Sonya Smith

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Sonya Smith (born April 23, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), full name Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet, is a Venezuelan-American actress who has starred on the television channel Venevisión. She is the daughter of Venezuelan actress Ilana Jacquet.

Smith grew up in Venezuela, which is the reason why she speaks Spanish fluently. As a young girl, she identified deeply with Venezuela's Latin American culture.

Her breakthrough came in the early 1990s when she played "Estrella Montenegro" the main character in Cara Sucia, a telenovela that was viewed by millions across Latin America, in the United States and Europe.^{[citation needed]} During the filming of another soap opera, Milagros, she met actor Paul Martin, whom she allegedly dated.^{[citation needed]}

During 2005, Smith made her Hollywood debut, playing "Angela LaSalle" in Cyxork 7, where she acted alongside Ray Wise.

Smith remains a popular actress in Venezuela.

In 2006, she returned to the telenovelas world with Olvidarte Jamás, entirely shot in Miami. It was a huge success in the afternoon schedule of Univisión as also abroad the United States.Sonya is currently filming a new novela entitled Acorralada where she plays Fedora - a woman whose daughters, fortune and husband were stolen from her .Furthermore, the actress is currently dating Venezuelan actor Jorge Reyes' , her Destino de Mujer co-star.