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| image = Sonia Manzano - 2015 National Book Festival.jpg
| caption = Manzano at the 2015 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, DC
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| education = [[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|screenwriter|author|speaker}}
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'''Sonia Manzano''' (born June 12, 1950) is an American actress, screenwriter, and author. She is best known for playing [[List of human Sesame Street characters|Maria]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]'' from 1971 to 2015. She received a [[43rd Daytime Emmy Awards|Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy Award]] in 2016.
Her memoir, ''Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx'' was published in 2015, and her works include the novel ''The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano'' as well as several children's books. She is the creator of the animated children's television series ''[[Alma's Way]]'', from [[Fred Rogers Productions]], and serves as an executive producer, writer and voice actor for the show.
== Early life and education ==
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Manzano was nominated twice for the [[Emmy Award]] as Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series.<ref name="Mackie 2015">{{cite news |last1=Mackie |first1=Drew |title=After 44 Years, 'Sesame Street' 's Maria Is Retiring |url=https://people.com/tv/sesame-street-actress-sonia-manzano-retiring/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=July 1, 2015}}</ref> As a writer for ''Sesame Street'', Manzano won 15 Emmy Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/sonia-manzano-sesame-street-maria-retire/?_r=0|title=Sonia Manzano, Maria on 'Sesame Street,' to Retire After 44 Years |date= July 2, 2015|first=Gilbert|last= Cruz|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="Graeber 2021"/>
In 1979, the [[Supersisters]] trading card set was produced and distributed; one of the cards featured Manzano's name and picture.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wulf |first=Steve |url=
Manzano has received awards from the [[Association of Hispanic Arts]], the [[Congressional Hispanic Caucus]], the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, the Hispanic Heritage Award for Education in 2003, and the "Groundbreaking Latina Lifetime Achievement" award from the National Association of Latina Leaders in 2005.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2012/01/emmy%C2%AE-winner-and-author-sonia-manzano-opens-joint-conference-librarians-color |title=Emmy® winner and author Sonia Manzano opens Joint Conference of Librarians of Color |publisher=American Library Association |date=March 1, 2012 |access-date=July 3, 2015}}</ref> In 2005, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from [[University of Notre Dame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2005 honorary degree recipients |url=https://magazine.nd.edu/stories/the-2005-honorary-degree-recipients/ |website=Notre Dame Magazine |publisher=[[University of Notre Dame]] |access-date=12 December 2022 |date=Summer 2005}}</ref> The Dream Big Initiative of the [[Bronx Children's Museum]] honored Manzano in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bronxchildrensmuseum.org/#!dream-big-initiative/c1lpj|title=Bronx Children's Museum|access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>
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