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 also appeared in the dance film High Strung, directed by Michael Damian and released in 2016.[3] In 2016, she was also the feature dancer in the music video for "Wide Open" by the Chemical Brothers and Beck.[6]

In August 2016, she appeared in the music video for Frank Ocean's song, "Nikes".

Films

Year Films Role Notes
2015 Ex Machina Kyoko
2016 High Strung Jazzy
2016 La La Land Caitlin
2017 Beauty and the Beast Debutante 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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