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Sonia Manzano

Sonia Manzano

Actor, also writer · Born June 12, 1950 (76) · New York City, New York, USA

Sonia Manzano is an actress and writer, known for Sesame Street (1969), Follow That Bird (1985) and Firepower (1979). She has been married to Richard Reagan since 1986. They have one child.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 12, 1950 (76)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, also writer
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 55 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 41% in 30 days

What are Sonia Manzano's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.

Genres

Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
34%
Bonds
28%
Self
27%
Morality
4%
Survival
4%
Ideas
1%
Community9 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLegacy3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 9 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 9 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 9 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 4
Mentor
2 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
11
Joyful
10
Hopeful
6
Thrilling
2
Contemplative
2
Other
3

How their films linger

Feel-good12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sonia Manzano's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sonia Manzano's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

55 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Casagrandes Movie(2024)

    as Rosa (voice)

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Alma's Way(2021)

    Show 65 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Godmothered(2020)

    as Opal

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration(2019)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Casagrandes(2019)

    Show as Rosa

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Maria

  • Sesame Street: Elmo's Super Numbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures(2011)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)

  • Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Maria

  • The Guitar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Lady (uncredited)

  • Dinner: Impossible(2007)

    Show as Maria

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • A Sesame Street Christmas Carol(2006)

    as Maria (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Plaza Sésamo: Bienvenida la primavera (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Writer

  • Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Maria

  • Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?(2004)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sesame Street: A Magical Halloween Adventure(2004)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Big Bird Gets Lost(1998)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Elmo Visits the Firehouse(2002)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland(1999)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 9 episodes · as Gloria Pepitone

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Maria (archive footage)

  • Little Bill(1999)

    Show Writer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Elmopalooza!(1998)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Maria Rodriguez (voiceover)

  • Sesame Street: Fiesta! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Maria Rodriguez

  • Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas(1996)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Baby Balloon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!(1994)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Maria Rodriguez

  • Sesame Street Stays Up Late!(1993)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration(1993)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Getting Ready to Read (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Maria

  • Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Writer

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Barbara Benitez

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Barney's Campfire Sing-Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Tina's mom

  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Maria

  • Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music(1990)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie(1988)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Barney and the Backyard Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Tina's mom

  • 2 Flies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Sesame Street: Sing Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Maria

  • Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Maria Rodriguez

  • Follow That Bird(1985)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Muppets Take Manhattan(1984)

    as Customer at Sardi's

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art(1983)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • A Walking Tour of Sesame Street(1979)

    as Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Night-Flowers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Galicia

  • A Special Sesame Street Christmas(1978)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Christmas Eve on Sesame Street(1978)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Actor

  • Death Wish(1974)

    as Grocery Clerk (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Sesame Street(1969)

    Show 3,551 episodes · Writer · as Maria Figueroa Rodriguez

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Maria

Career shape

Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 50 titles, 49 of them dated from 1969 to 2024; peak year 2024.

Biggest box office

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)

$12M worldwide

Highest rated

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

Midcredits 98th

Most popular right now

The Casagrandes (2019)

Film career

19692024

Peak 2024 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting47 of 50: 46 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stWriting3 of 50: 2 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 50: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 50: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1960s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew1970s6 · acting1980s8 · acting1990s17 · 16 acting · 1 crew2000s7 · 6 acting · 1 crew2010s7 · acting2020s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 5 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Sonia Manzano's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 24; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 31 titles are Divisive.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic5
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? (2004)

97th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)

Midcredits 97th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sonia Manzano's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 27 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 18 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 21 · mildMedian of all films: 33

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Sonia Manzano work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sonia Manzano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Clash shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles