Sonia Benezra
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Sonia Benezra (born September 25, 1960 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian TV and radio interviewer and personality and actress who formerly hosted shows on MusiquePlus, MusiMax, MuchMusic and MuchMoreMusic.[1] She hosted a daily live talk show on the French-language TQS television, also open to English-speaking entertainment figures, for five seasons.
Over 200 shows were produced per year, with more than 1 million viewers per show. Benezra worked as co-host (2008–2009) for English-language radio station CFQR (Q92) afternoon drive show. She is involved in the "Walk for Breast Cancer" charities in and around the Island of Montreal.She is a clothing designer with her own line.
Benezra was born in Montreal, her mother from Morocco and her father from Spain. She was raised as a Jew.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "With Sonia Benezra, interviewer becomes interviewee". The Gazette (Montreal). 15 September 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ Wyatt, Nelson. "Quebec TV 'outsider' beat back detractors to become vee-jay star"[permanent dead link], Toronto Star, July 8, 1992. Accessed August 31, 2011. "Born in Montreal she was raised in the Jewish faith by a Spanish father and a Moroccan mother with Spanish as her first language."
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- Canadian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- Canadian people of Spanish descent
- Jewish Canadian actresses
- 20th-century Sephardi Jews
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- Canadian television talk show hosts
- 1960 births
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