Sophie Nélisse Biography
Sophie Nélisse is a Canadian film and television actress. She is best known for her Genie Award-winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar, the film adaptation of Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel The Book Thief, and The Kid Detective. She also appears in Showtime’s Yellowjackets.
How old is Sophie Nélisse? – Age
She is 22 years old as of 27 March 2022. She was born in 2000 in Windsor, Canada. Her real name is Marie-Sophie Nélisse.
Sophie Nélisse Family
She is of French Canadian origin. Pauline Belhumeur, Sophie’s mother, left her teaching job in 2013 to work as a talent manager for both Sophie and her younger sister, actress Isabelle Nélisse. Nélisse is bilingual (French and English). When she was four years old, her family relocated to Montreal, Quebec. Isabelle Nélisse, her sister, is also an actress.
Sophie Nélisse Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Sophie Nélisse Yellowjackets
She appeared as Melanie Lynskey, the adult and teenage versions of Shauna Shipman in the American drama television series Yellowjackets. Shauna was best friends with Jackie in high school and had been accepted to Brown University prior to the crash. Shauna is a dissatisfied stay-at-home mom with a reckless teenage daughter and an uninterested husband as an adult.
In 1996, a team of high school soccer players from New Jersey travels to Seattle for a national tournament. Their plane crashes deep in the Canadian wilderness while flying over Canada, leaving the remaining team members to survive for nineteen months. The series follows their attempts to survive as well as their current lives in 2021.
Sophie Nélisse The Kid Detective
She appeared as Caroline in the 2020 Canadian mystery comedy-drama film The Kid Detective. As a “kid detective,” Abe Applebaum became a local celebrity. His close friend, Gracie Gulliver, vanished when he was 12 years old. Abe, now 32, is still running his detective agency. To cope with the lack of respect he receives, he abuses alcohol and drugs. Abe discovers that a series of origami roses received by Gracie shortly before her disappearance are identical. He deduces that high school principal Erwin is both Gracie’s kidnapper and Patrick’s murderer. Abe later discovers Gracie, who is still alive, locked in a shed in Erwin’s yard.
Sophie Nélisse Monsieur Lazhar
She appeared as Alice L’Écuyer in the 2011 Canadian French-language drama film Monsieur Lazhar. In Montreal, an elementary school teacher hangs herself. Bachir Lazhar, a recent Algerian immigrant, then offers to take her place. Nobody knows about Bachir’s traumatic past or his precarious refugee status at school. Some parents eventually learn that Bachir has no teaching credentials and previously ran a restaurant.
Sophie Nélisse Pawn Sacrifice
She appeared as young Joan in the 2014 American biographical drama film Pawn Sacrifice. Fischer’s mother informs him in 1951 that the FBI has her under surveillance because she supports the Marxist revolution in the United States. Fischer’s aversion to distractions manifests itself in frequent tantrums and a lifelong obsession with chess. At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet dominance of the World Chess Championship is used for propaganda purposes. Bobby suffers from paranoid schizophrenia while attempting to win the world chess championship. His sister begs Marshall to help Bobby get psychiatric treatment. Bobby eventually won the match, and his sixth game against Spassky is still regarded as the greatest chess game ever played.
Sophie Nélisse Movies
♦ 2020 – The Kid Detective
♦ 2020 – Flashwood
♦ 2019 – Close
♦ 2019 – 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
♦ 2019 – The Rest of Us
♦ 2017 – The History of Love
♦ 2017 – Exode
♦ 2017 – Worst Case, We Get Married
♦ 2016 – Mean Dreams
♦ 2016 – 1:54
♦ 2016 – Wait Till Helen Comes
♦ 2015 – Endorphine
Sophie Nélisse TV Shows
♦ 2010 – Mirador [fr]
♦ 2010 – Toute la Vérité [fr]
♦ 2011-2016 – Les Parent [fr]
♦ 2012 – Vertige
♦ 2015-2016 – Les Dieux de la Danse
♦ 2017 – Accès Illimité [fr]
♦ 2017 – Demain des hommes [fr]
♦ 2019-2020 – L’Échappée [fr]
♦ 2020 – Amours d’occasion [fr]
♦ 2021–present – Yellowjackets
