Sophie Nélisse just made her debut on Heated Rivalry as Shane’s new girlfriend, Rose Landry.
While some people might be seeing Sophie for the first time, many viewers will be familiar with her work already!
Keep reading to find out more…
Sophie had her big break at the age of 13 in the war drama movie The Book Thief, which earned her a Critics Choice Awards nomination for Best Young Actor/Actress. She’s probably best known though for her work as Shauna Shipman on the Showtime series Yellowjackets.
Sophie is French Canadian and grew up in Montreal, which is also the setting of her episode of Heated Rivalry. On the show, she plays movie star Rose Landry, who meets Hudson Williams‘ Shane Hollander while she’s in town filming a movie.
In an interview earlier this year, Sophie revealed that her Yellowjackets co-star Melanie Lynskey has became a “second mom” to her.
“I ask her advice about acting, finding your way in the industry and cutting through all the bullsh-t. [The industry] is hard to navigate because it’s very different from Montreal—Hollywood is a machine. And I think not being from L.A. gives her the same outsider perspective, so I asked her about that and how she came about and who to trust and what are the mistakes I should avoid,” she told Elle Canada.
In addition to acting, Sophie is trying to work behind-the-scenes as well.
“I like the idea of knowing a bit of everything,” she said. “I love the idea of knowing how a script got written, so let me try to write one for myself. Maybe it won’t go anywhere, but I like an activity [that] I don’t feel pressure to be good at and [can] just try for fun. And if something happens, great; if not, I’ll just see it as a learning [experience]. It’s the same with producing—maybe I’ll never produce a big movie that is seen by millions, but just to do it and see the background work of an entire production I think is really important.”
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