Sonia Kruger (born September 28, 1965) is an Australian television presenter. She is best known for hosting (alongside Daryl Somers) the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, and for the role of ballroom dancer Tina Sparkle in the hit 1992 film Strictly Ballroom. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... Daryl Paul Somers OAM (born Daryl Schultz August 6, 1951 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia), sometimes referred to as Dazza or Dags, is an Australian television personality. ... Dancing with the Stars is an Australian television series based on the British Strictly Come Dancing. ... Ballroom dance is a style of partner dance which originated in the western world and is now enjoyed both socially and competitively around the globe. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Strictly Ballroom is the name of a 1986 play and its 1992 film adaptation. ...

Kruger is also an entertainment reporter for Sunrise and Today Tonight, which along with Dancing with the Stars, air on the Seven Network. Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network and its affiliates. ... Today Tonight is an Australian television current affairs, broadcast on the Seven Network. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ...

She attended Beenleigh State High School, completing Year 12 in 1982. Sonia has also completed an Arts Degree at the University of Technology, Sydney and taught dance at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney. The UTS tower on Broadway The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... NIDA logo The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. ...

Sonia began with the Seven Network in 1997 on a show called 11AM as entertainment reporter...

External links

• Sonia Kruger at the Internet Movie Database
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