Biography
Sonja Sohn is an American actress, filmmaker and activist. She began her career as a slam poet before co-writing and starring in the 1998 independent film Slam, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. She is best known for playing Detective Shakima 'Kima' Greggs in the HBO series The Wire (2002–2008).
Sohn has appeared in films including Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Shaft (2000), Step Up 2: The Streets (2008) and High Flying Bird (2019), and in television series such as Body of Proof, Star Trek: Discovery and Will Trent. She founded the Baltimore community programme ReWired for Change, which works with at-risk youth, and has directed documentaries including Baltimore Rising (2017).
