# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonja-barend
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:10:56.375Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonja-barend"
name: "Sonja Barend"
slug: "sonja-barend"
description: "Sonja Maria Barend was a Dutch television personality. She hosted one of the nation’s first talk shows, Sonja, in 1974–1975. From 1977, she developed her style and became the Dutch \"talk show queen\", attracting millions of viewers. She was noted for her combination of emotional warmth and sharp questioning – until then unheard of on Dutch tv. Her shows broke taboos and allowed ordinary people a voice in public dialog. She retired from television in 2006, after four decades of television making."
tagline: "Dutch television presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonja_Barend_(1983).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1940-02-29"
deathDate: "2026-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.922616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054437/"
    handle:    "nm0054437"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "سونيا باريند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "سونيا باريند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sonja_Barend"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2188554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1451031"
    title: "Sonja Barend"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump