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'''Sonia Todd''' (born 1959; [[Adelaide]]) is an [[Australians|Australian]] actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in ''[[Police Rescue]]'', [[Meg Fountain]] in ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]'' and [[Gina Austin]] in the soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]''.
'''Sonia Todd''' (born 1959; [[Adelaide]]) is an [[Australians|Australian]] actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in ''[[Police Rescue]]'', [[Meg Fountain]] in ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]'' and [[Gina Austin]] in the soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]''.


==Biography ==
==Career==
She studied at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] and starred in the play ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]'', directed by [[Baz Luhrmann]]. She also played the waitress, Sylvia, in the film ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]'' directed by [[Scott Hicks (director)|Scott Hicks]], in the café scene where [[Geoffrey Rush]] plays ''[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]'' by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]] to an understandably stunned audience.
Todd studied at the [[National Institute of Dramatic Art]] where she starred in the play ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]'', directed by [[Baz Luhrmann]].


Todd became known from her role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series ''[[Police Rescue]]'', for which she won for an [[Australian Film Institute|AFI Award]] in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series ''[[The Potato Factory]]'' (2000).
Todd is married to [[Rhett Walton]] and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910572/|title=Rhett Walton}}</ref>


From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played Meg Fountain in ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]''.
Todd became known from the role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series ''[[Police Rescue]]'', for which she won for an [[Australian Film Institute|AFI Award]] in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series ''[[The Potato Factory]]'' (2000).


Todd held a recurring role in ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' from late 2007 to early 2008; portraying psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy, after having previously played the part of Kate Larson
From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played 'Meg Fountain' in ''[[McLeod's Daughters]]''.


In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of [[Seven Network]] drama series ''[[Home and Away]]'' in the regular role of [[Gina Austin]]. After four years on the show, Todd decided to leave ''[[Home and Away]]'' to pursue other acting challenges.<ref name="SoLong">{{cite journal|last=Stewart|first=Carolyn|date=27 April – 3 May 2013|title=So long, Sonia|journal=[[TV Week]]|issue=17|page=7}}</ref> She appeared in the legal drama ''[[Janet King (TV series)|Janet King]]''.<ref name="SoLong"/>
Todd held a recurring role in ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' from late 2007 to early 2008; she portrayed psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy. She also appeared in All Saints previously, playing the part of Kate Larson


==Personal life==
In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of [[Seven Network]] drama series ''[[Home and Away]]'' in the regular role of [[Gina Austin]]. After four years on the show, Todd decided to leave ''Home and Away'' to pursue other acting challenges.<ref name="SoLong">{{cite journal|last=Stewart|first=Carolyn|date=27 April – 3 May 2013|title=So long, Sonia|journal=[[TV Week]]|issue=17|page=7}}</ref> She appears in the legal drama ''[[Janet King (TV series)|Janet King]]''.<ref name="SoLong"/>
Todd is married to [[Rhett Walton]] and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0910572/|title=Rhett Walton|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|+ Film & Television
|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
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| Judy Walsh
| Judy Walsh
| Season 6, Episode 6
| Season 6, Episode 6
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Police Rescue]]''
| Sgt. Georgia Rattray
| Feature film version of series
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]''
| Sylvia
| Feature film
|-
| 1996
| ''Natural Justice: Heat''
| Jennifer Harivald
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
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| Commander Edwina Dent
| Commander Edwina Dent
| Season 1 (main role, 13 episodes)
| Season 1 (main role, 13 episodes)
|-
| 1997
| ''Reprisal''
| Susan
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
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|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| ''The Potato Factory''
| ''[[The Potato Factory]]''
| Hannah Solomon
| Hannah Solomon
| Miniseries (4 episodes)
| Miniseries (4 episodes)
|-
| 2000
| ''Marriage Acts''
| Jean McKinnon
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 2001
| 2001
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|-
|-
| 2007–08
| 2007–08
| ''All Saints''
| ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''
| Dr. Elizabeth Foy
| Dr. Elizabeth Foy
| Seasons 10–11 (recurring, 7 episodes)
| Seasons 10–11 (recurring, 7 episodes)
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| Jane Greene
| Jane Greene
| Seasons 1–2, 4–5 (13 episodes)
| Seasons 1–2, 4–5 (13 episodes)
|-
| 2012
| ''Spirit-ED''
| Miss Judy
| Short film
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2014
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| Season 1 (5 episodes)
| Season 1 (5 episodes)
|-
|-
| 2012
| 2022
| ''[[The Secrets She Keeps]]''
| ''[[The Secrets She Keeps]]''
| Judge
| Judge
| Seasons 2, Episodes 1 & 2
| Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2
|-
|-
| 2022
| 2022
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|}
|}


