Name
Sophie Nélisse
Known For
Acting
Birthday
2000-03-27 (26 years old)
Place of Birth
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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While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing book...
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Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside...
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During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teac...
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During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caug...
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A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries bet...
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The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searchin...
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When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's ...
- 2017 Exodus
- 2011 Monsieur Lazhar as Alice L'Écuyer
- 2013 The Book Thief as Liesel Meminger
- 2015 Pawn Sacrifice as Young Joan
- 2012 Ésimésac as Marie Gélinas
- 2026 Whistle as Ellie Gains
- 2024 Irena's Vow as Irena Gut Opdyke
- 2015 Endorphine as Simone (13)
- 2015 The Great Gilly Hopkins as Gilly Hopkins
- 2025 Two Women as Jessica
- 2016 Mean Dreams as Casey Caraway
- 2016 The History of Love as Alma Singer
- 2016 1:54 as Jennifer
- 2016 Wait Till Helen Comes as Molly
- 2017 Worst Case, We Get Married as Aïcha
- 2019 Close as Zoe Tanner
- 2019 47 Meters Down: Uncaged as Mia
- 2020 The Rest of Us as Aster
- 2020 Flashwood as Rose
- 2020 The Kid Detective as Caroline
- Soon Girl in Pieces
- 2022 Accro: troubles de dépendances as Self
- 2026 Lydia and the Mist Rider as Lydia (voice)
- Soon The Pact as Chloe
- 2015 Dany Rabbit as Élisabeth
- Soon Stranger in Town as Ruth
- 2021 Yellowjackets ( 39 episodes ) as Teen Shauna Shipman
- 2010 Les Enfants de la télé ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 Bonsoir bonsoir! ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 En mode Salvail ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2004 Tout le monde en parle ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2022 No Return ( 6 episodes ) as Fanny Lori
- 2020 La tour ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2020 La semaine des 4 Julie ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Rousseau's Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Les échangistes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Silence, on joue! ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2017 OD+ en direct ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2018 Demain des hommes ( 10 episodes ) as Roxanne Rousseau
- 2018 Dans ton cell ( 1 episode ) as Herself
- 2004 KARV, l'anti.gala ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 Transplant ( 1 episode ) as Hannah Miller
- 2020 Dogs Day ( 1 episode ) as Young Florence
- 2002 Sucré salé ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2020 La semaine des 4 Julie ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 L’indétectable ( 6 episodes ) as Stéphanie Parent Sirois
- 2026 Alice ( 6 episodes )
- 2025 Heated Rivalry ( 3 episodes ) as Rose Landry
- 2008 The Parents ( 36 episodes ) as Zoé
- 2010 Toute la vérité ( 2 episodes ) as Marie-Anne
- 2010 Toute la vérité ( 1 episode ) as Marie-Anne (uncredited)
- 2010 Mirador ( 1 episode ) as Jeune fille de Ralf
- 2023 Au-delà du sexe ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- Soon This Summer Will Be Different ( 10 episodes ) as Lucy Ashby
- 2023 Je viens vers toi ( 1 episode ) as Self
