Introduction
1. Sakira Wang’s Birth
In 1986, Sonja Sohn gave birth to Sakira Wang, her first child. At the time, her mother was 34 years old and her father was 50 years old. She had the child during her first marriage.
2. Who Is Sakira Wang?
A fashion designer & artist who gained recognition in 2018. Besides, she is a costume designer for the television series Iron Fist & The Defenders. She also gained recognition for her work on films, including BlacKkKlansman.
She is famous for creating the character M’Baku from the Marvel television series Black Panther. She also worked on The Defenders, The Punisher, and Luke Cage.
Sakira Wang is best known by her Mother Sonja Sohn.
Sakira Wang’s Career
When she was a child, she started her early career in the field of fashion design & art. But, she later discovered her interest in acting & film.
With her design experience & passion , Sakira Wang worked in several design jobs. Then, in 2008, she started her film & TV career with shows like,
1. Damages,
2. Crime Story,
3. Law & Order:
4. Criminal Intent,
5. Brothers & Sisters,
6. The Good Wife,
7. Law & Order: SVU, and
8. Starz.
Besides acting, Sakira Wang had an successful run as a costume designer in 2018-2019. Her works include Iron Fist, Luke Cage, and The Defenders.
She won the Primetime Emmy Award. Award was for her Outstanding Costume Design for a Drama Series. Award was provide at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on the Netflix series.
Early Life
Sakira Wang is the daughter of actors and artists, Adam Plack and Sonja Denise Plack. She has a younger sister born in 1990, named Genesis.
Both of her parents are incredibly creative individuals. They always put a lot of effort and creativity into their work. In fact, Sonja Denise Plack and Adam Plack were part of the Groundbreakers. And also a underground hip-hop group that later became the Fugees.
Sakira Wang’s mother is also an award-winning actress and activist. She has starred in notable films like 24 Hour Party People and For Colored Girls.
She also appears in popular TV shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Sakira Wang spend most of her childhood in various U.S. cities like Minneapolis, New York City and Los Angeles.
Awards and Accolades
Sakira wang, a talented designer also receive several prestigious awards for her work on various TV Series and movies. The dazzling lady got won Best Costume Design award in 2018 at Sundance Film Festival.
Award is provide for her work on BlacKkKlansman. And also awarded the Rave Award for her spectacular work on the historical film.
She was also honoured with the outstanding Achievement in Costume Design Award by the American Society of Cinematographers in 2018. Sakira was the first female costume designer to have got this distinction in Academy Awards history.
Also, Sakira also got nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2017 for her creative work on the TV Series, The Good Wife.
Interesting Facts about her
1. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Rhode Island School of Design.
2. The talented child is one of the first few women to become an assistant costume designer on a television series, while she was still in high school.
3. Her first role in her acting career was in the movie, The Slick Rick Story (2003), where she played the role of Kate.
4. She graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor’s degree in Costume and Production Design.
5. She got her first job as a costume designer when she was just 19 years old.
6. In addition to working in the movies, she also has several other projects which she has shot and produced.
7. She is one of the few child actors who are working in the TV series.
8. Sakira Wang is also an accomplished author.
She is an American celebrity child
When it comes to family, she comes from a famous family. Her mom, is alos the American award-winning actress, activist, & filmmaker.
Sonja Sohn, is the daughter of the popular American politician and civil rights activist, Adam Plack.
In fact, her parents are also the founders of a record label . Her family is even involved in many businesses.
She also works as an assistant to a photographer
Sakira Wang may not have been directly involved in the making of a film, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t help out at all.
As a part of her job as an assistant, she helps out in creating the look and feel of a photographer.
She is a budding fashion designer
Sakira Wang has been an incredibly talented fashion designer.
She is the daughter of Sonja Sohn, an American award-winning actress, activist, filmmaker
Wang’s Parents
Adam Plack was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1960. Sonja Plack was born in Oakland, California, in 1960. Her parents met at UC Berkeley where they studied and majored in Liberal Arts & Sciences. Later, they studied in UCLA and NYU.
She is the daughter of American actress & filmmaker, Sonja Plack. She has two siblings, Alexis Wang, born in 1986, who is Sakira’s sister, and Alexis Sohn, born in 1990. She lived her childhood in Oakland.
She used to spend her vacations with her parents and sister in the beach towns of California and then in Maryland.
The youngest in the family with her sister born in 1990
She was born in Iowa to a Jewish family.
She earned her degree in art history and film from Wellesley College
Wang is married to Andi Syzdek, an American guitarist who is also the lead guitarist of rock band The Picturebooks
Wang became the youngest Costume Designer to be featured in the New York Times
Wang is famous for her wonderful work as Costume Designer in Netflix series Iron Fist, Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Defenders, BlacKkKlansman, and High Flying, etc.
Apart from her fantastic work on TV Series, Sakira Wang’s credits also include SyFy’s Being Human, Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic, TNT’s Cloak and Dagger, USA Network’s upcoming series The Purge, etc.
Sakira Wang started her career as a costume designer for the sci-fi movie Space Station 76.
Her father is Adam Plack, a didgeridoo player & producer
1. Her Father Created a Band Called Lungs in 1979, He Also Played the Guitar. Her father was also a self-taught guitarist and a singer. Together with Sam Thompson (son of Ed Thompson), he formed a band in 1977 called Lungs.
They released one album in 1979, under the Warner Music label. Her father played guitar, and wrote songs for the band, some of which had humorous themes. She heard her father play music around the house and in other settings. She was also able to hear him sing, although she said she did not realize that it was her father at first.
2. She Graduated High School From Upper Darby High School in 1988
Sakira graduated from Upper Darby High School in 1988, where she played soccer.
She has two sisters and one brother
Sakira Wang made her acting debut on TV series The Wire. And, she worked on The Wire from Season 2, Episode 21 and was cast in the part of Jane in the episode, “Turn, Turn, Turn.”
1. Sonja Sohn is Sakira Wang’s step-mother. She is also a step-mother to Sonja Sohn’s daughter, Tashiya, born in February 2010.
2. Sakira Wang studied on the Ivy League. She attended Brown University and graduated from the School of Professional Studies in 2009. She was there with her boyfriend, Rudy Peters, a line producer and a professional thespian. She is a graduate of the Ivy League school.
3. Sohn & Wang Became Friends in College
In an interview with Madame Noire, Sohn explained how she and her friend, Wang, became friends.
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