She was born and raised in Washington DC and graduated from Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD, in 1987.
[1] During her childhood, she was part of the cast for the 1980 Broadway revival of The Music Man[2] and also acted at Ford's Theatre and in a national tour.
[3] She graduated Magna cum laude from the University of Vermont with a major in English and minors in Theater and Film.
Immediately after her university education Sohn relocated to Los Angeles and began acting.
[6] Most recently, she wrote, directed, produced and acted in her second feature film Mud Key which was acquired by Freestyle Digital Media and released in October 2024.