusStage }}{{cite web |url=https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TODD-Sonia.pdf |title=Sonia Todd CV}} |
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0865286}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091106224432/http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/cast/article/-/article/6098271/sonia-todd/ Sonia Todd at the Home and Away official website]
{{AACTA Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama}}
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Category:Actresses from Adelaide