Sonia Manzano

About Sonia Manzano

She is well known for her role as Maria on Sesame Street, a popular American children's television show. She was also nominated for two performance Emmys and won more than ten Emmy Awards for her screenwriting work on the famous show. She made her Nickelodeon debut in the sitcom The Casagrandes in 2019.

Sonia Manzano is an American actress, screenwriter, author, speaker and singer-songwriter. She is best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street from 1971 until her departure in 2015. She is also known for providing the voice-over narration in several animated segments in the English version of the Swedish television show Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter.

Born	June 12, 1950, Linwood, New Jersey, U.S.
Known for	Maria on Sesame Street
Occupation	Actress, screenwriter, author, speaker, singer-songwriter
Years active	1971–present
Board member of	March of Dimes, George Foster Peabody Awards, Symphony Space, Project Sunshine Book Club
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)

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Trivia

Her popular children's book, No Dogs Allowed, was published in 2004 by Simon & Schuster.

Sonia Manzano before fame

She starred in an Off-Broadway production of Godspell while attending Carnegie Mellon University. She joined the Sesame Street cast (and eventually the writing team) in the early 1970s.

Achievement of Sonia Manzano

Simon & Schuster released her popular children's book No Dogs Allowed in 2004.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$600 Thousand

Sonia Manzano family life

She was born in New Jersey and raised by Puerto Rican immigrants in New York City's South Bronx area.

Associations of Sonia Manzano

She and Mo Willems were both Sesame Street authors.

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