Sonja Sohn

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Sonja Sohn is an American actress.

Sohn is of African and Korean American heritage. Before she was an actress, Sohn was a slam poet, having written lyrics and co-written the script for the film Slam. She has had a starring role as Detective Shakima Greggs on HBO series The Wire since the first season.[1] She has also guest starred on many episodes of Cold Case as Toni Halstead, the love interest of starring character Nick Vera.

She is now living in Baltimore, Maryland with her husband, Adam Plack, and daughter, Sophia Wang, while her eldest daughter, Sakira Wang, lives in New York City.

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[edit] Achievements

Sohn won the supporting television actress award at the 2008 Asian Excellence Awards for her character on The Wire. Her speech was:

“ The fact that I'm standing here; it speaks a lot it says volumes about the Asian culture. That now the Asian culture is recognizing it's diversity, I'm a mixed race Asian. My mother came here over 50 years ago, and raised 3 children in the southern ghetto in the 1970's. And she was such a work horse, and I have to dedicate this to her. My mothers not here anymore, she passed away 10 years ago. But, she didn't pass away before she instilled me some very important Asian values. She taught me to live with honor, respect, and sacrifice for love. And I will live that way, always. Thank you so much.. „

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Character profile - Detective Shakima "Kima" Greggs. HBO (2004). Retrieved on 2006-07-22.

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