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	{{BLP sources section\|date=June 2016}}		{{BLP sources section\|date=June 2016}}
	'''Soniya Mehra''' (born 2 December ~~1989~~) is an [[India]]n [[Bollywood]] actress and daughter of actor [[Vinod Mehra]]. She is best known for playing Tanya Kapoor in ''[[Ragini MMS 2]]''.		'''Soniya Mehra''' (born 2 December 1988) is an [[India]]n [[Bollywood]] actress and daughter of actor [[Vinod Mehra]]. She is best known for playing Tanya Kapoor in ''[[Ragini MMS 2]]''.

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Mehra is the daughter of actor [[Vinod Mehra]] from his third and last wife Kiran. She was less than ~~one~~ years old when her father died in October 1990. She was brought up in [[Kenya]] with her brother Rohan by her maternal grandparents.<ref>[http://indiafm-live.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/12/2235/index.html Soniya Mehra on Victoria No. 203<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930221007/http://indiafm-live.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/12/2235/index.html \|date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> Mehra attended The Mombasa Academy in Mombasa, Kenya and completed her education in [[London]]. She began her training in acting at the age of eight in school where she earned the Gold Medal with an Honours at The [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] Acting Examinations. She also took a short course at The Arts Educational Schools of London. When she was 18, she moved to Mumbai and joined [[Anupam Kher]]'s ''Actor Prepares - The School of Actors'' for a 3-month course. Mehra is also a trained dancer, having started ballet when she was five years old and performed various forms of dance such as street jazz, ballroom (which includes samba, tango, blues, and jive), Bollywood dance, kathak, hip hop and belly dancing.		Mehra is the daughter of actor [[Vinod Mehra]] from his third and last wife Kiran. She was less than two years old when her father died in October 1990. She was brought up in [[Kenya]] with her brother Rohan by her maternal grandparents.<ref>[http://indiafm-live.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/12/2235/index.html Soniya Mehra on Victoria No. 203<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930221007/http://indiafm-live.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/12/2235/index.html \|date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> Mehra attended The Mombasa Academy in Mombasa, Kenya and completed her education in [[London]]. She began her training in acting at the age of eight in school where she earned the Gold Medal with an Honours at The [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] Acting Examinations. She also took a short course at The Arts Educational Schools of London. When she was 18, she moved to Mumbai and joined [[Anupam Kher]]'s ''Actor Prepares - The School of Actors'' for a 3-month course. Mehra is also a trained dancer, having started ballet when she was five years old and performed various forms of dance such as street jazz, ballroom (which includes samba, tango, blues, and jive), Bollywood dance, kathak, hip hop and belly dancing.

	== Career ==		== Career ==

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| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 2007—present
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{{BLP sources section|date=June 2016}}
'''Soniya Mehra''' (born 2 December 1989) is an [[India]]n [[Bollywood]] actress and daughter of actor [[Vinod Mehra]]. She is best known for playing Tanya Kapoor in ''[[Ragini MMS 2]]''.

==Personal life==
Mehra is the daughter of actor [[Vinod Mehra]] from his third and last wife Kiran. She was less than one years old when her father died in October 1990. She was brought up in [[Kenya]] with her brother Rohan by her maternal grandparents.<ref>[http://indiafm-live.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/12/2235/index.html Soniya Mehra on Victoria No. 203] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930221007/http://indiafm-live.indiafm.com/features/2007/02/12/2235/index.html |date=2007-09-30 }}</ref> Mehra attended The Mombasa Academy in Mombasa, Kenya and completed her education in [[London]]. She began her training in acting at the age of eight in school where she earned the Gold Medal with an Honours at The [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] Acting Examinations. She also took a short course at The Arts Educational Schools of London. When she was 18, she moved to Mumbai and joined [[Anupam Kher]]'s ''Actor Prepares - The School of Actors'' for a 3-month course. Mehra is also a trained dancer, having started ballet when she was five years old and performed various forms of dance such as street jazz, ballroom (which includes samba, tango, blues, and jive), Bollywood dance, kathak, hip hop and belly dancing.

== Career ==
Mehra made her acting debut in 2007 with the release of ''[[Victoria No. 203 (2007 film)|Victoria No. 203]]'', a remake of the 1972 classic [[Victoria No. 203|of the same name]], and later had roles in the crime drama ''[[Shadow (2009 Hindi film)|Shadow]]'' (2009), the romantic comedy ''[[Ek Main Aur Ek Tu]]'' (2012), and the horror thriller ''[[Ragini MMS 2]]'' (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Second chance for Soniya Mehra - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/second-chance-for-soniya-mehra/articleshow/4918916.cms|access-date=2021-03-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Late actor Vinod Mehra's daughter Soniya Mehra turns yoga instructor post-quitting Bollywood {{!}} Hindi Movie News - Bollywood - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/late-actor-vinod-mehras-daughter-soniya-mehra-turns-yoga-instructor-post-quitting-bollywood/videoshow/80587887.cms|access-date=2021-03-04|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|language=en}}</ref> Mehra has also worked as a VJ on MTV India, participating in various shows such as MTV Grind, MTV News, and MTV Style Check.

== Filmography ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Victoria No. 203 (2007 film)|Victoria No. 203]]''
| Sara
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Shadow (2009 Hindi film)|Shadow]]''
| Priya
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu]]''
| Anusha
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Ragini MMS 2]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://archive.mid-day.com/entertainment/2013/jan/160113-soniya-mehra-to-star-in-ragini-mms-2.htm | title=Soniya Mehra to star in 'Ragini MMS 2' | date=16 January 2013 | first=Shaheen | last=Parkar | publisher=Mid-Day | accessdate=25 August 2018 }}</ref>
|Tanya
|-
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|2758302}}

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