Sonya Barnes

Sonya Barnes is a Native of Cleveland, Ohio which is where her acting career begin. After trying her hand at Broadcast Journalism, the acting bug struck and the rest is history. In Cleveland Sonya started with theater as she landed a lead role in the Chicago based play "Hellcab". After that she continued to land numerous jobs with her talent agency in Cleveland including print advertisements, commercials and industrial films. Sonya has also been know for trying her hand at directing as she directed a stage reading at the infamous Karamu Theatre named "The Proud Song Testament". With a strong background in voice-over work, she has managed to land jobs with various clients such as Allstate, State Farm and Cleveland's Summer Jazz Festival. Sonya relocated to Chicago in December 2004 to continue her journey in acting. Since then she has landed two films as the lead along with PSA's and Infomercials. Sonya says as she continues to pursue her acting career now full time, the journey has just begun!!!!!!!!!