Sonia Kruger pays tribute to her breakout role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom as the iconic film celebrates its 32nd anniversary READ MORE: Sonia Kruger's surprise new career as she gets emotional seeing it come to life: 'I almost cried' By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 10:34 BST, 20 August 2024 | Updated: 10:49 BST, 20 August 2024 e-mail View comments Sonia Kruger took a walk down memory lane on Tuesday as she paid tribute to her breakout role in Strictly Ballroom. The television host played Tina Sparkle in the 1992 Baz Luhrmann -directed romantic comedy - and the film reached its 32nd anniversary this week. Sharing a series of images from the film to her Instagram, Sonia got misty eyed looking back at the iconic flick.
'It was the movie that had the whole world dancing! Happy 32nd Birthday Strictly Ballroom!' she wrote. 'It's where his career started,' the 58-year-old previously told Ben O'Shea on The West Live podcast of Luhrmann. 'And same with mine, too.
If it wasn't for that movie I probably wouldn't be in television today,' she added. Sonia explained how she landed a speaking role in the film after initially being cast as an extra due to her ballroom dancing background. 'I had heard through a friend of mine, that there was a moving being made about ballroom dancing,' she said.
Sonia Kruger (pictured) took a walk down memory lane on Tuesday as she paid tribute to her breakout role in Strictly Ballroom 'And because I was at that point a professional.