Sonia Todd


Sonia Todd 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.

Biography

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 directed by Scott Hicks, in the café scene where Geoffrey Rush plays Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to an understandably stunned audience.
Todd is married to Rhett Walton and has two sons, the first from a previous relationship.
Todd became known from the 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.
From 2001–06, 2007, 2009, she played 'Meg Fountain' in McLeod's Daughters.
Todd held a recurring role in 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
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. She appears in the legal drama Janet King.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1989–96Police RescueSgt. Georgia Rattray58 episodes
1990Come In SpinnerHelen McFarlandTV movie
1991'Jane AndersonEpisodes: "Motherly Love: Part 1 and Part 2"
1992Mother and SonPolicewomanEpisode: "The Big Sleep"
1994G.P.Judy WalshEpisode: "Out"
1995Natural JusticeJennifer HarivaldTV series
1997Halifax f.p: Someone You KnowHelen HuntTV movie
1997ReprisalSusanTV movie
1997Simone de Beauvoir's BabiesKarlaTV miniseries
1997Good Guys, Bad GuysWendy JohnsonEpisode: "Storm Warning"
1997Return to JupiterCmdr Edwina DentEpisode: "Rescue"
1997Mirror, Mirror IICaroline McFarlaneTV series
1998Water RatsDet. Sergeant Louise Bradshaw13 episodes
1999WildsideDr. Alexa GrantEpisode: "2.20"
2000Marriage ActsJean McKinnonTV movie
2000'Hannah SolomonTV miniseries
2001All SaintsKate Larson7 episodes
2001–07McLeod's DaughtersMeg Fountain106 episodes
2007–08All SaintsDr. Elizabeth Foy7 episodes
2009McLeod's DaughtersMeg FountainEpisode: "The Long Paddock"
2009–13Home and AwayGina Austin
2010-16RakeJane7 Episodes
2014Janet KingGail Jones

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984Holiday MakersUnknownPerformed at NIDA in Sydney.
1984All's Well That Ends WellUnknownPerformed at NIDA in Sydney.
1984; 1986Strictly BallroomJenny FergusonPerformed at NIDA in Sydney in 1984, and in Bratislava in 1986.
1985DreamplayUnknownPerformed at NIDA in Sydney.
1985Chamber MusicUnknownPerformed at NIDA in Sydney.
1985The Greeks trilogyAthenePerformed at NIDA in Sydney and at St Martin's Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne.
1985Once in a LifetimeUnknownPerformed at NIDA in Sydney.
1987The Winter TaleUnknownPerformed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
1987The Golden AgeUnknownPerformed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
1987Les Liaisons DangereusesUnknownPerformed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
1989Operation Holy MountainUnknownPerformed at the Seymour Centre, Sydney.
1989Harold in ItalyUnknownPerformed at the Sydney Opera House drama theatre.
1994Table for One?UnknownPerformed at the Ensemble Theatre, Sydney.
2005Love LettersUnknownPerformed at the Parade Theatre at NIDA.
2017Cold LightEdith BerryPerformed at the Street Theatre, Sydney.