
She is beautiful, she is talented and she is just perfect for stealing your heart in a moment without even letting you realize that you have been robbed out of such a precious possession. Well that is Soniya Kapoor for all the television lovers. The very beautiful and extremely talented actress had managed to woo the audiences of the small screen by essaying the Gen Next mom of Anvesha (played by Priya Wal). She is not like the usual moms that are portrayed on the screen as very ideal and sacrificing types. She in fact believes in changing the norms of the society rather than changing herself. The role of Soniya Ray also sums up the character of Soniya Kapoor off-screen. She in fact plays the diva mom and is very popular in the school of because of her liberal approach towards life. While most of the actresses crib about playing roles older than their age she never came up with any such discomforts.
However this brilliant actress had huge apprehensions in taking up the role in the first instant but after being convinced by the makers she decided to play the role and that has the television viewers adoring her more than ever. She in fact was like a breath of fresh air where all the roles of the mothers were melo-dramatic type. Talking about her first brush with the glamour world in a recent interview Soniya Kapoor claims that after being rejected as an airhostess she worked for sometime as a secretary in a company and then started walking on the ramp to get into the glamour world. It is from there Bubbly Kent spotted her and asked her to audition for his serial `Unchey Log`. After the success of this soap she acted with the great television actor Shekhar Suman in another soap called `Devta`. But the major turning point in her career came when she bagged the opportunity to play a significant role in Ravi Chopra`s `Aurat`.
Following this Soniya Kapoor played a role in `Zaanzerein` where she was selected as the main lead. Since then she never had to look back in her acting career and her career graph went zooming up. Then came in her life another turning point when she was chosen to play the role of a young mother Soniya Ray in the hugely popular teen show `Remix`. Opting for this role she had also gone for a big sacrifice of rejecting the role of Mohini in the biggest Balaji show `Kyunki Saans Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi`. Her fans were also delighted to see her in other popular shows like `Shagun`, `Lipstick`, `Piya Ka Ghar` and `Jeete Hai Jiske Liye`. She is mostly famous in the television industry for her negative roles. Whenever she is asked about her immense acting potential the actress asserts the fact that she never felt the need for any acting lessons. Acting was never a conscious decision on her part and she had never even thought in her wildest dreams also that she would become an actress.
Talking about films Soniya Kapoor claimed in a recently held interview that it is next destination but she would not prefer to set out on the journey without having the necessary amount of resources. She would prefer to do 3 small scenes in a film, which has some substance rather than playing the lead without any integrity and dignity. As of now she is happy with her Bollywood appearance, which she made in the moderately hit Bollywood flick `Fareb` starring the two very popular Bollywood sisters Shilpa Shetty and Shamita Shetty. But according to her one cannot be out of sight in the television industry for a long time as that would be counted as negative. But this talented actress is sure to be always in the sight of television viewers as long as she is associated with the world of acting by herself.