Sonal Sehgal is a television actress She was born in Surat. She was educated at Spring Dales School. During that time, Sonal was actively involved in theater, but never thought of herself as an actress. So, she majored from Delhi University with English Honors.
She worked for an advertising agency, McCann as a copywriter where she worked on campaigns for Nestle, Nike etc. She went on to learn filmmaking and also assisted director Pradeep Sarkar. She has done more than 20 commercials like Nestle' Bar One, Aaj Tak, Dabur Hajmola. She has also worked in many music videos with some big names like Euphoria, Pankaj Udhas, Jazzy B, Bally Sagoo and Harbhajan Mann.
Her first television stint was in the Star Plus' weekly Saara Aakash where she played the popular character of Sanjana. Her portrayal of Sanjana in Saara Aakash redefined the role of vamps in Indian television as for the first time, a vamp never wore loud make-up or made evil faces. She also worked for about 40 episodes in Kasautii Zindagii Kay.
Sonal her bollywood debut with Nagesh Kuknoor's Aashayein.
