Soniya Mehra

                     Profile

Born               :- 2 December 1988 (age 24), Mumbai
Occupation    :-   Actress
Years active   :- 1994–present
Education       :-  Mombasa Academy in Mombasa, Kenya
Father            :-  Vinod Mehra

                                   About Life

She is the daughter of the late actor Vinod Mehra from his third and last wife Kiran. She was less than two years old when her father died in October 1990. Since then she was brought up in Kenya with her brother Rohan by her maternal grandparents  Soniya went to school at The Mombasa Academy in Mombasa, Kenya and completed her education inLondon. 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 Arts Acting Examinations. She also took a short course at The Arts Educational Schools of London. When she was 17, she moved to Bombay in and joined Anupam Kher's 'Actor Prepares' 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 (which includes samba,tango, blues, jive etc.), Bollywood dance, kathak, hip hop and belly dancing.

Career

She made her acting debut in Victoria No. 203, a remake of the 1972 classic and released on 31 August 2007. She is also attached to star in UTVs Bombay High. After the release of Victoria 203 which was a commercial flop, Soniya took a long gap of three years and she is now attempting to make her comeback in 2010 with the film Basra starring Abhay Deol and directed by Navdeep Singh. She is looking forward for more work in Bollywood. Soniya will be seen in an interesting role on Ekta and Shobha Kapoors Ragini MMS 2, releasing January 17th 2014.