Sonoya Mizuno

Sonoya Mizuno
Born (1988-07-01) 1 July 1988
Tokyo, Japan
Occupation Actress, dancer, model
Years active 2012–present

Sonoya Mizuno (born 1 July 1988[1]) is a British-Japanese actress, model and ballerina.

Life and career

Born in Tokyo, Mizuno was raised in Somerset in England.[2] She attended the Royal Ballet School as a child,[1] and graduated from the Royal Ballet School before working for several ballet companies including Semperoper Ballet in Dresden,[3] Ballet Ireland, New English Ballet Theatre and Scottish Ballet.[1][2] She began modeling at age 20 due to frustrations with her ballet career[1] and has modeled for Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton.[2] During 2014 Mizuno appeared in Arthur Pita's work of dance theatre The World's Greatest Show at Greenwich Dance and the Royal Opera House.[3][4]

Mizuno made her movie debut in Alex Garland's critically acclaimed[5] science-fiction thriller Ex Machina, released in the UK in January 2015.[2] She will also be appearing in the dance film High Strung, directed by Michael Damian and scheduled for release in 2015.[3] In 2016, she was also the feature dancer in the music video for "Wide Open" by the Chemical Brothers and Beck.[6]

Films

Year Films Role Notes
2015 Ex Machina Kyoko
2016 High Strung Jazzy
2016 La La Land Filming
2017 Beauty and the Beast Debutant Post - production

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Slater, Lidya. "Ballet's got talent". Daily Mail. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jamieson, Teddy. "15 for 2015: Sonoya Mizuno". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sonoya Mizuno". High Strung Dance Movie. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Rachel. "‘Ladies and gentlemen, how long can they last?’: The disturbing 1930s craze of dance marathons". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ex Machina". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ↑ ChemicalBrothersVEVO (2016-01-25), The Chemical Brothers - Wide Open (feat. Beck), retrieved 2016-01-27

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