Sonya Eddy (born on June 17, 1967[1]) is an American actress.
Sonya Eddy | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1967-06-17) June 17, 1967 (age 55) Concord, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Eddy was born in Concord, California.[2] She majored in Theatre and Dance at University of California, Davis and received her B.A. in 1992. Eddy is a licensed vocational nurse (LVN).[3]
Eddy is best known for her role as Epiphany Johnson in the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital (2006–present). From 2007 to 2008 she also was a regular cast member on the prime-time spin-off, General Hospital: Night Shift. Since 2016, she played Tammy, a recurring role in the truTV series Those Who Can't.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | High School High | Nurse | |
| 1997 | Blast | Bena | |
| Motel Blue | Motel Blue Maid April Swanson | ||
| 1998 | Sour Grapes | Nurse Loder | |
| The Godson | Bank Clerk | ||
| Patch Adams | Annie | ||
| Sorcerers | Ruth | ||
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Patrice | |
| Inspector Gadget | Hospital Secretary Mary Blakeson | ||
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps | Marie the Heavyset Woman | |
| Dish Dogs | May | Video | |
| Ten Grand | Aunt Ruthie | Video | |
| 2001 | The Jennie Project | Donna | TV Movie |
| 2002 | Strange Hearts | Lynette | |
| Buying the Cow | Rhonda | ||
| Barbershop | Janelle | ||
| The Third Society | Arlene McGregor | ||
| The Fine Line Between Cute and Creepy | Thelma | Short | |
| 2003 | A Single Rose | Carlene | Short |
| Mi Casa, Su Casa | Belinda | ||
| Daddy Day Care | Sandy | ||
| Matchstick Men | Maureen Fisher | ||
| Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood | Yolanda | Video | |
| 2004 | Y.M.I. | DVD's Mom | |
| One Last Ride | Sally | ||
| Promised Land | Claire | ||
| Surviving Christmas | Elaine | ||
| Office Max: Motivational Poster | Marla | Short | |
| 2005 | Coach Carter | Worm's Mother | |
| Come Away Home | Sonya Warfield | ||
| Bad News Bears | Ruby | ||
| The Reading Room | Mrs. Carr | TV Movie | |
| Lost in Plainview | Joy | ||
| 2006 | Gridiron Gang | Theresa Wendal | |
| 2007 | Year of the Dog | Nurse Willheima | |
| 2008 | Player 5150 | Jean | |
| Disfigured | Pam Jones | ||
| Seven Pounds | Nurse Edna | ||
| 2009 | The Perfect Game | Rose Bell | |
| 2010 | Trim | Liz | |
| 2011 | Answers to Nothing | Nurse Edwards | |
| Dorfman | Lil G | ||
| 2012 | K-11 | Teresa Luna | |
| 2013 | Miss Dial | Refried Bean Caller | |
| The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Hanna | ||
| RockBarnes: The Emperor in You | Shante | ||
| 2014 | The Hive | Nurse Tessa Jean | |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Wanda | |
| 2017 | OH BABY | Nurse McQueen | Short |
| Fixed | Wang | ||
| Thumper | Nurse Daniels | ||
| 2021 | The Good Balloon | Denise | Short |
| Good on Paper | Judge Harriet Gold | ||
| I Live Alone | Olivia | Short | |
| 2022 | Frank and Penelope | Nurse | |
| V/H/S/99 | Debra | Segment: "Ozzy's Dungeon" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Marie | Episode: "Drew Meets Lawyers" & "Science Names Suck" |
| Married... with Children | Arlene | Episode: "A Shoe Room with a View" | |
| 1996 | Martin | Lucille | Episode: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't" |
| 1997 | Married... with Children | Betty | Episode: "Birthday Boy Toy" |
| Beverly Hills, 90210 | Nurse Carla | Episode: "Forgive and Forget" & "The Way We Weren't" | |
| Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Angie | Episode: "Boy II Man" | |
| Murphy Brown | Estelle | Episode: "From Here to Jerusalem" | |
| Family Matters | Esther | Episode: "Deck the Malls" | |
| Arli$$ | Nurse Brooks | Episode: "Kirby Carlisle, Trouble-Shooter" | |
| 1997–98 | Tracey Takes On... | Sonya | Episode: "1976" & "Smoking" |
| Seinfeld | Rebecca DeMornay | Episode: "The Muffin Tops" & "The Bookstore" | |
| 1998 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Joanne | Episode: "36! 24! 36! Dick!: Part 2" |
| Any Day Now | Jasmine | Episode: "Making Music with the Wrong Man" | |
| Martial Law | Anne | Episode: "Shanghai Express" | |
| To Have & to Hold | Delilah | Episode: "These Boots Were Made for Stalking" | |
| USA High | Lady | Episode: "Goodbye Lazz" | |
| 1999 | Home Improvement | Gayle | Episode: "Love's Labor Lost: Part 1" |
| Malibu, CA | Bertha | Episode: "Jason's New Job" | |