===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
{|class="wikitable"
|+Theatre
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Police Rescue]]''
| Sgt. Georgia Rattray
| Feature film version of series
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Shine (film)|Shine]]''
| Sylvia
| Feature film
|-
| 1996
| ''Natural Justice: Heat''
| Jennifer Harivald
| TV movie
|-
| 1997
| ''Reprisal''
| Susan
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| ''Damsels Be Damned''
|
| Short film
|-
| 2000
| ''Marriage Acts''
| Jean McKinnon
| TV movie
|-
| 2012
| ''Spirit-ED''
| Miss Judy
| Short film
|}

==Theatre==

===As actor===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
|''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''
|Jenny Ferguson
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
! scope="row"| 1984
|''[[Summerfolk|Holiday Makers]]''
|''[[Summerfolk|Holiday Makers]]''
| Yulia
|Unknown
|Performed at [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] in Sydney.
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1984
! scope="row"| 1984
| ''Three French Farces'': ''Impromptu at Versailles''
| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''
| Mrs du Parc
|Unknown
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|Performed at NIDA in Sydney.
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1984; 1986
! scope="row"| 1984
|''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''
| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''
|
|Jenny Ferguson
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|Performed at NIDA in Sydney in 1984, and in [[Bratislava]] in 1986.
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1985
! scope="row"| 1985
| ''[[A Dream Play|Dreamplay]]''
| ''[[A Dream Play|Dreamplay]]''
|
|Unknown
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|Performed at NIDA in Sydney.
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1985
! scope="row"| 1985
|''[[Chamber Music (play)|Chamber Music]]''
|''[[Chamber Music (play)|Chamber Music]]''
|
|Unknown
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|Performed at NIDA in Sydney.
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1985
! scope="row"| 1985
| ''The Greeks'' trilogy
| ''The Greeks'' trilogy
|[[Athena|Athene]]
|[[Athena|Athene]]
|Performed at NIDA in Sydney and at St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in [[Melbourne]].
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney & [[St Martins Youth Arts Centre]], [[Melbourne]]
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1985
! scope="row"| 1985
|''[[Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime]]''
|''[[Once in a Lifetime (play)|Once in a Lifetime]]''
|
|Unknown
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]], Sydney
|Performed at NIDA in Sydney.
|-
! scope="row"| 1986
| ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
| Hero
| [[Shakespeare in the Park festivals|Shakespeare in the Park]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1986
|''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''
|Jenny Ferguson
| [[Bratislava]] with Bond Theatre Co.
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1987
! scope="row"| 1987
|''[[A Winter's Tale|The Winter Tale]]''
|''[[A Winter's Tale|The Winter Tale]]''
| Perdita
|Unknown
|Performed at the [[Seymour Centre]], Sydney.
| [[Seymour Centre]], Sydney with [[Nimrod Theatre Company]]
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1987
! scope="row"| 1987
|''[[The Golden Age (play)|The Golden Age]]''
|''[[The Golden Age (play)|The Golden Age]]''
| Angel / Nurse / Maid
|Unknown
|Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
| [[Seymour Centre]], Sydney with [[Nimrod Theatre Company]]
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1987
! scope="row"| 1987
|''[[Les liaisons dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]''
|''[[Les liaisons dangereuses (play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]''
| Cecile
|Unknown
|Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
| [[Seymour Centre]], Sydney with [[Nimrod Theatre Company]]
|-
! scope="row"| 1987
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| [[Ophelia]]
| Q Theatre, Penrith
|-
! scope="row"| 1989
| ''Directors' Workshop''
|
| The Peter Summerton Foundation
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1989
! scope="row"| 1989
|''Operation Holy Mountain''
|''Operation Holy Mountain''
|
|Unknown
|Performed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
| [[Seymour Centre]], Sydney with Toe Truck Theatre
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1989
! scope="row"| 1989
|''[[Harold in Italy]]''
|''[[Harold in Italy]]''
| Julia
|Unknown
|Performed at the [[Sydney Opera House]] drama theatre.
| [[Sydney Opera House]] Drama Theatre with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 1994
! scope="row"| 1994
|''Table for One?''
|''Table for One?''
| Jenny
|Unknown
|Performed at the [[Ensemble Theatre]], Sydney.
| [[Ensemble Theatre]], Sydney with Hunter Valley Theatre Company for [[Sydney Festival]]
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 2005
! scope="row"| 2005
|''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
|''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
|
|Unknown
|Performed at the Parade Theatre at NIDA.
| [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|Parade Theatre, NIDA]]
|-
! scope="row"| 2007
| ALP Arts Election Launch
|
| [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta]]
|-
! scope="row"| 2014
| ''[[A Murder Is Announced]]''
| Leititia Blacklock
| Mousetrap Productions Ltd
|-
! scope="row"| 2014
| ''Worst Kept Secrets''
| Annie Steeper
| Bontom Productions
|-
|-
! scope="row"| 2017
! scope="row"| 2017
|''[[Cold Light]]''
|''[[Cold Light]]''
|Edith Berry
| Edith Campbell Berry
|Performed at the Street Theatre, Sydney.
| Street Theatre, Sydney
|-
! scope="row"| 2020
| ''[[Rules for Living (play)|Rules for Living]]''
| Edith
| [[Sydney Opera House]] Drama Theatre with [[Sydney Theatre Company]]
|}

