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.

Filmography

• 2024The Casagrandes Movie — Rosa (voice)
• Alma's Way — Executive Producer, Creator
• 2020Godmothered — Opal
• 2019Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Maria
• 2015Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Maria
• 2014Sesame Street: Elmo's Super Numbers
• 2011Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
• 2010Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days — Maria (uncredited) (archive footage)
• 2010Sesame Street: C Is for Cookie Monster
• 2010Sesame Street: The Best Pet in the World — Maria
• 2008The Guitar — Lady (uncredited)
• 2006A Sesame Street Christmas Carol — Maria (archive footage)
• 2006Plaza Sésamo: Bienvenida la primavera — Writer
• 2004Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! — Maria
• 2004Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? — Maria
• 2003Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost — Maria
• 2002Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse — Maria
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Gloria Pepitone
• 1999The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland — Maria
• 1999The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play — Maria (archive footage)
• 1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! — Maria
• 1998Sesame Street: The Alphabet Jungle Game — Maria Rodriguez (voiceover)
• 1997Sesame Street: Fiesta! — Maria Rodriguez
• 1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas — Maria
• 1995Baby Balloon — Narrator (voice)
• 1994Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! — Maria
• 1994Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo — Maria Rodriguez
• 1993Sesame Street Stays Up Late! — Maria
• 1993Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration — Maria
• 1992Getting Ready to Read — Maria
• 1990Barney's Campfire Sing-Along — Tina's mom
• Law & Order — Barbara Benitez
• 1990Sesame Street Home Video Visits the Hospital — Writer
• 1990Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! — Maria
• Barney and the Backyard Gang — Tina's mom
• 1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie — Maria
• 19872 Flies — Narrator (voice)
• 1987Sesame Street: Sing Along — Maria
• 1986Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories — Maria Rodriguez
• 1985Follow That Bird — Maria
• 1984The Muppets Take Manhattan — Customer at Sardi's
• 1983Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — Maria
• 1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street — Maria (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1979Night-Flowers — Galicia
• 1978A Special Sesame Street Christmas — Maria
• 1978Christmas Eve on Sesame Street — Maria
• 1975Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
• 1974Death Wish — Grocery Clerk (uncredited)
• Sesame Street — Maria Figueroa Rodriguez, Writer
• Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games — Maria

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2025STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon — Self
• 2022Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On — Self
• 2021Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days — Self
• 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self
• 2015I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story — Self
• 1989Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 — Self – Maria
• Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party — Herself
• The George Lucas Talk Show: Live — Self