Sophie Nélisse Explained
Sophie Nélisse |
Birth Date: | March 27, 2000[1] |
Birth Place: | Windsor, Ontario, Canada[2] |
Birth Name: | Marie-Sophie Nélisse[3] |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 2010–present |
Relatives: | Isabelle Nélisse (sister) |
Marie-Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar, as Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the best-selling novel The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak, and as Caroline in The Kid Detective. She stars as young Shauna in Showtime's series Yellowjackets.
Early life
Marie-Sophie Nélisse was born in Windsor, Ontario, on March 27, 2000. She is of French descent. Her mother, Pauline Belhumeur, left her job as a schoolteacher in 2013 to act as a talent manager for both Sophie and her younger sister Isabelle, who is also an actress.[4] [5] Nélisse is fluent in both French and English. The family moved to Montreal when she was four.[6] [7]
Career
She spent her early years training in gymnastics, aiming for the 2016 Olympics, and signed to a talent agency to make money to pay for the training, but after getting the part in The Book Thief (and subsequent accolades) she shifted her focus to acting.[8] [9] Additionally, Nélisse formed and still maintains a close friendship with her co-star from The Book Thief, Nico Liersch.
Besides her Genie Award for Monsieur Lazhar, she won a Jutra Award for her performance and a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Leading Young Actress in an International Feature Film.[10] She held a recurring role the Québec sitcom and she also starred in the title role of the 2015 film The Great Gilly Hopkins. In May 2016, Nélisse was present on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival for the first time to present Canadian thriller movie Mean Dreams.[11] [12] [13]
In 2016, Nélisse was one of four actors selected by the Toronto International Film Festival, alongside Grace Glowicki, Jared Abrahamson, and Mylène Mackay for its "Rising Stars" programme, described as an "intensive professional development programme [that] immerses participants in a series of public events and industry meetings during the Festival."[2] [14] In June 2018, it was announced that she would be the face of Caroline Néron's Fall 2018 jewelry line.[15]
After graduating high school in June 2017,[16] Nélisse confirmed she wouldn't be enrolling in post-secondary education for the time being due to commitments shooting Close in London and Morocco. In a L'actualité series about "Being 18 years old in 2018", Nélisse spoke about entering adulthood in the era of the Weinstein effect, and deplored that when she announced she was looking for "more mature roles", she was quickly offered multiple roles where her characters would be raped and that scenarios she receives almost always include sexual elements.[17] One of these instances was when she turned down the sexually-charged lead role in Fugueuse, in which Ludivine Reding was eventually cast as Fanny, the titular teenage runaway who ends up a sex trafficking victim.[18]
Personal life
Her sister Isabelle Nélisse is also an actress, best known for her roles in Mama and HBO's controversial film The Tale;[19] the sisters also acted together in , Wait Till Helen Comes and Worst Case, We Get Married.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Monsieur Lazhar | Alice L'Écuyer | Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—Young Artist Awards for Best Young Actress in an International Feature Film |
2012 | Ésimésac | Marie Gélinas | Sequel to Babine, also directed by Luc Picard and written by Fred Pellerin, the Saint-Élie-de-Caxton storyteller |
2013 | data-sort-value="Book Thief, The" | The Book Thief | Liesel Meminger | Satellite Awards for Best Breakthrough Performance Hollywood Film Award Spotlight Award Phoenix Film Critics Society for Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role—Female Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film[20] Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Actor/Actress |
2014 | Pawn Sacrifice | Young Joan | Lily Rabe played the adult Joan Fischer |
2015 | Endorphine | Simone de Koninck | Shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival |
data-sort-value="Great Gilly Hopkins, The" | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Gilly Hopkins | |
2016 | Mean Dreams | Casey Caraway | Chosen for Cannes Film Festival's Directors' Fortnight |
1:54 | Jen | First feature-length fiction film from Oscar-nominated director, producer and screenwriter Yan England[21] [22] [23] |
Wait Till Helen Comes[24] | Molly | Also stars her sister Isabelle Nélisse in the role of Molly's step-sister Heather |
2017 | data-sort-value="History of Love, The" | The History of Love | Alma Singer | |
