Sonja Warfield

Sonja Warfield is an American writer and producer. She is the co-writer of The Gilded Age, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Life and career Warfield was raised in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Her father is former professional football player Paul Warfield. She attended the Laurel School and graduated in 1988. She received her bachelor's degree from USC, and while...

Sonja Warfield is an American writer and producer. She is the co-writer of The Gilded Age, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Life and career Warfield was raised in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. Her father is former professional football player Paul Warfield. She attended the Laurel School and graduated in 1988. She received her bachelor's degree from USC, and while a student was the member of an improv troupe. After college she briefly pursued acting before moving into screenwriting. She was a screenwriter for Will & Grace, The Game, Liv and Maddie, Zoe Ever After, She-Ra, and Jake in Progress. She named Zora Neale Hurston as her favorite writer. Warfield is the co-writer and co-showrunner for the HBO period drama The Gilded Age. She discussed creating Peggy, played by Denée Benton, as a way "to give a Black character in a period piece a storyline outside of slavery." In October 2025 it was announced that Warfield and Susan Fales-Hill will adapt the YA series The Davenports, which is in production at Prime Video. References External links Official website Sonja Warfield at IMDb