Sonja Smits

Sonja Smits

Sonja Smits is a Canadian actress recognized for her versatile performances across film, television, and theatre. She gained prominence for her role as Sara Fraser in the acclaimed Canadian television series "Street Legal." Smits' portrayal of the determined and skilled lawyer showcased her acting prowess and earned her critical acclaim. Additionally, she has been the lead in two other TV series, Traders and the Eleventh Hour, as well as many TV movies such as Margret Lawrence's The Diviners. Her feature films, include David Cronenberg's cult classic, "Videodrome" and "Owning Mahoney" with Philip Seymour Hoffman. Sonja has received numerous honours and awards for her work including a Gemini Award-Best Actress, TWFT- Outstanding Achievement Award and ACTRA Award of Excellence. She was the first artist named as President of Harbourfront Centre Board, was a founding member of ACTRA Women's Caucus and served as Chair at Toronto Artscape Foundation. Sonja is the co-owner of Closson Chase Vineyards, a pioneer in the creation of the viticulture region of Prince Edward County.

  • Title: Sonja Smits
  • Popularity: 4.562
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1958-09-08
  • Place of Birth: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
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Sonja Smits Movies

  • 1983
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    Videodrome
    Videodrome

    7.3 1983 HD

    As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show...

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  • 2006
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    One Way
    One Way

    5.6 2006 HD

    To cover up his infidelities and protect his upcoming marriage, a star advertiser helps free an accused rapist by giving a false alibi and suffers...

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  • 2003
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    Owning Mahowny
    Owning Mahowny

    6.8 2003 HD

    Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of...

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  • 1993
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    The Diviners
    The Diviners

    1 1993 HD

    Morag Gunn, a writer who is having trouble with her teenage daughter, examines her own relationship history, which includes a period of turbulence...

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  • 1981
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    The Pit
    The Pit

    5.8 1981 HD

    Twelve year-old Jamie Benjamin is a solitary misunderstood boy in his preteens. His classmates pick on him, his neighbors think he's weird and his...

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  • 2005
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    Heritage Minutes: Mona Parsons
    Heritage Minutes: Mona Parsons

    1 2005 HD

    Mona Parsons, a partisan World War II Allied agent in the Netherlands escapes execution and later imprisonment by the Nazis.

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  • 2004
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    A Different Loyalty
    A Different Loyalty

    4.7 2004 HD

    In January 1963, British journalist Leo Cauffield suddenly disappears from his home in Beirut. His wife Sally knew that he was working part-time for...

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  • 2004
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    Siblings
    Siblings

    5.4 2004 HD

    Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this...

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  • 2003
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    How to Deal
    How to Deal

    5.5 2003 HD

    Halley is convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger...

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  • 1994
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    TekWar: TekLords
    TekWar: TekLords

    5.4 1994 HD

    Drug lords take over the empire left by convicted Sonny Hokori.

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  • 1986
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    Loose Ends
    Loose Ends

    3 1986 HD

    When the zealous followers of the Church of the Divine Light collide with the heathen filmmakers heaven help those caught in the middle! Bishop...

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  • 2023
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    Better Days
    Better Days

    7 2023 HD

    A widow finds a new lease on life through the joy of cosplay.

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  • 1984
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    Face to Face
    Face to Face

    1 1984 HD

    Desperate transgender woman Nina Russell hires prominent, sleazy arrogant plastic surgeon Dr. Christopher Hamilton to create an attractive face for...

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  • 2019
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    Heritage Minutes: D-Day
    Heritage Minutes: D-Day

    1 2019 HD

    On June 6, 1944, Canadian Forces landed on Juno Beach. D-Day, as this day would become known, was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, led to...

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  • 1994
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    Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes
    Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes

    5 1994 HD

    When Spenser (Robert Urich), his psychologist girlfriend, Susan Silverman (Barbara Williams), and his right-hand man, Hawk (Avery Brooks),...