Exode | | Short film that premiered at Cannes Film Festival,[25] in the Not Short on Talent section, a Telefilm Canada initiative.[26] |
Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera) | Aïcha | Lea Pool movie adaptation of original novel by, also starring Karine Vanasse.[27] [28] [29] Winner of the VIFF "Vancouver Women in Film and Television Artistic Merit Award"[30] |
2019 | Close | Zoe | Written and directed by Vicky Jewson and starring Noomi Rapace as the bodyguard of Nélisse's character, a rich young Bangkok heiress.[31] [32] [33] |
| Mia | |
data-sort-value="Rest of Us, The" | The Rest of Us | Aster | Independent Aisling Chin-Yee dramatic comedy film also starring Heather Graham.[34] [35] |
2020 | data-sort-value="Kid Detective, The" | The Kid Detective | Caroline | Written and directed by Evan Morgan (The Dirties) and co-starring Adam Brody.[36] [37] [38] [39] |
Flashwood | Rose | French-language film. First feature length movie by Jean-Carl Boucher |
2023 | Irena's Vow | Irena Gut | Premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival[40] | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | | Jeune fille de Ralf | 1 episode |
| Fille de Violaine | 1 episode |
2011–2016 | | Zoé | Recurring |
2012 | Vertige | Rosalie Roussel | Main cast |
2015–2016 | Les Dieux de la Danse | Herself (Dance competition) | Season 1: Withdrew after passing first elimination round Season 2: Eliminated after third round (semifinals) |
2017 | | Herself (Docu-reality) | 1 episode |
| Roxanne | Recurring[41] [42] [43] |
2019–2020 | | Romy Lalonde | Recurring (Season 4-present) |
2020 | | Young Florence | 1 episode |
2021–present | Yellowjackets | Teenage Shauna Shipman | Main role | |
Awards and nominations
Notes and References
- News: Monitor. Entertainment Weekly. Jun 1–9, 2012. 1209/1210. 35.
- News: Windsor-born Sophie Nelisse a Rising Star at TIFF and beyond . The Canadian Press . Windsor Star . Victoria Ahearn . September 3, 2016 . October 12, 2016 . October 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012233106/http://windsorstar.com/entertainment/movies/windsor-born-sophie-nelisse-a-rising-star-at-tiff-and-beyond . live .
- Web site: Sophie Nélisse . Windsor Public Library . Sophie (Marie-Sophie) Nélisse was born in Windsor on March 27, 2000 into a family of French-Canadian descent. . May 3, 2022 . October 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211017070529/https://windsorpubliclibrary.com/?page_id=33881 . live .
- News: Boivin. Catherine-Chantal. Sophie Nélisse: Activités familiales pour les vacances des fêtes: jouer en famille. Sophie Nélisse: Family activities for the holidays: playing among family. Voir. February 4, 2016. November 22, 2011. November 5, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105192810/http://voir.ca/voir-la-vie/art-de-vivre/2011/12/22/sophie-nelisse-activites-familiales-pour-les-vacances-des-fetes-jouer-en-famille/. live.
- News: Pilon-Larose. Hugo. Sophie Nélisse et sa mère Pauline Belhumeur, la double vie d'une maman gérante. Sophie Nélisse and her mother Pauline Belhumeur, the double life of a manager mother. La Presse. February 2, 2016. fr. April 6, 2015. December 28, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151228141148/http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/201504/04/01-4858368-sophie-nelisse-et-sa-mere-pauline-belhumeur-la-double-vie-dune-maman-gerante.php. live.
- Plasket. Kelli. Meet Sophie Nélisse. Time for Kids. February 4, 2016. November 27, 2013. June 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612184738/https://www.timeforkids.com/news/meet-sophie-n%C3%A9lisse/132626/. dead.
- Web site: Szklarski. Cassandra. Sophie Nelisse of 'Monsieur Lazhar' takes Genie nomination in stride. Canadian Press. February 4, 2016. March 6, 2012. March 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191058/http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/gb/20120306/cp05/303069855/-1/sag0304/sophie-nelisse-of-monsieur-lazhar-takes-genie-nomination-in-stride%26template%3Dcpart. live.
- Lewis. Casey. How Sophie Nélisse Went From Olympic-Bound Gymnast to 'Book Thief' Star in Two Seconds Flat. Teen Vogue. February 4, 2016. March 11, 2014. September 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195853/http://www.teenvogue.com/entertainment/movies/2014-03/sophie-nelisse-book-thief-interview. live.
- Web site: Wilkinson. Amy. Why Sophie Nelisse Gave Up Her Olympic Dream For 'Book Thief'. MTV News. February 4, 2016. November 7, 2013. February 15, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215035829/http://www.mtv.com/news/1717078/book-thief-movie-sophie-nelisse/. dead.
- Web site: 34th Annual Young Artist Awards . March 31, 2013 . . June 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160612213744/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms34.html . live .
