Sonia Agarwal is an actress who works in the Kollywood industry. She grew up in a Punjabi family in Chandigarh.
She was offered a role in a Zee TV serial during her school days. Later on, Agarwal made her acting debut with
Nee Premakai (2002), a romantic Telugu film.
She followed it up with
Chandu (2002), a romantic Kannada drama, alongside actor
Sudeep.
Agarwal went on to play roles in movies like
Kaadhal Konden (2003), a Tamil psychological thriller that featured actors
Dhanush and
Sudip;
7/G Rainbow Colony (2004), a romantic drama featuring actor
Ravi Krishna; and
Pudhu Pettai (2006), a Tamil crime action drama that featured actors
Sneha and
Dhanush.
In 2006, Agarwal married director
K. Selvaraghavan and took a break from the acting industry.
After her divorce in 2010, Agarwal kickstarted her acting career with
Vaanam (2011), a Tamil action drama that featured actors
Bharath Srinivasan,
Silambarasan TR,
Anushka Shetty, etc. This movie was a remake of the Telugu-hit film
Vedam (2010) and enjoyed a 100-day box office run.
As her career progressed, Agarwal went on to act in movies like
Grihanathan (2012), a Malayalam family drama;
Ayogya (2019), a Tamil action drama; and
Thadam (2019), a Tamil crime thriller drama. The latter became one of the highest-grossing movies of 2019 in Tamil Nadu.
Besides the cinema industry, Agarwal has acted in TV soap operas like Naanal (2008-09), Malli (2013-14), and
Fall (2022), a Tamil thriller drama.
Agarwal has also been conferred with the ITFA Best New Actress Award for her performance as Divya in
Kaadhal Konden (2003).