===As crew===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! scope="row"| 1986
| ''Ridin' High: the Ethel Merman Story''
| Choreographer
| [[Stables Theatre, Sydney|Stables Theatre]], Sydney with [[Griffin Theatre Company]].
|}
|}
<ref>https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3490</ref><ref>https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TODD-Sonia.pdf</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:28, 18 February 2024

Sonia Todd
Born1959 (age 64–65)
Adelaide, Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationNational Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active1984–present
Notable workPolice Rescue (1989–1996)
McLeod's Daughters (2001–2009)
Home and Away (2009–2013)

Sonia Todd (born 1959; Adelaide) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Sgt. Georgia Rattray in Police Rescue, Meg Fountain in McLeod's Daughters and Gina Austin in the soap opera Home and Away.

Career

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Todd studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art where she starred in the play Strictly Ballroom, directed by Baz Luhrmann.

Todd became known from her role of 'Georgia Rattray' in the television series Police Rescue, for which she won for an AFI Award in 1991. She was also nominated for an AFI Award for her role in the four-part mini-series The Potato Factory (2000).

From 2001–06, 2007, 2009 (guest), she played Meg Fountain in McLeod's Daughters.

Todd held a recurring role in All Saints from late 2007 to early 2008; portraying psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Foy, after having previously played the part of Kate Larson

In January 2009, Todd joined the cast of Seven Network drama series Home and Away in the regular role of Gina Austin. After four years on the show, Todd decided to leave Home and Away to pursue other acting challenges.[1] She appeared in the legal drama Janet King.[1]

Personal life

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Todd is married to Rhett Walton and has two sons (born in 1992 and 2000), the first from a previous relationship.[2]