- News: Sophie Nélisse à Cannes dimanche avec Mean Dreams - Festival de Cannes. La Presse. May 15, 2016. February 6, 2017. January 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123175016/http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/festivals-de-cinema/festival-de-cannes/201605/15/01-4981750-sophie-nelisse-a-cannes-dimanche-avec-mean-dreams.php. live.
- Web site: "Mean Dreams" dans lequel joue Sophie Nélisse, présenté à Cannes. May 15, 2016. February 6, 2017. January 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123115237/http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/05/15/mean-dreams-sophie-nelisse-cannes_n_9981416.html. live.
- News: Quebecers to watch at Cannes 2016. February 6, 2017. January 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123123412/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebecers-cannes-69th-1.3575874. live.
- TIFF RISING STARS REVEALED FOR 2016 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL . August 3, 2016 . Toronto International Film Festival . October 12, 2016 . October 12, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012232934/https://assets.contentful.com/22n7d68fswlw/1PAJv0BkMcGeqYqOSOiicC/c913f744179fcaca868f578ca7388039/TIFF_Rising_Stars_2016.pdf . live .
- Web site: HollywoodPQ . Sophie Nélisse sera le visage des bijoux Caroline Néron cet automne . HollywoodPQ . July 17, 2018 . March 21, 2019 . February 9, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190209064435/http://hollywoodpq.com/sophie-nelisse-sera-le-visage-des-bijoux-caroline-neron-cet-automne/ . live .
- Web site: Découvrez la robe de bal de finissants de Sophie Nélisse. En Vedette. June 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823205901/http://www.envedette.ca/stars/cinema/decouvrez-la-robe-de-bal-des-finissants-de-sophie-nelisse-1.2718158. August 23, 2017.
- Mercier. Noémie. Passer à l'âge adulte en temps troublés. L'actualité. Being 18 years old in 2018 (French: Avoir 18 ans en 2018). December 18, 2017. fr. December 8, 2017. Entering adulthood in troubled times. Quand je me suis mise à dire que je voulais des rôles plus « matures », je pense que j'ai reçu cinq scénarios où je me faisais violer. C'est rare, les scénarios où il ne faut pas que je couche avec quelqu'un ou que j'embrasse quelqu'un.. January 4, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192549/http://lactualite.com/culture/2017/12/08/sophie-nelisse-passer-a-lage-adulte-en-temps-troubles/. live.
- Web site: Sophie Nélisse aurait refusé le rôle de Fanny dans Fugueuse pour cette raison. April 25, 2018. Showbizz.net. July 30, 2018. July 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234356/http://showbizz.net/2018/04/25/sophie-nelisse-aurait-refuse-le-role-de-fanny-dans-fugueuse-pour-cette-raison/. live.
- Web site: The Most Intense Movie Of The Year Is About Child Sexual Abuse — And It's Nothing Like You'd Expect. BuzzFeed News. March 21, 2019. March 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094847/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adambvary/the-tale-hbo-child-sexual-abuse. live.
- Web site: 35th Annual Young Artist Awards. April 14, 2014. Young Artist Awards. July 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150720070434/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms35.html. live.
- Web site: Le film 1:54 sortira en France. Maxime. Demers. February 6, 2017. September 22, 2016. January 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123114346/http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/09/22/154-sortira-en-france. live.
- Web site: Bel accueil pour le film de Yan England au FVCQ. Radio-Canada. February 6, 2017. October 6, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161006043801/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/regions/quebec/2016/09/22/003-film-fcvq-yan-england-1-54-reaction.shtml. live.
- Web site: La bande-annonce frénétique du premier film de Yan England. July 27, 2016. February 6, 2017. December 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161229032612/http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/07/27/154-bande-annonce-yan-england-video_n_11219102.html. live.
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- Web site: Festival de Cannes. moncompte.festival-cannes.com. March 21, 2019. March 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094847/https://moncompte.festival-cannes.com/. live.
- Web site: Lou-Pascal Tremblay s'en va à Cannes. En Vedette. May 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170823205500/http://www.envedette.ca/stars/cinema/lou-pascal-tremblay-sen-va-a-cannes-1.2617059. August 23, 2017.
- Web site: Karine Vanasse et Sophie Nélisse joueront dans le prochain film de Léa Pool. Radio-Canada. February 6, 2017. October 18, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161018194835/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/arts_et_spectacles/2016/07/27/001-lea-pool-karine-vanasse-sophie-nelisse-au-pire-on-se-mariera.shtml. live.
