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Sonya Eleonora Smith Jacquet ([ˈsonjaeleoˈnoɾa(e)smit((e)smiθ)ʝaˈket], born April 23, 1972) is an American and Venezuelan actress best known for her roles intelenovelas.

Smith was born inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, of Venezuelan actressIleana Jacquet and Frederick Smith, who is American. Her maternal great-grandfather was French and her maternal great-grandmother was Finnish.^[1][2] After her parents divorced, her actress mother along with Smith went back to Venezuela; Smith grew up in Venezuela and identifies herself with the Venezuelan culture.^[3] She speaks fluent Spanish, English, and German; the last learned from her mother, a German who grew up in Venezuela. She studied psychology at theUniversidad Central de Venezuela.

Her breakthrough came in the early 1990s when she played Estrellita Montenegro, the main character inCara Sucia, her most successful telenovela as the lead actress. Smith remains a popular actress not only in Venezuela, also in other countries where her telenovelas have shown. In 2006, she returned to telenovelas withOlvidarte Jamás, her biggest hit as the lead actress sinceCara Sucia, which was shot in Miami; this is the time where Smith returned to her birth country, but this time in Miami. Later, in 2007, she reappeared inAcorralada, in which she was one of the main stars and which has been a huge success. There, she was Fedora Gaviota.

During 2005, Smith made herHollywood debut, playing Angela La Salle inCyxork 7, where she acted alongsideRay Wise; although Smith currently lives in the United States and appeared in a Hollywood film, she still wants to remain more in the Spanish media of the country because the Spanish media opened opportunities for her to fame.^[4] In 2007, she participated in another Hollywood film,Ladrón que roba a Ladrón, where she shared credits with actors,Fernando Colunga,Gabriel Soto,Miguel Varoni, andSaúl Lisazo among others. In 2013, she gets another protagonist role in the telenovela "Marido En Alquiler" based on the Brazilian telenovela "Fina Estampa" playing the role of Griselda Carrasco and starring with Juan Soler.

• Latin Pride National Awards (for Outstanding Woman Achievement, 2008)
• Miami Life Award^[9] (2011)
• Latino Wall Street Award (Reconocimiento a la Trayectoria Artística, 2024)

Entrevista con Luis Olavarrieta "La vida no me dió hijos"

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• 1972 births
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• Actresses from Philadelphia
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• American people of Finnish descent
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• American telenovela actresses
• Hispanic and Latino American actresses
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• Venezuelan film actresses
• Venezuelan people of American descent
• Venezuelan people of Argentine descent
• Venezuelan people of French descent
• Venezuelan people of Finnish descent
• Venezuelan people of German descent
• Venezuelan telenovela actresses

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