Biography
Sophie Nélisse, also credited as Marie-Sophie Nélisse, is a Canadian actress. She was born on 27 March 2000 in Windsor, Ontario, and moved with her family to Montreal, Quebec, at the age of four. She is of French Canadian descent. Her younger sister, Isabelle Nélisse, is also an actress.
Nélisse began working in commercials at the age of seven. She made her feature film debut at ten in the 2011 French-language drama Monsieur Lazhar, playing Alice L'Écuyer. For this role she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role and the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress.
She is known for portraying Liesel Meminger in The Book Thief (2013) and Teen Shauna Shipman in the series Yellowjackets (2021–). Other credits include Pawn Sacrifice (2015), 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), The Kid Detective (2020) and the series Heated Rivalry (2025–) as Rose Landry.
