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Sonya Walger Biography
Early years
Sonya Walger was born in Hampstead , London .
Education
Walger was educated at the independent Wycombe Abbey School and at Christ Church at the University of Oxford , where she studied English Literature , receiving a first class degree . Walger is conversational in French and fluent in Spanish , as her father is Argentinean .
Career
In 1998 Walger played Becky in one episode ofMidsomer Murders. She portrayed Flic inGoodnight Sweetheartin 1999 and appeared in two episodes of the crime/drama The Vice . She played Donna Barnes on the HBO TV seriesThe Mind of the Married Manin 2001. On the US version ofCoupling, which aired in 2003, she played Sally Harper. Other acting roles have included guest appearances onLostas Desmond 's girlfriend, Penelope "Penny" Widmore and recurring roles onSleeper CellandCSI: NY. In 2004, Walger played Nicole Noone opposite Noah Wyle inThe Librarian: Quest for the Spear.
In 2007, Walger appeared in the original Broadway production ofFrost/Nixon, as Charlotte Cushing, David Frost 's then-girlfriend. Then she starred in the controversial HBO seriesTell 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 rumors to the contrary, these scenes were eventually confirmed as simulated by several individuals intimately connected with the show. With reference to the handjob apparently performed by Walger on actor Adam Scott at the end of the pilot episode ,show creator Cynthia Mort stated that "Sonya is not going to put her hands in a place that they shouldn't be."Director Patricia Rozema and Walger's co-stars Ally Walker and Jane Alexander also explicitly denied that any actual sex took place on set.
Walger's recent guest starring roles included a supporting part as Michelle Dixon, the wife of Sarah Connor 's former fiancé onTerminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. On the hit ABC TV seriesLost, she portrayed the recurring role of Penelope "Penny" Widmore , the long-lost love of Desmond Hume ( Henry Ian Cusick ) and daughter of industrialist Charles Widmore . Walger was later cast in a starring role as Olivia Benford, a surgeon and wife of FBI agent Mark Benford ( Joseph Fiennes ) onFlashForward, which was cancelled on May 13, 2010. She holds a lead role in the upcoming Crime thriller The Factory .
Personal life
Walger married screenwriter /producer Davey Holmes in July 2009; the couple resides in Los Angeles .
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Sonya Walger External Link
- "Sonya Walger: Summary" . TV.com. 16-12-2009. . Retrieved 16-12-2009.
- ^ Scott Collins (2007-07-14)."`Love’ and sex on HBO" .Los Angeles Times. . Retrieved 2008-10-03. "the climax, if you will, of the first episode finds a woman (Sonya Walger) in her 30s masturbating her husband (Adam Scott) to orgasm, with the entire act and all relevant body parts plainly visible." Owen, Rob (July 16, 2007)."HBO's graphic new series" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. .
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