Sonia Benezra (born September 25, 1960 in

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) is a

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TV and radio interviewer and personality and actress who formerly hosted shows on

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, MusiMax,

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and

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. She hosted a daily live talk show on the French-language TQS television, also open to English-speaking entertainment figures, for five seasons. Sonia Benezra and JoJo Savard

Over 200 shows were produced per year, with more than 1 million viewers per show. Benezra worked as co-host (2008–2009) for English-language radio station CFQR (Q92) afternoon drive show. She is involved in the "Walk for Breast Cancer" charities in and around the

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.She is a clothing designer with her own line. Benezra was born in Montreal, her mother from

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and her father from

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. She was raised as a

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"Quebec TV 'outsider' beat back detractors to become vee-jay star"
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'', July 8, 1992. Accessed August 31, 2011. "Born in Montreal she was raised in the Jewish faith by a Spanish father and a Moroccan mother with Spanish as her first language."

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Actresses from Montreal Living people Canadian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Canadian people of Spanish descent Jewish Canadian actresses 20th-century Sephardi Jews 20th-century Canadian Jews 21st-century Sephardi Jews Canadian television talk show hosts 1960 births {{Canada-tv-bio-stub