Antonia Jones(I)
- Actress
- Producer
Antonia Jones was born Antonia Maria Benyovszky. She is a descendant of
the Hungarian King Maurice Benyovszky. (1746-1786) Antonia harbored a
passion for acting at an early age. She moved from her childhood home
in Libertyville, Illinois to Los Angeles to pursue a career in front of
the camera and studied acting with Jeff Corey, Don Richardson, Harry
Mastrogeorge, and Brian Reise. Antonia landed numerous jobs immediately
after signing with her first agent in Hollywood. She was cast in
several Disney Educational Films and was the beautiful young model in
Michael W. Smith's music video "A Place In This World". Her first
series in 1993 brought her to New York City where she played "Sara" in
Robert DeNiro's anthology series Tribecca working alongside Philip
Bosco and Joe Morton amongst other notable guest stars. In 1995,
Antonia landed a series regular role in UPN's Live Shot in which she
played "Peggy Traynor" a young intern in the newsroom alongside David
Birney, Sam Anderson, Hill Harper, and Bruce McGill. In addition to her
acting work, Antonia boasts years of dedication to working in the
medical community and spent seven years working behind the scenes in
film development and reality television production learning "the other
side" of the business. Antonia was seen most recently alongside Ving
Rhames in Kojak and with Keke Palmer in True Jackson.