Soniya Mehra (Born 2 December 1988) is an Indian Bollywood actress. She is best known for playing Tanya Kapoor on Ragini MMS 2.

Biography

She is the daughter of the late 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. Soniya went to 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 Arts Acting Examinations. She also took a short course at The Arts Educational Schools of London. When she was 17, she moved to Bombay and joined Anupam Kher's 'Actor Prepares' for a 3-month course. Soniya is also a trained dancer, having started ballet when she was only 5 years old, she went on to do various forms of dance like street jazz, ballroom (which includes samba, tango, blues, and jive), Bollywood dance, kathak, hip hop and belly dancing.