| Touched by an Angel | Mrs. Taggert | Episode: "Fighting the Good Fight" | |
| Arli$$ | Nurse | Episode: "Cause and Effect" | |
| Providence | Impatient #1 | Episode: "Sail Away" | |
| Popular | Receptionist | Episode: "Wild, Wild Mess" | |
| 2000 | Strip Mall | Nurse | Episode: "Burbank Bigfoot" |
| Gilmore Girls | Cashier | Episode: "Kiss and Tell" | |
| 2001 | Even Stevens | Mrs. Walters | Episode: "Get a Job" |
| Lizzie McGuire | Photographer | Episode: "Picture Day" | |
| The Invisible Man | The Maid | Episode: "Ghost of a Chance" & "It's a Small World" | |
| Diagnosis: Murder | Mrs. Troobnik | Episode: "On the Beach" | |
| Resurrection Blvd. | Hospital Receptionist | Episode: "La agonia y el extasis" | |
| Spyder Games | Hospital Nurse | Episode: "Episode #1.15" | |
| The Mind of the Married Man | - | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| ER | Student Affairs Secretary | Episode: "A Walk in the Woods" | |
| 2001–02 | Primetime Glick | Miss Gathercole's Nurse | Recurring Cast: Season 1, Guest: Season 2 |
| 2002 | Felicity | Cop | Episode: "Back to the Future" |
| Reba | Susan | Episode: "Proud Reba" | |
| Still Standing | Carla | Episode: "Still in School" | |
| 2003 | The Pitts | Meter Maid | Episode: "Ticket to Riot" |
| Monk | Opal | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Very, Very Old Man" | |
| MADtv | Star Jones | Episode: "Episode #9.8" | |
| 2004 | Phil of the Future | Miss Donaldson | Episode: "Future Jock" |
| House | Sally | Episode: "The Socratic Method" | |
| 2004–05 | Joan of Arcadia | Female Custodian God | Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2005 | Less than Perfect | Security Woman | Episode: "You Can Leave the Lights On" |
| Inconceivable | Nurse Dawson | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2006 | Malcolm in the Middle | Mabel | Episode: "Bomb Shelter" |
| ER | Harriet | Episode: "Somebody to Love" & "Heart of the Matter" | |
| Day Break | Waitress | Episode: "What If He Can Change the Day?" | |
| 2006– | General Hospital | Epiphany Johnson | Regular Cast |
| 2007 | In Case of Emergency | Sonya | Episode: "It's Got to Be the Morning After" |
| Everybody Hates Chris | DMV Clerk | Episode: "Everybody Hates Cutting School" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Cab Dispatcher | Episode: "The Good, the Bad and the Dominatrix" | |
| 2007–08 | General Hospital: Night Shift | Epiphany Johnson | Main Cast |
| 2008 | Desperate Housewives | Vanessa | Episode: "The Gun Song" |
| 2009 | Burning Hollywood | Eileen | Main Cast |
| 2010 | Good Luck Charlie | Verna | Episode: "Charlie in Charge" |
| 2011 | Glee | Angry Mom | Episode: "Pot O' Gold" |
| Mike & Molly | Kay | Episode: "Christmas Break" | |
| 2011–12 | The Middle | Senora Porter | Episode: "Bad Choices" & "The Guidance Counselor" |
| 2012 | 2 Broke Girls | Freddie | Episode: "And the Secret Ingredient" |
| 2013 | Partners | Denise | Episode: "Two Nines and a Pair of Queens" |
| Monday Mornings | Joanne Whitman | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Bad Samaritans | Regina | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous | - | Episode: "Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Scary" | |
| Baby Daddy | Priest | Episode: "The Christening" | |
| 2013–14 | Legit | Ramona | Recurring Cast |
| 2014 | Girl Meets World | Geralyn Thompson | Episode: "Girl Meets the Forgotten" |
| Mulaney | Gerta | Episode: "Motif & the City" | |
| 2015 | Mom | Angela | Episode: "Mozzarella Sticks and a Gay Piano Bar" |
| 2016 | Castle | Olivia "Mama" Toussaint | Episode: "Tone Death" |
| Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Professor Andrade | Episode: "Josh's Sister Is Getting Married!" | |
| Adam Ruins Everything | Pet Store Owner | Episode: "Adam Ruins Animals" | |
| 2015–17 | Legit | Deb | Guest: Season 1 & 3-4, Recurring Cast: Season 2 |
| 2016–19 | Those Who Can't | Tammy | Recurring Cast |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Principal Dixon | Episode: "Why Are Her Pies Wet, Lord?" |
| Black Jesus | Miss Emma | Recurring Cast: Season 3 | |
| 2020 | Tommy | CPS Worker | Episode: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" |
| 2021 | PEN15 | - | Episode: "Runaway" |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Saints Row 2 | Various | |
| 2011 | Driver: San Francisco | Additional Voices | |
| 2012 | Guild Wars 2 | Lyra Lancetooth, Riel Darkwater |