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Sonoya Mizuno
Born (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
Education Royal Ballet School
Occupation Actress
Years active 2012–present
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Sonoya Mizuno (born 1 July 1986) is a British actress. She is known for her roles in the Netflix series Maniac (2018), the HBO series House of the Dragon (2022–present), the FX miniseries Devs (2020) and the film Crazy Rich Asians (2018).

Early life

Born in Tokyo, Mizuno was raised in Somerset, England. Her mother is of half British and half Argentine descent and her father is Japanese. She graduated from the Royal Ballet School before dancing with several ballet companies, including Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Ballet Ireland, New English Ballet Theatre and Scottish Ballet.

Career

Mizuno took up professional modelling at age 20 with Profile Models in London. She has modelled for Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent, and Louis Vuitton. In 2014, she appeared in Arthur Pita's work of dance theatre The World's Greatest Show at Greenwich Dance and the Royal Opera House.

While modeling, she took acting classes and made her film debut in 2014, in Alex Garland's science-fiction thriller Ex Machina, and in 2016 appeared in the dance film High Strung, directed by Michael Damian. Mizuno performed in the Dom & Nic video for The Chemical Brothers' "Wide Open", featuring Beck, where she played a dancer gradually transformed into a 3-D lattice. Later that year she appeared in the music video for Frank Ocean's song "Nikes". Also in 2016, she appeared in La La Land as one of the three roommates of Mia, played by Emma Stone.

In 2017, Mizuno appeared in a small role as the debutante in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and in 2018, she acted in the Warner Bros. film Crazy Rich Asians.

She has appeared in television/streaming roles including Cary Joji Fukunaga's Maniac on Netflix. In 2018, she took the lead role of Lily Chan in Garland's miniseries for FX, Devs. In 2024, she appeared in the war drama Civil War. She has worked with Garland five times: as the lead of Devs, as a supporting character in Ex Machina and Civil War, and as a featured extra in Annihilation and Men.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role(s) Director(s) Notes
2012 Venus in Eros Forest Guard Takako Imai
2014 Ex Machina Kyoko Alex Garland
2016 High Strung Jazzy Michael Damian
Alleycats Suzie Ian Bonhôte
La La Land Caitlin Damien Chazelle
2017 Beauty and the Beast Debutante Bill Condon
2018 Annihilation Katie / Humanoid Alex Garland
All About Nina Eva Vives
The Domestics Betsy Mike P. Nelson
Crazy Rich Asians Araminta Lee Jon M. Chu
2019 Ambition Sarah Robert Shaye
2022 Am I OK? Jane Tig Notaro &
Stephanie Allynne
Men Police Operator Alex Garland Voice
2023 Shortcomings Meredith Randall Park
2024 Civil War Anya Alex Garland
0TBA Eternal Return 0TBA Yaniv Raz Post-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Maniac Dr. Azumi Fujita Miniseries
2020 Devs Lily Chan Lead role; miniseries
2022–present House of the Dragon Mysaria Main cast
2024 Terminator Zero Eiko Animated series

Music videos

Year Title Performer(s) Ref.
2016 "Wide Open" The Chemical Brothers featuring Beck
"Nikes" Frank Ocean

See also

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