---
name: "Sonoya Mizuno"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sonoya-mizuno"
fi1m_id: "sonoya-mizuno"
imdb_id: "nm4420495"
tmdb_id: 1457238
wikidata_id: "Q19665276"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 July 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-27T08:21:16.372539+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."
---

# Sonoya Mizuno

## Identity

Sonoya Mizuno

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sonoya-mizuno
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sonoya-mizuno
- **IMDb ID:** nm4420495
- **TMDB ID:** 1457238
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19665276
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoya_Mizuno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19665276, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4420495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1457238

Actor. Born 1 July 1986 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 July 1986, Tokyo, Japan
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Alex Garland](https://film.one/person/alex-garland.md), [Allon Reich](https://film.one/person/allon-reich.md), [Andrew Macdonald](https://film.one/person/andrew-macdonald.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (4), 2020s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 75 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 5 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $954m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoya_Mizuno, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19665276, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4420495/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1457238

## Coming up

- *Elden Ring* (2028-03-03)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Ex Machina*](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md) (82), [*Devs*](https://film.one/tv/devs.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*Annihilation*](https://film.one/film/annihilation.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*La La Land*](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md) (81)

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## Fi1m on Sonoya Mizuno

> Sonoya Mizuno’s precise movement can make a largely silent role worth watching. We rate her physical acting highly, but her early supporting parts leave us wanting to hear more from her, not simply watch her more closely.

Sonoya Mizuno’s movement as Kyoko in *Ex Machina* (2015) is precise enough to hold our attention in a largely silent part. Her dance training gives her a way of expressing herself when the script provides few words. We found that near-silence unsettling, because the care in her movements makes us keep watching without bringing much reassurance. The reservation is simple: those early, minimally spoken supporting parts give us less of the actor than we would like.

Alex Garland’s thriller is tense and drily funny, with fine acting, though the screenplay explains too much and the plotting becomes foreseeable. Mizuno benefits from having relatively little of that explanatory dialogue: we have to attend to what she does. Alicia Vikander’s Ava gives the film someone to worry about, and Kyoko need not carry the same burden to be effective. We should be careful not to mistake a part with little dialogue for evidence that an actor has little else to offer.

In *La La Land* (2016), she plays Caitlin in another supporting part, this time for Damien Chazelle. The pleasure of romance becoming dance suits an actor whose physical expressiveness is so apparent elsewhere, although the evening belongs chiefly to Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. We recommend it for them, the songs and the affection between the leads; its thinly written characters remain a reservation. Caitlin offers less to assess than Kyoko, and our enthusiasm for the musical should not become indiscriminate praise for everyone in it.

*Devs* (2020) marks the important change: Lily Chan was her first lead, again with Garland, and the role required a sustained emotional and intellectual journey. Garland remains the central collaborator, with *Annihilation* (2018) and *Civil War* (2024) among their further work together. Mysaria in *House of the Dragon* (2022–) also gives her a recurring television role beyond his films and programmes. Start with *Ex Machina* for the physical precision, then try *Devs* to see what happens when she is given the lead.

## Biography

Sonoya Mizuno is a Japanese-English actress. Born on 1 July 1986 in Tokyo, she grew up in Somerset, England, and trained at the Royal Ballet School before dancing professionally with companies including the Scottish Ballet and Semperoper Ballet.

She began modelling in her early twenties and transitioned to acting with her film debut as Kyoko in Alex Garland's *Ex Machina* (2014). She appeared as Caitlin in *La La Land* (2016) and has collaborated repeatedly with Garland on *Annihilation* (2018), *Devs* (2020) and *Civil War* (2024). Other notable roles include Araminta Lee in *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Dr Azumi Fujita in the series *Maniac* (2018) and Mysaria in *House of the Dragon* (2022–).

Mizuno has also performed in music videos and on stage.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Civil War* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Anya — [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *Devs* (2020), Fi1m 68, as Lily Chan — [page](https://film.one/tv/devs.md)
- *Annihilation* (2018), Fi1m 82, as Humanoid / Katie (Med Student) — [page](https://film.one/film/annihilation.md)
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Fi1m 74, as Araminta Lee — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Fi1m 81, as Caitlin — [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Ex Machina* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Kyoko — [page](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Elden Ring* (2028), Actor
- *Eternal Return* (2026), Actor
- *House of the Dragon: Season 3 Special Premiere* (2026), as Mysaria
- *Too Much* (2025), series, as Peregrine
- *Deep Cover* (2025), as Shosh
- *Even in the Wind* (2024), Actor
- *Am I OK?* (2024), as Jane
- *Civil War* (2024), as Anya — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/civil-war.md)
- *Let* (2024), as Mia
- *Shortcomings* (2023), as Meredith
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Mysaria 'The White Worm'
- *Don't Forget* (2022), Actor
- *Men* (2022), as Police Operator (voice)
- *Devs* (2020), series, as Lily Chan — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/devs.md)
- *Ambition* (2019), as Sarah
- *All About Nina* (2018), as Ganja
- *Maniac* (2018), series, as Dr. Azumi Fujita
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), as Araminta Lee — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *The Domestics* (2018), as Betsy
- *Annihilation* (2018), as Humanoid / Katie (Med Student) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/annihilation.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), as Debutante — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/beauty-and-the-beast-2017.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), as Caitlin — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Alleycats* (2016), as Suzie
- *High Strung* (2016), as Jazzy
- *Ex Machina* (2015), as Kyoko — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/ex-machina.md)
- *Venus in Eros* (2012), as Forest Guard
- *Stages*, Director, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/media/person/121261/gallery-9f61e114bad7.jpg) Sonoya Mizuno — Image via TMDB
- ![Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/media/person/121261/gallery-26dc8c5da6bf.jpg) Sonoya Mizuno — Image via TMDB
- ![Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/media/person/121261/gallery-5e654a6ac868.jpg) Sonoya Mizuno — Image via TMDB
- ![Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/media/person/121261/gallery-af9394896ebe.jpg) Sonoya Mizuno — Image via TMDB
- ![Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/media/person/121261/gallery-06f312958a57.jpg) Sonoya Mizuno — Image via TMDB
- ![Sonoya Mizuno](https://film.one/media/person/121261/gallery-a9f9542700c6.jpg) Sonoya Mizuno — Image via TMDB

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