IG Celeb Spotlight
This month we’re
LOVING... Soni Bringas
PassionFORDance
Born in Portland, Oregon, USA, Soni loved to dance as a young girl but not at first. “I started dancing when I was five years old. My mum put me in dance classes and I did ballet and tap and I hated it,” she recalls. Soni wanted to stop the lessons but her mum made her finish off the year. “Strangely enough over the next few months I started enjoying it and I’ve been dancing ever since.” Through her passion for dance, Soni started landing television commercials and gigs, and by the time she was a teenager she was also taking part in competitive dance challenges. “I would say hip hop is my favourite style of dance. It is the style I dance most often and the one I feel more comfortable dancing.”
TheACTINGBug
It wasn’t long before Soni made the transition from dance to acting. “I started acting at age ten when I moved to LA,” she explains. “My favourite thing about acting is being able to take on different characters and imagining the situation that your character is in. I just think it’s really cool.” In 2016 Soni scored her first major acting role when she was cast on the Netflix series, Fuller House.
BeingRAMONA
On Fuller House Soni plays Ramona Gibbler. “Ramona and I have the same dance aspect,” says the star. “After I told the casting directors I was a dancer, the writers added that to my character.” Soni and Ramona also share other similarities. “We’re both normal teenagers and very close to our family,” Soni says. “We love being on our phones and social media.” As for what’s different about them, Soni says there isn’t much. “She’s very much an extrovert. I think I like to be more of an introvert and just have my alone time.” 20 FACEBOOK.COM/ITGIRLMAG
The cast of Fuller House.
FULL NAME: Soni Nicole Bringas BORN: February 2, 2002 FUN FACTS: She loves swimming Soni lived in Costa Rica for a year when she was eight years old Her favourite foods include sushi, chocolate, cheese, potatoes and popcorn Her Instagram name is: Soni_nicole, her Twitter is: Soni_NicoleB and her YouTube channel is: Soni Nicole Bringas