---
name: "Sofia Shinas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sofia-shinas"
fi1m_id: "sofia-shinas"
imdb_id: "nm0793836"
tmdb_id: 42649
wikidata_id: "Q509341"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-30T09:18:15.922095+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sofia Shinas

## Identity

Sofia Shinas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sofia-shinas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sofia-shinas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0793836
- **TMDB ID:** 42649
- **Wikidata ID:** Q509341
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Shinas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q509341, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793836/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42649

Actor. Born 17 January 1968 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 January 1968, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Shinas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q509341, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0793836/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42649

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Crow*](https://film.one/film/the-crow-1994.md) (78)

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## Biography

Sofia Shinas is a Canadian actress, singer-songwriter and director. She was born on 17 January 1968 in Windsor, Ontario, to Greek parents.

She began her career as a recording artist, releasing a self-titled debut album on Warner Bros. Records in 1992. Shinas made her film debut as Shelly Webster in *The Crow* (1994). She subsequently appeared in *Terminal Velocity* (1994), two episodes of *The Outer Limits* (1995 and 1998) and an episode of *The Hunger* (1998).

After graduating from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, she directed the feature film *My Stepdaughter* (2015).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Crow* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Shelly — [page](https://film.one/film/the-crow-1994.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *My Stepdaughter* (2015), Director
- *Hostile Intent* (1997), as Gina
- *The Hunger* (1997), series, as Claire
- *Hourglass* (1997), as Dara Jensen
- *Dilemma* (1997), as Lydia Cantrell
- *Valerie 23* (1995), as Valerie
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Mary 25, Valerie
- *Ripper Man* (1995), as Gena
- *Terminal Velocity* (1994), as Broken Legs
- *Blue Skies* (1994), series, as Gina
- *The Crow* (1994), as Shelly — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-crow-1994.md)
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, as Woman on Train

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