Sonja Maria Barend (born 29 February 1940) is a Dutch television personality and former talk show host.

Her talk show Sonja, which she presented since the 1970s, was noted for breaking taboos and allowing ordinary people a voice in public dialog.

In 1996 Sonja op Zaterdag ("Saturday") came to an end, after the retirement of Ellen Blazer, her regular producer,[2] with whom she collaborated from the beginning of her television career.

She officially retired from making television in 2006, and on the occasion of her last Sonja show, was awarded as Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau by Job Cohen, then-mayor of Amsterdam.

[7] That last episode, which included an overview of her career and a number of notable television personalities,[8] received a subtitle, "En morgen gezond weer op!"