Sonal Shah (actress)

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Sonal Shah
Born
Sonal Bhadresh Shah

1986 (age 34–35)
Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationActress, voice artist
Years active2004—present

Sonal Bhadresh Shah (born 1986) is an American actress and voice artist who is best known for playing Dr. Sonja "Sunny" Dey on TV's Scrubs.

Early life and education[]

Shah was born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois. Her parents, Bhadresh and Mrudula Shah, are Gujarati Jains who moved from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to the United States in 1970.[1][2][3]

Shah graduated from Wheaton Warrenville South High School. She was named the 1998 DuPage County Fair Queen in July 1998.[4]

Shah graduated cum laude from Loyola University in Chicago with a major in theatre, minors in psychology, biology and chemistry, and a concentration in pre-medicine. While a student at Loyola, Shah joined the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. "I sincerely planned to go to medical school," Shah told a Wheaton, Illinois newspaper in March 2009. "I love studying science, but I realized that my passion for performing outweighed my passion for wanting to be a doctor."[1]

After graduation, Shah became a staple in the Chicago Theatre Community and performed with The Tony Award Winning Goodman Theatre among others. She is a founding member of Rasaka Theatre Company, which explores South Asian plays and playwrights, and supplemented her acting education at The Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard University.[5]

Acting career[]

Shah moved to Los Angeles in 2006 and began appearing in commercials and sketch comedy. She also has acted with Second City theatres in Chicago and Los Angeles.[1]

In 2009, Shah began appearing on Scrubs as Dr. Sonja "Sunny" Dey, who is one of the young interns newly cast in the show's eighth season. In addition, Shah appeared in the show's webisode series Scrubs: Interns. Shah returns as a guest star on the ninth season of Scrubs, in the fifth episode.

Shah also has a role in the 2009 teen comedy film Ratko: The Dictator's Son, a National Lampoon production.

Selected filmography[]

2004 Short Jenny
2004 Short Mona
2006 TV Series Waif
2007 Short Silver Robot
2009 Ratko: The Dictator's Son Layla
2009 Scrubs: Interns TV Series Sunny
2009 Scrubs TV Series Sunny
2011
2011 Short Jess
2011 Short Charlie
2011 Short Sati
2011 Short Aishwarya
2012 Short Amanda
2012 Short Becca
2012 Short Parv's Friend
2012 Squad 85 TV Series Reporter
2013 TV Series short Reporter
2013 Video short Mrs. Patel
2013 Short Ms. Flag
2013 Short Veronica
2013 Short Beth
2013 TV Movie Alecia
2014 Short Olivia
2014 Transparent TV Series Female Student
2014 Spring Training Short Kelly
2015 TV Series Sophie
2015 Volunteer 1
2015 TV Series Sumitra
2016 Video short Network Executive
2016—2018 The Powerpuff Girls TV Series Sapna (voice), Additional Voices
2016 New Girl TV Series Flight Attendant
2016 Short Chandra
2013 Short Satya
2015 Short Dr. Vicky
2016 Short Jamie
2017 Darsha
2020 Definition Please Dr. Ali
TBA Casting Call TV Movie (post-production) Coffee Auditioner

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Grant, Jennifer (March 6, 2009). "Wheaton native Sonal Shah shines as Dr. Sunny Dey on hit comedy show". Wheaton Sun. p. 3.
  2. ^ [1] Archived March 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ NATASHA KHAN. "Sonal Shah : From Stage to "Scrubs"". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015. Her Jain parents, Gujarati born and Mumbai raised, settled in the suburbs of Chicago where Shah was born and raised, she describes them as “the most wonderful people alive.”
  4. ^ Kadin, Deborah (July 12, 1998). "Wheaton teen named queen of DuPage fair". Daily Herald. p. 6.
  5. ^ Khan, Natasha (June 2009). "Sonal Shah: From Stage to Scrubs". SAPNA Magazine. pp. Arts + Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2015-09-12.
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