She was also well recognized for her recurring role in the truTV series ‘Those Who Can’t’.
General Hospital actress Sonya Eddy died on December 19, 2022, at the age of 55. Her death was confirmed by her friend and actress Octavia Spencer with a heartbreaking statement.
Spencer was the first to publicly shared the news of Eddy’s demise. Later on, “General Hospital” executive producer Frank Valentini also confirmed her death in a separate statement saying that he was “heartbroken about the loss”.
The cause of Sonya Eddy’s death has now officially been made public days after her passing.
Her producing partner and close friend Tyler Ford confirmed to TMZ that Sonya died from an infection after surgery.
Ford went on to explain that the ‘General Hospital’ alum had a non-emergency scheduled surgery on the 9th of December.
He said she was then released from the hospital on the 11th, however, Eddy began to feel ill and returned to the hospital on the 15th.
It was at that moment that doctors discovered Eddy had developed an infection that became uncontainable. After she has been placed on life support for less than a day, Sonya passed away.
Sonya Eddy was born in Concord, California, USA, on June 17, 1967. She was 55 years old. Her ethnicity was Mixed(Southern, Texan, West Indian, African, Jamaican, and South African).
She was also a licensed vocational nurse(LVN). Sonya holds American citizenship.
Sonya Eddy attended the University of California, Davis and majored in Theatre, and received her B.A. in 1992.
Sonya Eddy began her acting career in the West Coast premiere of ‘Zora, Is My Name!’. Then, she appeared in several recurring roles on ‘ER’, ‘Joan of Arcadia’, ‘Seinfeld’, and others.
She appeared as a series regular on Martin Short’s ‘Primetime Glick’ and made her appearance professionally in ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’.
In addition, Sonya made guest appearances in primetime shows like ‘In Case of Emergency’, ‘Daybreak’, ‘Reba’, and many more. She is the only actor to have been cast twice on ‘ER’.
Also, her other notable performance includes ‘Coach Carter’, ‘Bad News Bears’, ‘Barbershop’, and ‘Surviving Christmas’.
Sonya Eddy has recently completed filming ‘Year of the Dog’ with Peter Sarsgaard and Molly Shannon. She is also an accomplished Improv/Sketch artist, vocalist, and voice-over artist.
Talking about her awards and nominations, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for ‘OH BABY’ in 2017.
She must have earned a huge sum of money from her professional career. Her net worth is estimated to be Edit Biography “Sonya Eddy.
But she has not disclosed any information regarding her salary and income.
It seems she has been successful in maintaining her celebrity status and she has not been involved in any types of rumors and controversies in her career.
Sonya Eddy has a height of 5 ft. 4inches. Sonya has black eyes and black hair. Other information regarding Sonya’s weight, body measurements, etc. is unknown.
Sonya Eddy has around 10k followers on Instagram, about 33k followers on Twitter, and around 1.2k followers on Facebook.
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