Sophie Nélisse

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Sophie Nélisse (2013)

Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a Canadian actress . She is known for her roles in the films Monsieur Lazhar (2011) and The Book Thief (2013).

life and career

Sophie Nélisse was born in March 2000 as the daughter of a teacher in Windsor, Canada. She is of French-Canadian descent and has an older brother and a younger sister named Isabelle Nélisse , who is also active as an actress. At the age of four she moved with her family to Montreal ( Quebec ). When her older brother became interested in acting, her mother took all three siblings to a talent agent. The then seven-year-old Nélisse was then accepted into the Creative Artists Agency and received offers for commercials .

After minor guest appearances in Canadian television series , she made her film debut in 2011 in the award-winning drama Monsieur Lazhar about the Algerian elementary school teacher Bachir Lazhar ( Mohamed Fellag ) as his student Alice L'Écuyer . This role brought her not only national fame, but also a Genie Award and a Prix ​​Jutra in the Best Supporting Actress category . She received another nomination for best actress in an international feature film at the Young Artist Awards 2013 . In 2011 she was also seen in eleven episodes of the Canadian comedy series Elternalarm - The Parent family in the role of Zoé . After appearing in Ésimésac (2012) as Marie Gélinas , she won the casting for the role of Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of Markus Zusak's novel The Book Thief against candidates from all over the world. In the film Nélisse played a nine year old girl to the era of National Socialism during the Second World War in the German Reich with their adoptive parents Hans ( Geoffrey Rush ) and Rosa Huberman ( Emily Watson under coming) while her mother ( Heike Makatsch ) as a communist is pursued. This role also earned her numerous awards, including the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award and the Satellite Award for Best Newcomer , as well as a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Actress .

Her next roles played Nélisse as the younger version of Lily Rabe's character in the biographical drama Pawn Sacrifice - Game of Kings and in the title role as Gilly Hopkins in the film adaptation of Katherine Paterson 's novel of the same name.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2010: Mirador (TV series, episode 1x04)
  • 2010: Toute la vérité (TV series, episode 1x17)
  • 2011: Monsieur Lazhar
  • 2011: Elternalarm - The Parent family ( Les Parent , TV series, 11 episodes)
  • 2012: Ésimésac
  • 2013: The Book Thief (The Book Thief)
  • 2014: Pawn Sacrifice - Game of Kings
  • 2015: Gilly Hopkins - The Great Gilly Hopkins
  • 2016: Mean Dreams
  • 2016: 1:54
  • 2016: The History of Love
  • 2016: Wait Till Helen Comes
  • 2019: Close - Too Close to the Enemy (Close)
  • 2019: 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
  • 2019: The Rest of Us

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Sophie Nélisse Bio . In: Tribute.ca . Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c Cassandra Szklarski: Sophie Nelisse of 'Monsieur Lazhar' takes Genie nomination in stride . In: StAlbertGazette.com . March 6, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 7, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stalbertgazette.com
  3. ^ Nancy Tartaglione: Berlin Briefs: Sophie Nélisse To Play 'Gilly Hopkins'; More . In: Deadline.com . February 6, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Nélisse, Sophie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario , Canada