Sonia Blangiardo (born April 18, 1968 in

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) is an American television

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and producer. She is also the creator and director of the

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Tainted Dreams ''Tainted Dreams'' is a soap opera that premiered on YouTube on December 30, 2013 and later moved exclusively to Amazon and Amazon Prime. The series debuted on Popstar! TV and the Popstar! App on September 23, 2019. Created by Sonia Blangiardo, i ...

'', which debuted on

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in December 2013.

Positions held

'' All My Children'' * Associate Producer (Late 1990s - 2000) * Supervising Producer (April 2013 – August 2013) '' One Life to Live'' * Coordinating Producer (2000 - 2002) * Producer (2010 - 2012) ''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other s ...

'' * Director (July 15, 2004 - September 17, 2010) " Days of Our Lives" *Director (2015–present) ''

'' (web series) * Creator, director, writer, actor (2013) '' Winterthorne'' (

) * Director (2015) '' Pride: The Series'' (web series) * Consulting Producer (2016)

Awards and nominations

;

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* Win, 2017, Directing, "Days Of Our Lives" * Win, 2007, Directing, ''As the World Turns'' * Win, 2002, Drama Series, ''One Life to Live'' * Nomination, 2014, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches Drama Series, ''Tainted Dreams'' * Nomination, 2017,

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series was an award presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). The first incarnation of the award was the ...

, ''Tainted Dreams'' ;

Indie Series Award The Indie Series Awards (formerly the Indie Soap Awards) is an annual event hosted by ''We Love Soaps'', based in Los Angeles, California, honoring the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the Internet. The ceremony ...

* Nomination, 2016, Best Directing — Drama, ''Winterthorne''

References

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