pain of watching those around her perish." For Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, director Kevin Tancharoen's 2010 short film that served as a pitch for a feature-length reboot for Warner Bros., Sonya, played by Jeri Ryan, is a lieutenant in the fictional Deacon City Police Department who makes a brief appearance during Jax's interrogation of Hanzo Hasashi (Scorpion). Ryan reprised the role for the first two episodes of Tancharoen's 2011 web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy, in which Sonya again works with Jax to bust the Black Dragon, but her obsession with Kano leads to her capture, forcing Jax and Stryker to conduct a raid on the warehouse where the Dragons are carrying out their operations. While Sonya manages to free herself during the fracas, Jax later suffers massive damage to his arms after protecting her from an explosion. Ryan was slated to return for the second season but was forced to turn it down due to her ongoing work on Body of Proof. Ryan said that she was familiar with the series but had never played the games and took the role as a favor for a friend, and that she was probably the only cast member who was not a martial artist. Ryan described her Sonya as "significantly more dressed than the video [game] version" and "a badass broad" that was "fun" to play, and was probably more believable and real world grounded in this version. It was the most physical acting she did since her role in Star Trek: Voyager a decade earlier; she noted her fight scenes were shorter than the others since she did not have much time to train, but she was helped by the fight choreographer and by Sonya's use of firearms. Tancharoen stated that Ryan could possibly return for the third season before the series ended with his departure. Sonya Blade was one of the lead characters in the 2020 animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, who was voiced by Dexter star Jennifer Carpenter. Carpenter reprised her role in the sequel Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms. Jessica McNamee portrays Sonya for the 2021 reboot film Mortal Kombat. Blade is a veteran who has spent years researching the Mortal Kombat tournament and its related dragon markings, but is missing one herself. Though frustrated by her rival Kano gaining a dragon marking through sheer murder, she is forced to work with him along with