Sonya Walger

Sonya Walger (born 6 June 1974) is a British-American actress. She had starring roles in the short-lived sitcoms The Mind of the Married Man (2001-2002) and Coupling (2003) before landing her role as Penny Widmore in the ABC drama series Lost. Walger later starred on Tell Me You Love Me (2007), FlashForward (2009–2010), and Common Law (2012). In 2016, she began starring in the ABC series The Catch.

Sonya Walger
Walger at the Solidarity With Writers march and rally on Hollywood Blvd., 20 November 2007
Born	6 June 1974 Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998 – present
Spouse(s)	Davey Holmes ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	2

Early life

Walger was born in Hampstead, London.[1] She was educated at the independent Wycombe Abbey School and at Christ Church, Oxford, where she studied English Literature, receiving a first class degree.[2] Walger is conversational in French and fluent in Spanish, as her father is Argentinian.[3]

Career

Walger began her career on British television. In 1998, she guest-starred in an episode of ITV crime series, Midsomer Murders. She had the recurring role in the BBC 1 sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart in 1999, and appeared in two episodes of the crime/drama The Vice. Also in 1999, she played the daughter of newspaper magnate Max Van der Vuurst, Hilde, in the Heat of the Sun story "The Sport of Kings". The following year, Walger made her film debut in the biographical drama Eisenstein. In 2001, she moved to the United States and was cast as Donna Barnes on the HBO comedy series, The Mind of the Married Man. The series was cancelled after two seasons. In 2003, she starred on the short-lived U.S. version of Coupling, which aired on NBC. In 2004, Walger played Nicole Noone opposite Noah Wyle in the TNT television film, The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, for which she received Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television nomination.[4]

From 2006 to 2010, Walger had a recurring role as Penny Widmore in the ABC drama series, Lost. She also had recurring roles on Sleeper Cell, CSI: NY, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. In 2007, Walger appeared in the original Broadway production of Frost/Nixon, as Charlotte Cushing, David Frost's then-girlfriend. Then she starred in the controversial HBO series Tell Me You Love Me. The series gained notoriety even before the first episode had aired because of the frequency and extremely realistic nature of its sex scenes. Despite persistent rumours to the contrary, these scenes were eventually confirmed as simulated by several individuals intimately connected with the show. With reference to the manual masturbation apparently performed by Walger on actor Adam Scott at the end of the pilot episode,[5] director Patricia Rozema and Walger's co-stars Ally Walker and Jane Alexander also explicitly denied that any actual sex took place on set.[6][7][8] The series was canceled after a single season.

From 2009 to 2010, Walger starred as Olivia Benford, a surgeon and wife of FBI agent Mark Benford (Joseph Fiennes) in the ABC series, FlashForward. Later in 2010, she appeared as Julia in season 3 of the HBO drama series In Treatment. She played John Cusack's wife in the 2011 Direct-to-video crime thriller The Factory.[9] In 2012, she was regular cast member in the USA Network short lived series Common Law. In 2013, Walger had a brief role in the comedy film Admission, as a Virginia Woolf scholar. From 2013 to 2014, Walger appeared on the NBC drama series Parenthood.

In 2014, Walger guest-starred in Shonda Rhimes' series Scandal as Katherine Winslow.[10] The following year, Walger was cast in the new Rhimes series The Catch, co-starring opposite Mireille Enos and Peter Krause.[11]

