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Sonia Friedman

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British theatre producer

United KingdomDirectorsBorn 1965 · age 61
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Sonia Friedman is a British West End and Broadway theatre producer, hailed as a Variety500 Honoree seven years in a row, as well as "the most powerful producer working in theater" by the New York Times in 2025. Friedman was also listed as one of Vogue’s 25 most influential women working today in 2025.

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Filmography 12

King Lear2018 · ★ 6.1
Together2021 · ★ 5.8
The Dresser2015 · ★ 6.2
National Theatre Live: Hamlet2015 · ★ 7.5
Much Ado About Nothing2011
A Friend of Dorothy2025
Merrily We Roll Along2025
Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things: The First Shadow2025
Walden2021
Funny Girl2018
On Broadway2019
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years2021

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2018Time 100
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Sonia Friedman is a British West End and Broadway theatre producer, hailed as a Variety500 Honoree seven years in a row, as well as "the most powerful producer working in theater" by the New York Times in 2025. Friedman was also listed as one of Vogue’s 25 most influential women working today in 2025. On 27 January 2017, Friedman was named Producer of the Year for the third year running at The Stage Awards, becoming the first person to win the award three times. In 2018, Friedman was featured in "TIME100", Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2018 and was named Broadway Briefing's Show Person of the Year. In 2019, Sonia Friedman Productions was ranked The Stage 's most influential theatre producer in The Stage 100. Sonia Friedman CBE was featured in The Standard 100, a celebratory feature of the key power players shaping London in 2024.

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United Kingdom
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Born 1965 · age 61
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