Magda Sonja (born Věnceslava Johana Veselá; 23 May 1886 – 20 August 1974)[1][2] was an Austrian-American actress.

[citation needed] She is considered to be one of Austria's first movie stars, only paralleled by Liane Haid.

There, she appeared in films such as Um ein Weib (1917), in which she played as a vamp, The Other I (1918), and Don Juan's Last Adventure (1918), amongst others.

Beginning in 1922, she exclusively starred in films directed by her husband, such as Ssanin (1924), which was an adaptation of the novel by Mikhail Artsybashev.

The family permanently moved to the U.S. in July 1937, settling in Los Angeles, where Sonja died on 20 August 1974.