Personal life

Walger married screenwriter/producer Davey Holmes in July 2009.[12] She gave birth to a daughter in February 2013.[13] She also gave birth to a son. Walger became a U.S. citizen on 23 May 2013.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Eisenstein	Zina
2001	The Search for John Gissing	Sister Mary
2002	40	Alice	Short film
2006	Caffeine	Gloria
2012	The Factory	Shelley
2013	Admission	Helen
2013	Cold Turkey	Lindsay
2014	The Gambler	Angelina	Uncredited
2015	The Escort	Samantha
2016	Summer of 8	Diane
2018	Anon	Kristen
2018	Then Came You	Claire
2019	Clementine	D.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Heat of the Sun	Hilde Van der Vuurst	Episode: "The Sport of Kings"
1998	Mosley	Barbara Hutchinson	Episode: "Breaking the Mould"
1998	Midsomer Murders	Becky Smith	Episode: "Death of a Hollow Man"
1999	The Vice	Emma	Episodes: "Dabbling: Part 1" and "Dabbling: Part 2"
1999	Noah's Ark	Miriam	Miniseries
1999	Goodnight Sweetheart	Flic	3 episodes
1999	Dangerfield	Ana Mogollon Cabrera	Episode: "Diminished Responsibility"
1999	All the King's Men	Lady Frances	Television film
2001–2002	The Mind of the Married Man	Donna Barnes	Series regular, 20 episodes
2003	Coupling	Sally Harper	Series regular, 10 episodes
2004	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	Nicole Noone	Television film Nominated— Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television
2004–2006	CSI: NY	Jane Parsons	10 episodes
2005–2006	Sleeper Cell	Special Agent Patrice Serxner	4 episodes
2006	Numb3rs	Susan Berry	Episode: "All's Fair"
2006–2010	Lost	Penelope 'Penny' Widmore	13 episodes Nominated— Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television (2009)
2007	Tell Me You Love Me	Carolyn	Series regular, 10 episodes
2008	Sweet Nothing in My Ear	Joanna Tate	Television film
2008	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	Michelle Dixon	5 episodes
2009–2010	FlashForward	Dr. Olivia Benford	Series regular, 22 episodes
2010	In Treatment	Julia	3 episodes
2012	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Anne Barnes	Episode: "Father Dearest"
2012	Common Law	Dr. Elise Ryan	Series regular, 12 episodes
2013–2014	Parenthood	Meredith Peet	6 episodes
2014	The Good Sister	Kate / Linda	Television film
2014	Scandal	Katherine Winslow	Episodes: "Inside the Bubble" and "The Key"
2014	Elementary	Angela White	Episode: "The Five Orange Pipz"
2014–2015	Power	Madeline Stern	4 episodes
2015	The Leftovers	Dr. Allison Herbert (voice)	Episode: "Lens"
2015	Scorpion	Olivia Cromwell	Episode: "US vs. UN vs. UK"
2016–2017	The Catch	Margot Bishop	Series regular
2016	Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders	Marion Codwell	Episode: "The Matchmaker"
2017	Ghosted	Eckhart	Episode: "Sam"
2018	Get Shorty	Lila	6 episodes
2019	For All Mankind	Molly Cobb	5 episodes

References

1. "Sonya Walger: Summary". TV.com. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b0OWFCmYqk on Craig Ferguson
3. AskMen Editors. "Sonya Walger". AskMen. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
4. "Sonya Walger". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
5. Scott Collins (14 July 2007). "'Love' and sex on HBO". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
6. "Sex talk:Patricia Rozema gets intimate with new TV series". Canada: CBC. 1 October 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
7. "HBO has everyone talking about the sex in "Tell Me You Love Me"". blogs.orlandosentinel.com. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007.
8. "'Tell Me You Love Me' Bares Bodies and Souls". zap2it.com. 9 September 2007.
9. "New Stills from Crime Thriller The Factory". Dread Central. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
10. Michael Ausiello (19 August 2014). "'Scandal' Season 4: Sonya Walger Joins Cast in Secret Role - TVLine". TVLine. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
11. Denise Petski (22 July 2015). "Sonya Walger Joins ABC's 'The Catch' As Kieren's Cohort - Deadline". Deadline. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
12. Orloff, Brian (22 September 2009). "Lost's Sonya Walger Calls Married Life a 'Sweet Thing'". people,com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
13. Walger, Sonya (5 March 2013). "Billie Rosie Holmes, born on Valentine's Day, love of our lives and bane of our sleep". Twitter. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
14. Walger, Sonya (23 May 2013). "3290 new citizens. And I am one of them. Got a manicure as a mark of respect, you understand". Twitter. Retrieved 26 February 2014.

External links

• Sonya Walger at IMDb