Sophie Nélisse

Sophie Nélisse

Known for
Acting
Born
March 27, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Marie-Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar and for her portrayal of Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the novel The Book Thief. Nélisse was born in Windsor, Ontario, but moved to Montréal, Québec, with her family when she was four. She is of French Canadian descent. 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. She also had roles in the film Ésimésac and in a Québec sitcom called Les Parent. Her sister is actress Isabelle Nélisse.

Known For

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Filmography

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Girl in Pieces poster

Girl in Pieces

Movie

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The Pact poster

The Pact

Movie · as Chloe

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Stranger in Town

Stranger in Town

Movie · as Ruth

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This Summer Will Be Different

This Summer Will Be Different

TV · as Lucy Ashby · 10 eps

2026
Whistle poster

Whistle

Movie · as Ellie Gains

2026
Lydia and the Mist Rider poster

Lydia and the Mist Rider

Movie · as Lydia (voice)

2026
Alice

Alice

TV · 6 eps

2025
Two Women poster

Two Women

Movie · as Jessica

2025
L'indétectable poster

L'indétectable

TV · as Stéphanie Parent Sirois · 6 eps

2025
Heated Rivalry poster

Heated Rivalry

TV · as Rose Landry · 3 eps

2024
Irena's Vow poster

Irena's Vow

Movie · as Irena Gut Opdyke

2023
Au-delà du sexe poster

Au-delà du sexe

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
Je viens vers toi poster

Je viens vers toi

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Accro: troubles de dépendances poster

Accro: troubles de dépendances

Movie · as Self

2022
No Return poster

No Return

TV · as Fanny Lori · 6 eps

2021
Yellowjackets poster

Yellowjackets

TV · as Teen Shauna Shipman · 39 eps

2020
The Rest of Us poster

The Rest of Us

Movie · as Aster

2020
Flashwood poster

Flashwood

Movie · as Rose

2020
The Kid Detective poster

The Kid Detective

Movie · as Caroline

2020
La tour poster

La tour

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
La semaine des 4 Julie poster

La semaine des 4 Julie

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2020
Transplant poster

Transplant

TV · as Hannah Miller · 1 ep

2020
Dogs Day poster

Dogs Day

TV · as Young Florence · 1 ep

2019
Close poster

Close

Movie · as Zoe Tanner

2019
47 Meters Down: Uncaged poster

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

Movie · as Mia

2019
Bonsoir bonsoir! poster

Bonsoir bonsoir!

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2018
Rousseau's Show

Rousseau's Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Demain des hommes poster

Demain des hommes

TV · as Roxanne Rousseau · 10 eps

2018
Dans ton cell poster

Dans ton cell

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2017
Exodus poster

Exodus

Movie

2017
Worst Case, We Get Married poster

Worst Case, We Get Married

Movie · as Aïcha

2017
OD+ en direct

OD+ en direct

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Mean Dreams poster

Mean Dreams

Movie · as Casey Caraway

2016
The History of Love poster

The History of Love

Movie · as Alma Singer

2016
1:54 poster

1:54

Movie · as Jennifer

2016
Wait Till Helen Comes poster

Wait Till Helen Comes

Movie · as Molly

2016
Les échangistes poster

Les échangistes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Pawn Sacrifice poster

Pawn Sacrifice

Movie · as Young Joan

2015
Endorphine poster

Endorphine

Movie · as Simone (13)

2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins poster

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Movie · as Gilly Hopkins

2015
Dany Rabbit

Dany Rabbit

Movie · as Élisabeth

2015
Silence, on joue! poster

Silence, on joue!

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2013
The Book Thief poster

The Book Thief

Movie · as Liesel Meminger

2013
En mode Salvail poster

En mode Salvail

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Ésimésac poster

Ésimésac

Movie · as Marie Gélinas

2011
Monsieur Lazhar poster

Monsieur Lazhar

Movie · as Alice L'Écuyer

2010
Les Enfants de la télé poster

Les Enfants de la télé

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Toute la vérité poster

Toute la vérité

TV · as Marie-Anne, Marie-Anne (uncredited) · 2 eps

2010
Mirador poster

Mirador

TV · as Jeune fille de Ralf · 1 ep

2008
The Parents poster

The Parents

TV · as Zoé · 36 eps

2004
Tout le monde en parle poster

Tout le monde en parle

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2004
KARV, l'anti.gala

KARV, l'anti.gala

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Sucré salé poster

Sucré salé

TV · as Self · 2 eps