About

Sonia Strong is a North East Born Actor/TV Presenter and singer/songwriter currently based in London. She is a trained dancer in Tap, Ballet, Acrobatics, Jazz and contemporary and has great knowledge of Street, and Salsa. She is a qualified teacher and has lectured dance in a college in the North East and taught all aspects of Beauty Therapy for the last 7 years. Sonia Has also had articles published in Health & beauty magazines.

BACKGROUND Sonia attended stage school from being 2 years old where she intensively studied dance, drama, and singing. She took part in many shows all over the UK and Europe.

As a child she danced in annual Christmas pantomimes, which are some of her fondest memories. "Performing is my biggest passion and I will hopefully always be involved in the entertainment industry in some way as I feel you can inspire people and transmit a positive message" She has also modeled for many years, originally being scouted at 2 years old when she did her first catwalk show. Sonia has taken part in Beauty contests also from the age of 2 which lead to her winning the Bonniest Baby on Wearside, then years later won Miss Newcastle 2004, Miss Commonwealth Inner Beauty, Miss Water at the Miss Earth 2005 final, and Miss Photographic 2005.

Sonia has competed in Miss England three times, “each time it was a wonderful experience and met some great people, I think competitions are healthy as long as you don’t take them too serious and always have good sportsmanship and remember these contests are for beauty with a difference which raises a lot of money for good causes". Sonia is a qualified beauty therapist, make up artist and Master Artist Nail Technician and has been a finalist in the British Beauty Awards three times in the category, Nail Professional of the year, which she is very proud of because she worked extremely hard on perfecting her skills and building a portfolio. The British Beauty Awards are the Oscar’s of the Beauty Industry.

"I love beauty therapy because you can apply the knowledge to your own life and you can make people look and feel 100 times better about themselves". Sonia is also a qualified fitness instructor, health and fitness is very important to her as she loves learning about how the mind and body works. She is definitely a person to ask products/treatments for the outside and natural healing for the inside. She has written for magazines such as Scratch, Health and Beauty Magazine and Professional Nails, check out Press Releases to see some of her work.

"My moto in life is do what you want to do, being true to yourself and staying grounded as you never know what is around the corner good or bad!"

She has been writing and recording her own music for the last few years which she hopes to pass on to other artists. Music is a huge part of her life and she is currently working on her 1st solo album which she has written all the lyrics herself and co-produced the music. Sonia also DJ’s in Planet Hollywood in London.

"My ambitions for the future... well you'll just have to pop in and see me again to see what Im up too!"

Sonia String - Song Writer in London, Recording Artist, Solo Artist, Vocalist