- News: Un tournage intime pour Et au pire, on se mariera - Josée Lapointe - Cinéma québécois. La Presse. August 29, 2016. February 6, 2017. Lapointe. Josée. January 23, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123175020/http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201608/29/01-5015097-un-tournage-intime-pour-et-au-pire-on-se-mariera.php. live.
- Web site: Karine Vanasse joue la mère de Sophie Nélisse dans l'époustouflante bande-annonce de Et au pire, on se mariera. Vanessa de. Montigny. Le Journal de Montréal. May 29, 2017. March 21, 2019. March 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094846/https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/05/29/karine-vanasse-joue-la-mere-de-sophie-nelisse-dans-lepoustouflante-bande-annonce-de-iau-pire-on-se-mariera-i. live.
- Web site: Indian Horse Wins Coveted VIFF Super Channel People's Choice Award. archive.viff.org. October 16, 2017. October 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015190821/http://archive.viff.org/e-blasts/viff/2017/PR/18_VIFFAudienceAwards_PR.html. dead.
- Web site: Cannes: Noomi Rapace to Headline WestEnd Films Action Thriller 'Close'. Robert. Mitchell. May 15, 2017. Variety. December 12, 2017. August 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190810185217/https://variety.com/2017/film/global/cannes-noomi-rapace-to-headline-westend-films-action-thriller-close-1202426848/. live.
- News: Sophie Nélisse tourne avec Noomi Rapace. André. Duchesne. La Presse. August 22, 2017. Cyberpresse. March 21, 2019. March 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094851/https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201708/22/01-5126487-sophie-nelisse-tourne-avec-noomi-rapace.php. live.
- Web site: The Seven Lives of Noomi Rapace. Kristen. Tauer. August 18, 2017. March 21, 2019. March 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094846/https://wwd.com/eye/people/noomi-rapace-netflix-what-happened-to-monday-10962814/. live.
- Web site: Heather Graham, Jodi Balfour to Star in Drama 'The Rest of Us'. Dave. McNary. June 18, 2018. Variety. July 30, 2018. July 30, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180730234751/https://variety.com/2018/film/news/heather-graham-jodi-balfour-the-rest-of-us-1202849482/. live.
- Web site: Sophie Nélisse tourne un film anglophone avec une actrice hollywoodienne!. Vrak. June 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180625081709/http://www.vrak.tv/articles/sophie-nelisse-tourne-un-film-anglophone-avec-une-actrice-hollywoodienne-1.3917259. June 25, 2018.
- Web site: Berlin: Adam Brody, Sophie Nelisse to Star in 'The Kid Detective'. Dave. McNary. January 18, 2017. February 6, 2017. Variety. February 4, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170204230234/http://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/adam-brody-sophie-nelisse-kid-detective-berlin-1201962754/. live.
- Web site: Adam Brody & Sophie Nelisse Find 'The Kid Detective' For Brightlight And Myriad Pictures. Anita. Busch. January 18, 2017. February 6, 2017. February 7, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031612/http://deadline.com/2017/01/adam-brody-sophie-nelisse-movie-kid-detective-brightlight-myriad-pictures-1201888983/. live.
- Web site: The Kid Detective. August 19, 2019. July 7, 2020. July 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708025850/https://productionlist.com/production/the-kid-detective-2/. live.
- Web site: Adam Brody to Executive Produce, Star in 'The Kid Detective'. August 21, 2019. Variety. July 7, 2020. December 12, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191212000704/https://variety.com/2019/film/news/adam-brody-the-kid-detective-1203308580/. live.
- Web site: 2023-09-10 . Irena's Vow Louise Archambault WORLD PREMIERE . 2023-12-15 . tiff.
- Web site: DEMAIN DES HOMMES : une série dramatique originale dans l'univers du hockey junior sur ICI TOU.TV EXTRA. Radio-Canada. March 27, 2018. March 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180327213221/https://communiques.radio-canada.ca/internet/7429/DEMAIN-DES-HOMMES-Une-Serie-Dramatique-Originale-Dans-L-univers-Du-Hockey-Junior-Sur-ICI-TOUTV-EXTRA. dead.
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- Web site: Une série sur le hockey signée Guillaume Vigneault. Radio-Canada. March 21, 2019. March 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094847/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/blogue/1066306/une-serie-sur-le-hockey-signee-guillaume-vigneault. live.
- Web site: 2013 NOMINATIONS. Young Artist Awards. January 2, 2017. May 5, 2013. June 12, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160612213744/http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms34.html. live.
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