Filmography

[edit]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1989–96 Police Rescue Sgt. Georgia Rattray Seasons 1–5 (main role, 62 episodes)
1990 Come In Spinner Helen McFarland Miniseries (4 episodes)
1991 A Country Practice Jane Anderson Season 11, Episodes 9 & 10
1992 Mother and Son Policewoman Season 5, Episode 3
1994 G.P. Judy Walsh Season 6, Episode 6
1997 Good Guys, Bad Guys Wendy Johnson Season 1, Episode 1
1997 Return to Jupiter Commander Edwina Dent Season 1 (main role, 13 episodes)
1997 Simone de Beauvoir's Babies Karla Miniseries (4 episodes)
1997–98 Mirror, Mirror Caroline McFarlane Season 2 (26 episodes)
1998 Water Rats Detective Sergeant Louise Bradshaw Season 3 (13 episodes)
1999 Halifax f.p. Helen Hunt Season 1, Episode 13
1999 Wildside Dr. Alexa Grant Season 2, Episode 20
2000 The Potato Factory Hannah Solomon Miniseries (4 episodes)
2001 All Saints Kate Larson Season 4 (recurring, 10 episodes)
2001–08 McLeod's Daughters Meg Fountain / Dodge Seasons 1–4 (main role, 88 episodes)
Season 4 (guest, 1 episode)
Seasons 5–6 (recurring, 19 episodes)
Seasons 7–8 (guest, 3 episodes)
2007–08 All Saints Dr. Elizabeth Foy Seasons 10–11 (recurring, 7 episodes)
2009–13 Home and Away Gina Austin Seasons 22–26 (main role, 322 episodes)
2010–18 Rake Jane Greene Seasons 1–2, 4–5 (13 episodes)
2014 Janet King Gail Jones Season 1 (5 episodes)
2022 The Secrets She Keeps Judge Season 2, Episodes 1 & 2
2022 After the Verdict Anita Lang Season 1 (recurring, 3 episodes)

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1994 Police Rescue Sgt. Georgia Rattray Feature film version of series
1996 Shine Sylvia Feature film
1996 Natural Justice: Heat Jennifer Harivald TV movie
1997 Reprisal Susan TV movie
1988 Damsels Be Damned Short film
2000 Marriage Acts Jean McKinnon TV movie
2012 Spirit-ED Miss Judy Short film

Theatre

[edit]

As actor

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Year Title Role Notes
1984 Strictly Ballroom Jenny Ferguson NIDA, Sydney
1984 Holiday Makers Yulia NIDA, Sydney
1984 Three French Farces: Impromptu at Versailles Mrs du Parc NIDA, Sydney
1984 All's Well That Ends Well NIDA, Sydney
1985 Dreamplay NIDA, Sydney
1985 Chamber Music NIDA, Sydney
1985 The Greeks trilogy Athene NIDA, Sydney & St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Melbourne
1985 Once in a Lifetime NIDA, Sydney
1986 Much Ado About Nothing Hero Shakespeare in the Park
1986 Strictly Ballroom Jenny Ferguson Bratislava with Bond Theatre Co.
1987 The Winter Tale Perdita Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company
1987 The Golden Age Angel / Nurse / Maid Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company
1987 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Cecile Seymour Centre, Sydney with Nimrod Theatre Company
1987 Hamlet Ophelia Q Theatre, Penrith
1989 Directors' Workshop The Peter Summerton Foundation
1989 Operation Holy Mountain Seymour Centre, Sydney with Toe Truck Theatre
1989 Harold in Italy Julia Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company
1994 Table for One? Jenny Ensemble Theatre, Sydney with Hunter Valley Theatre Company for Sydney Festival
2005 Love Letters Parade Theatre, NIDA
2007 ALP Arts Election Launch Riverside Theatres Parramatta
2014 A Murder Is Announced Leititia Blacklock Mousetrap Productions Ltd
2014 Worst Kept Secrets Annie Steeper Bontom Productions
2017 Cold Light Edith Campbell Berry Street Theatre, Sydney
2020 Rules for Living Edith Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre with Sydney Theatre Company

As crew

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Ridin' High: the Ethel Merman Story Choreographer Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company.

[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Stewart, Carolyn (27 April – 3 May 2013). "So long, Sonia". TV Week (17): 7.
  2. ^ "Rhett Walton". IMDb.
  3. ^ https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/3490
  4. ^ https://shanahan.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TODD-Sonia.pdf
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