Sonoya Mizuno (born 1 July 1986) is a Japanese-born British actress, model and ballet dancer who has collaborated with director Alex Garland in works such as
Ex Machina,
Annihilation and
Devs. She has had minor roles in the films
La La Land,
Beauty and the Beast, and
Crazy Rich Asians. Mizuno also played a lead character in the Netflix miniseries
Maniac. Born in Tokyo, Mizuno was raised in Somerset in England. Her mother is of half British and half Argentinian 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. Mizuno began modelling at age 20 with Profile Models in London and has modelled for Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton. During 2014, she appeared in Arthur Pita's work of dance theatre
The World's Greatest Show at Greenwich Dance and the Royal Opera House. She made her film debut in Alex Garland's science-fiction thriller
Ex Machina in 2015.Mizuno appeared in the dance film
High Strung, directed by Michael Damian and released in 2016. Also in 2016, she was the feature dancer in the music video for "Wide Open" by The Chemical Brothers and Beck, and appeared in the music video for Frank Ocean's song "Nikes". Later in 2016, she was in
La La Land, playing the role of Caitlin, one of the three roommates of Mia, played by Emma Stone.
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