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  • 1998
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    Dead Husbands
    Dead Husbands

    4.7 1998 HD

    Dr. Carter Elson is a man who finds a list of men's names among his wife Alex's possessions. When Carter discovers his own name at the bottom of the...

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  • 2016
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    Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted
    Flower Shop Mystery: Dearly Depotted

    6.6 2016 HD

    Abby Knight, ex-lawyer and crime buff, and the owner of Bloomers Flower Shop, is having a week to be reckoned with. A reluctant bridesmaid at her...

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  • 1985
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    Command 5
    Command 5

    1 1985 HD

    A team of special military forces has to save a small town which has been taken hostage by an organization called the Brotherhood.

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  • 2021
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    Drifting Snow
    Drifting Snow

    5.5 2021 HD

    Two strangers, Joanne and Chris share a winter road trip through rural eastern Ontario. After losing her husband John, Joanne faces the rituals of...

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  • 2021
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    Hidden Family Secrets
    Hidden Family Secrets

    6.1 2021 HD

    A woman determined to save her dying daughter uncovers her mother's sinister secret.

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  • 1999
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    Hidden Heroes
    Hidden Heroes

    1 1999 HD

    Two Canadian women return to the Netherlands to recount the terrifying ordeal they experienced as children at the hands of the Nazis, and to connect...

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  • 1999
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    Untold Story
    Untold Story

    1 1999 HD

    The Untold Story of the Suffragists of Newfoundland (1999) is a docu-drama celebrating the thirty year struggle by the women of Newfoundland to win...

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  • 2002
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    Odyssey 5
    Odyssey 5

    6.5 2002 HD

    Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada. Odyssey 5 is the...

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  • 1996
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    Traders
    Traders

    8 1996 HD

    Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1996 to 2000. Set in the Toronto-based...

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  • 1987
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    Street Legal
    Street Legal

    7 1987 HD

    Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. It was revived for an additional season in 2019.

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  • 2002
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    The Eleventh Hour
    The Eleventh Hour

    4.8 2002 HD

    The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005. The show revolves around the reporters and...

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  • 1995
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    The Outer Limits
    The Outer Limits

    7.745 1995 HD

    Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were...

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  • 2017
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    Ransom
    Ransom

    6.5 2017 HD

    Eric Beaumont's crisis negotiator team is brought in to save lives and resolve the most difficult kidnap and ransom cases when no one else can.

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  • 2012
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    Cybergeddon
    Cybergeddon

    6.5 2012 HD

    Framed for a cyber-crime she didn't commit, FBI Special Agent Chloe Jocelyn is forced to go on the run in order to prove her innocence.

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  • 2021
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    Pretty Hard Cases
    Pretty Hard Cases

    6.4 2021 HD

    A fun and honest portrayal of two radically different female detectives in their early 40s following Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Narcotics...

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  • 1983
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    The Hitchhiker
    The Hitchhiker

    6.1 1983 HD

    A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody...

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  • 2017
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    Save Me
    Save Me

    1 2017 HD

    Save Me drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking...

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  • 2017
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    Mary Kills People
    Mary Kills People

    7.5 2017 HD

    Dr. Mary Harris, a single mother and emergency doctor by day, also moonlights as an underground angel of death - helping terminally ill patients who...

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  • 2001
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    Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
    Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

    6.9 2001 HD

    Chronicles the life of Judy Garland, from her first public performance in 1924 until her death.

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  • 1984
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    Airwolf
    Airwolf

    7.542 1984 HD

    As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot goes on missions with an advanced battle helicopter.

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  • 2021
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    Ginny & Georgia
    Ginny & Georgia

    8.1 2021 HD

    Angsty and awkward fifteen year old Ginny Miller often feels more mature than her thirty year old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia...

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  • 2019
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    Diggstown
    Diggstown

    6.8 2019 HD

    Follow Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution.

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  • 1981
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    Falcon Crest
    Falcon Crest

    5.6 1981 HD

    Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A...

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