Sonoya Mizuno is a British-Japanese actress, model and ballerina.
Education
She attended the Royal Ballet School as a child, and graduated from the Royal Ballet School before working for several ballet companies including Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Ballet Ireland, New English Ballet Theatre and Scottish Ballet.
Career
Born in Tokyo, Mizuno was raised in Somerset in England. She began modeling at age 20 due to frustrations with her ballet career and has modeled for Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton. During 2014 Mizuno appeared in Arthur Pita"s work of dance theatre The World"s Greatest Show at Greenwich Dance and the Royal Opera House.
Mizuno made her movie debut in Alex Garland"s critically acclaimed science-fiction thriller Ex Machina, released in the United Kingdom in January 2015.
She will also be appearing in the dance film High Strung, directed by Michael Damian and scheduled for release in 2015. In 2016, she was also the feature dancer in the music video for "Wide Open" by the Chemical Brothers and Beck.