Sophie Nélisse

01/16/2014 – Sophie Nélisse – 19th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards – Arrivals – Barker Hangar – Santa Monica, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Evans / PR Photos

Birth Name: Marie-Sophie Nélisse

Place of Birth: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Date of Birth: March 27, 2000

Ethnicity: French-Canadian

Sophie Nélisse is a Canadian actress. Fluent in English and French, she has often appeared in French-language productions. Her roles include the films Monsieur Lazhar, Ésimésac, The Book Thief, Pawn Sacrifice, Endorphine, The Great Gilly Hopkins, Mean Dreams, 1:54, Wait Till Helen Comes, The History of Love, Worst Case, We Get Married; Close, 47 Meters Down: Uncaged, The Rest of Us, The Kid Detective, and Flashwood, and the show Yellowjackets.

Her sister is actress Isabelle Nélisse. Their mother worked as a schoolteacher. Sophie was partly raised in Montréal, Québec.