Sonoya Mizuno

Sonoya Mizuno (born 1 July 1986) is a Japanese-English actress. She is known for her collaborations with Alex Garland—most notably, portraying Kyoko in the film Ex Machina and starring in the FX miniseries Devs (2020)—as well as for her roles in the Netflix series Maniac (2018), the HBO series House of the Dragon (2022–present) and the film Crazy Rich Asians (2018).

Early life Sonoya Mizuno was born in Tokyo on 1 July 1986, the daughter of an mother and Japanese father. The family later moved to England, where she grew up in Somerset. She graduated from the Royal Ballet School before dancing with several ballet companies, including Semperoper Ballet in Dresden, Ballet Ireland, New English Ballet Theatre and Scottish Ballet.

While modeling, she took acting classes and made her film debut in 2014, in Alex Garland's science-fiction thriller Ex Machina,

In 2017, Mizuno appeared in a small role as the debutante in Disney's live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, and in 2018, she acted in the Warner Bros. film Crazy Rich Asians.

She has appeared in television/streaming roles including Cary Joji Fukunaga's Maniac on Netflix. In 2018, she took the lead role of Lily Chan in Garland's miniseries for FX, Devs. In 2024, she appeared in the war drama Civil War. She has worked with Garland five times: as the lead of Devs, as a supporting character in Ex Machina and Civil War, and as a featured extra in Annihilation and Men.

Mizuno appeared on stage in Gareth Farr’s A Child of Science, which ran at the Bristol Old Vic from June to July 2024.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2018 Maniac Dr. Azumi Fujita Miniseries 2020 Devs Lily Chan Lead role; miniseries 2022–present House of the Dragon Mysaria Main role; 21 episodes 2024 Terminator Zero Eiko Voice role 2025 Too Much Peregrine Episode: "One Wedding and a Sex Pest" Star Wars: Visions Nakime Voice role; episode: "The Bird of Paradise"

Music videos Year Title Performer(s) Ref.2010"Coma Cat"Tensnake 2016"Wide Open"The Chemical Brothers featuring Beck "Nikes"Frank Ocean 2023"God Walked Down"The Allergies