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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_date = {{birth date and age|1950|6|12}}
| birth_place = [[South Bronx|South Bronx, New York, U.S.]]
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'''Sonia Manzano''' (born 1950) is an American actress, screenwriter, author, singer and songwriter. 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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