Sonoya Mizuno
Born (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 37)
Tokyo, Japan
EducationRoyal Ballet School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • dancer
Years active2012–present

Sonoya Mizuno (born 1 July 1986)[1][2] is a British actress. She is best known for her roles in the Netflix series Maniac (2018), the HBO series House of the Dragon (2022–), FX miniseries Devs (2020) and the film Crazy Rich Asians (2018).

Early life

Born in Tokyo,[3][4] Mizuno was raised in Somerset, England.[5] Her mother is of half English and half Argentine descent and her father is Japanese.[6] She graduated from the Royal Ballet School before dancing with several ballet companies, including Semperoper Ballet in Dresden,[7] Ballet Ireland, New English Ballet Theatre and Scottish Ballet.[5]

Career

Mizuno took up professional modelling at age 20 with Profile Models in London and has modelled for Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton.[5] During 2014, she appeared in Arthur Pita's work of dance theatre The World's Greatest Show at Greenwich Dance and the Royal Opera House.[7][8]

She made her film debut in 2014, in Alex Garland's science-fiction thriller Ex Machina,[5] and in 2016 appeared in the dance film High Strung, directed by Michael Damian.[7] Later that year she appeared in the music video for Frank Ocean's song "Nikes" and starred in the Dom & Nic video for The Chemical Brothers' "Wide Open", featuring Beck, where she played a dancer gradually transformed into a 3-D lattice.[9][10] Also in 2016, she appeared in La La Land, playing the role of Caitlin, one of the three roommates of Mia, played by Emma Stone.[11]

In 2017, Mizuno appeared in a small role as the debutante in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and in 2018, she acted in the Warner Bros. film Crazy Rich Asians.[12]

She has appeared in television/streaming roles including Cary Joji Fukunaga's Maniac on Netflix.[13] In 2018, she took the lead role of Lily Chan in Alex Garland's miniseries for FX, Devs, in 2024, she's going to appear in Alex Garland's action movie Civil War again.

Mizuno has worked with Alex Garland a total of 5 times, as the lead of his series Devs, as a supporting character in Ex Machina and the upcoming Civil War film, and as a featured extra in Annihilation and Men.

Filmography

Film

Year Films Role Notes
2012 Venus in Eros Forest Guard
2014 Ex Machina Kyoko
2016 High Strung Jazzy
Alleycats Suzie
La La Land Caitlin
2017 Beauty and the Beast Debutante
2018 Annihilation Katie / Humanoid
All About Nina Ganja
The Domestics Betsy
Crazy Rich Asians Araminta Lee
2019 Ambition Sarah
2022 Am I Ok? Jane
Men Police Operator (voice)
2023 Shortcomings Meredith
2024 Civil War Post-production
TBA Eternal Return Post-production

Television

Year Films Role Notes
2018 Maniac Dr. Azumi Fujita Miniseries
2020 Devs Lily Chan Lead role; miniseries[14]
2022 House of the Dragon Mysaria Main cast

References

  1. ^ Pavia, Lucy (5 May 2020). "Devs star Sonoya Mizuno: 'I am fearful of Silicon Valley power'". Evening Standard. UK. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020. the 33-year-old [as of 5 May 2020]...
  2. ^ Kovan, Bri (5 March 2020). "Sonoya Mizuno Takes the Lead in Devs". Elle. Retrieved 9 September 2020. As the 33-year-old [as of 5 March 2020]...
  3. ^ Team, Blind (30 August 2022). "Sonoya Mizuno - (Mysaria), Age, Networth, and Girlfriend". Wiki.CinemaBlind. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Sonoya Mizuno - Age, Birthday, Height and Bio". Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d Jamieson, Teddy (2 January 2015). "15 for 2015: Sonoya Mizuno". The Herald. Glasgow. Archived from the original on 13 December 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2015. Mizuno, who was born in Tokyo and grew up in Somerset,...
  6. ^ Ortved, John (5 June 2016). "Sonoya Mizuno". Interview. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Sonoya Mizuno". High Strung Dance Movie. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  8. ^ Thomas, Rachel (25 July 2014). "'Ladies and gentlemen, how long can they last?': The disturbing 1930s craze of dance marathons". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ ChemicalBrothersVEVO (25 January 2016), The Chemical Brothers – Wide Open (feat. Beck), retrieved 27 January 2016
  10. ^ Failes, Ian (31 January 2016). "So, just how was that Chemical Brothers video made?". fxguide.
  11. ^ Chazelle, Damien; Stone, Emma; Conn, Amiée; Walters, Terry (16 December 2016). "La La Land". IMDb. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  12. ^ Kroll, Justin (10 April 2017). "'Ex Machina' Actress Sonoya Mizuno Joins 'Crazy Rich Asians'". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  13. ^ Petski, Denise (22 August 2017). "'Maniac': Sonoya Mizuno Cast As Regular & Julia Garner To Recur in Emma Stone-Jonah Hill Netflix Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  14. ^ Trumbore, Dave (3 August 2018). "Alex Garland's Limited Series 'Devs' Starring Sonoya Mizuno and Nick Offerman Gets FX Order". Collider.

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