Sonia Manzano with her old buddy The Count at the Sesame Workshop's 50th Anniversary gala in 2019. ... The character grew alongside her audience, getting married and having a baby.

Sonia Manzano is seen on “Sesame Street” early 1990s. ... books including the memoir “Becoming Maria” in 2015. “I was a feminist, I fell in love, I got married, I had a baby. ...

Long before “Sesame Street” premiered, Sonia Manzano lived there — minus the Muppets. Manzano spent 44 years on the beloved children’s show as Maria, joining two years after its 1969 debut ...

Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on “Sesame Street,” co-starred alongside Delgado, who played Luis, for decades. In a piece for Time, she remembered her co-star as “eternally positive” and ...

Actress Sonia Manzano is beloved by millions as Maria on Sesame Street. Her character on TV mirrored many of Manzano's real-life milestones, like marriage and motherhood (Elmo served as ring ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Sonia Manzano, better known as Maria from Sesame Street, about her new animated children's television show, "Alma's Way." ...

Sonia Manzano in the Bronx, ... went to visit and bring gifts to the baby Jesus. Since the show started, Manzano says she's received a great reception for its representation of Afro Puerto Rican ...

Sonia Manzano, known for playing Maria on "Sesame Street," gives back throughout the city; The Bronx native volunteers with "Meet the Writers" by visiting schoolchildren with her book to inspire a ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Sonia Manzano, better known as Maria from Sesame Street, about her new animated children's television show, "Alma's Way." ...