Sonoya Mizuno (born 1 July 1986) is a Japanese-British actress, model, and ballet dancer. She notably starred in the miniseries ''

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'' and the ''

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'' prequel series ''

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'', and appeared in all the works directed by

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, such as the films '' Ex Machina'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', and his miniseries ''

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''. Other roles include minor appearances in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Early life

Born in Tokyo, Mizuno was raised in

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, England. Her mother is of half English and half Argentine descent and her father is

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. She graduated from the

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before dancing with several ballet companies, including

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Ballet in

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, New English Ballet Theatre and Scottish Ballet.

Career

Mizuno took up professional modelling at age 20 with Profile Models in London and has modelled for

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, Saint Laurent and

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. During 2014, she appeared in Arthur Pita's work of dance theatre ''The World's Greatest Show'' at

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and the

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. She made her film debut in

's science-fiction thriller '' Ex Machina'' in 2014. Mizuno appeared in the dance film '' High Strung'', directed by

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and released in 2016. Also in 2016, she was the feature dancer in the music video for "Wide Open" by

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and

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, and appeared in the music video for

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's song " Nikes". Later in 2016, she was in ''

'', playing the role of Caitlin, one of the three roommates of Mia, played by

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. In 2017, Mizuno appeared in a small role as the debutante in Disney's live-action adaptation of ''

'', and in 2018, she acted in the

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film ''

.'' She has appeared in television/ streaming roles including

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's ''

'' on Netflix. In 2018, she took the lead role of Lily Chan in

's miniseries for FX, ''

''. Mizuno starred in the 2016 Dom & Nic video for

' "Wide Open", featuring

, where she played a dancer gradually transformed into a 3-D lattice.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mizuno, Sonoya Living people 1986 births 21st-century British actresses 21st-century Japanese actresses Actresses from Somerset Actresses from Tokyo British actresses of Japanese descent British actors of Latin American descent British ballerinas British film actresses British people of Argentine descent British television actresses Citizens of the United Kingdom through descent Japanese ballerinas Japanese emigrants to the United Kingdom Japanese expatriates in England Japanese film actresses Japanese people of Argentine descent Japanese people of British descent People educated at the Royal Ballet School