Sonal Shah

Sonal Shah is an American actress and voice artist who may be best known for her recurring role as Dr. Sonja "Sunny" Dey on the series Scrubs.

Early life and education Shah was born and raised in Wheaton, Illinois. Her parents, Bhadresh and Mrudula Shah, are Gujarati Jains who moved from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India to the United States in 1970.

Shah graduated from Wheaton Warrenville South High School. She was named the 1998 DuPage County Fair Queen in July 1998.

Shah graduated cum laude from Loyola University in Chicago with a major in theatre, minors in psychology, biology and chemistry, and a concentration in pre-medicine. While a student at Loyola, Shah joined the Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. "I sincerely planned to go to medical school," Shah told a Wheaton, Illinois newspaper in March 2009. "I love studying science, but I realized that my passion for performing outweighed my passion for wanting to be a doctor."

Acting career

Shah moved to Los Angeles in 2006 and began appearing in commercials and sketch comedy. She also has acted with Second City theatres in Chicago and Los Angeles.

In 2009, Shah began appearing on Scrubs as Dr. Sonja "Sunny" Dey, who is one of the young interns newly cast in the show's eighth season. In addition, Shah appeared in the show's webisode series Scrubs: Interns. Shah returns as a guest star on the ninth season of Scrubs, in the fifth episode.

Shah also has a role in the 2009 teen comedy film Ratko: The Dictator's Son, a National Lampoon production.

Selected filmography Year Title Production Role 2004 World of Weird Short film Jenny 2004 Homecoming Short film Mona 2006 The PTA Unsold pilot Waif 2007 Robot Love Short film Silver Robot 2009 Ratko: The Dictator's Son Layla 2009 Scrubs: Interns 12 episodes Sunny 2009 Scrubs 8 episodes Sunny 2011 Losing Control Danger 2011 The Old Leave Behind Short film Jess 2011 Snooze, Charlie Short film Charlie 2011 Sati Shaves Her Head Short film Sati 2011 Ek Bar Phir, Ek Saath Phir Short film Aishwarya 2012 The First Date Short film Amanda 2012 Incident on Marmont Avenue Short film Becca 2012 ...Or Die Short film Parv's Friend 2012 Squad 85 3 episodes Reporter 2013 Baby Mentalist TV short Reporter 2013 Back to School Night Video short Mrs. Patel 2013 Black Coffee Short film Ms. Flag 2013 Barrel 28 Short film Veronica 2013 Reunion Short film Beth 2013 Straight Out of the Closet TV movie Alecia 2014 Bro Short film Olivia 2014 Transparent 1 episode Female Student 2014 Spring Training Short film Kelly 2015 The Startup 1 episode Sophie 2015 Miss India America Volunteer 1 2015 Grace and Sumitra Unsold pilot Sumitra 2016 Showcase: One Network's Search for White Diversity Video short Network Executive 2016–2018 The Powerpuff Girls 3 episodes Sapna (voice), Additional Voices 2016 New Girl 1 episode Flight Attendant 2016 The Day Of Short film Chandra 2013 Anarkali Blossoms Short film Satya 2015 Limitless Love Short film Dr. Vicky 2016 Princess Rehab Short film Jamie 2017 Mike Boy Darsha 2020 Definition Please Dr. Ali