Sophie Wilde

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Sophie Wilde
Born1998 (age 25–26)
Sydney, Australia
Alma materNational Institute of Dramatic Art (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2020–present

Sophie Wilde (born c. 1998) is an Australian actress. For her performance in the horror film Talk to Me (2022), she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, among other awards.

Wilde's other films include The Portable Door (2023). On television, she starred in the Stan series Eden, the BBC drama You Don't Know Me (both 2021), the ITV series Tom Jones, and the Netflix series Everything Now (both 2023) and Boy Swallows Universe (2024).

Early life and education[edit]

Wilde was born around 1998[1][2] to an Ivorian mother, Monalisa, and an Australian father, Simon.[3] She has a younger brother and grew up in Enmore, an Inner West suburb of Sydney.[4]

As a child, Wilde's grandparents would take her to "theatre shows, the opera and random musicals". From the age of five, she took drama classes at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP).[5]

She attended Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. After finishing school she studied acting at NIDA, graduating in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting.[6]

In 2014, during a trip to the Himalayas, Wilde, then 17 years old, and her father were reported missing following the 2014 Nepal snowstorm disaster. After nine days, Wilde's father contacted her mother to tell her they were fine, having travelled to a remote area of the Himalayas when the avalanche hit.[7]

Career[edit]

In 2020, Wilde played Ophelia in the Bell Shakespeare production of Hamlet.[8] That same year, she was named a Rising Star by the Casting Guild of Australia.[9]

In 2021, Wilde made her television debut as Scout in the Stan drama series Eden. Wilde said that it was the "first audition where she had gut-certainty that it was the right role".[10][4] Later that year, she starred as Kyra opposite Samuel Adewunmi in the BBC four-part series You Don't Know Me. To prepare for the role, Wilde practised her English accent by watching and listening to British actresses such as Michaela Coel.[10]

Wilde made her feature film debut in the supernatural horror film Talk to Me, which screened at the 2022 Adelaide Film Festival and the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.[11] She earned critical praise for her performance. Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times wrote that the film "owes much of its potency to Sophie Wilde's continually evolving lead performance".[12] Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times said that "...even when Talk to Me flirts with incoherence, Wilde pulls it back from the brink. More than just a great scream queen, she makes vivid sense of Mia's ravaged emotions, revealing her to be a captive less to the spirit realm than to her own inconsolable grief."[13] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter said that "...talented newcomer Wilde does the heaviest dramatic lifting."[14] For her performance, she won the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role[15] and was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress,[16][17] among other accolades.

In August 2022, Wilde was cast in the lead role of Mia Polanco in the Netflix series Everything Now, which was released in 2023.[18][19] In 2023, Wilde starred as Sophie Western in the ITV period drama Tom Jones alongside Solly McLeod and Hannah Waddingham,[20][21] and in the fantasy film The Portable Door with Christoph Waltz.[22][23]

In 2024, Wilde was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.[24] Also in 2024, she played reporter Caitlyn Spies in the Australian Netflix series Boy Swallows Universe.[25][26] She will next star in the upcoming erotic thriller film Babygirl[27][28] and in a live action of the video game Watch Dogs directed by Mathieu Turi.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2018 Bird Short film
2022 Talk to Me Mia
2023 The Portable Door Sophie Pettingel
TBA Babygirl Post-production

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2021 Eden Scout Main role
You Don't Know Me Kyra Miniseries; 4 episodes
2023 Tom Jones Sophia Western Miniseries; 4 episodes
Everything Now Mia Polanco Main role
2024 Boy Swallows Universe Caitlyn Spies Main role

Stage[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2020 Hamlet Ophelia Bell Shakespeare[8]

Music video[edit]

  • "River of Neglect" (2019), Charbel

Accolades[edit]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2020 Casting Guild of Australia Rising Star Herself Won [9]
2024 AACTA Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Talk to Me Won [16]
Black Reel Awards Outstanding Lead Performance Nominated [29]
British Academy Film Awards Rising Star Herself Nominated [24]
Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress Talk to Me Nominated [17]
Critics' Choice Super Awards Best Actress in a Horror Movie Won [30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Meet the breakout star of A24's latest cult horror film". British Vogue. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Sophie Wilde on her meteoric rise: "I most certainly am winging it"". Marie Claire. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  3. ^ Clark, Rebekah. "Wilde about Sophie and Jan Logan". Grazia. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b Kembrey, Melanie (15 May 2021). "'It was very much a surprise': Rising star Sophie Wilde on making her big break". The Age. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. ^ Thompson, Courtney (13 October 2021). "Sophie Wilde Is Australia's Next Great Scene Stealer". Marie Claire Australia. Retrieved 12 November 2022. Watching actor Sophie Wilde, 23...
  6. ^ "Sophie Wilde". National Institute of Dramatic Art. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  7. ^ Levy, Megan (23 October 2014). "'We're alive': Sydney father and daughter missing after Nepal blizzard phone home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Cast". Bell Shakespeare: Hamlet 2020. p. 25. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b "CGA names 2020 Rising Stars". IF Magazine. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b McEvoy, Sophie (5 December 2021). "Sophie Wilde Perfected Her British Accent By Watching Michaela Coel". Bustle. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  11. ^ Kroll, Justin (24 January 2023). "'Talk To Me' Directing Duo Danny & Michael Philippou Sign With WME Following Film's Midnight Premiere At Sundance". Deadline. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  12. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (27 July 2023). "'Talk to Me' Review: Letting the Wrong One In". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  13. ^ Chang, Justin (27 July 2023). "Review: You have to hand it to 'Talk to Me,' a gripping thriller about love and loss". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  14. ^ Rooney, David (21 February 2023). "'Talk to Me' Review: Mingling With the Spirit World Brings Bone-Chilling Shocks in Australian Horror Debut". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  15. ^ Murphy, J. Kim (10 February 2024). "'Talk to Me' Leads Australian Academy Awards, Including Wins for Best Picture, Director and Actress: Full List". Variety. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  16. ^ a b Story, Hannah (8 December 2023). "Talk to Me, The New Boy and The Newsreader lead AACTA Award nominations". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  17. ^ a b Hipes, Patrick (6 December 2023). "'Avatar: The Way of Water', 'Oppenheimer', 'Star Trek' Series Lead Nominations for Genre-Focused Saturn Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 6 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  18. ^ Goldbart, Max (4 August 2022). "Stephen Fry Boards Netflix's 'The F**k It Bucket' From 'The Crown' Producer Left Bank; 'You Don't Know Me' Breakout Sophie Wilde To Lead". Deadline. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  19. ^ Staff, Wonderland (13 March 2023). "Lauryn Ajufo Talks Luther: The Fallen Sun And More". Wonderland. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  20. ^ "New 'Tom Jones' Footage Spotlights Solly McLeod and Sophie Wilde's Sizzling Chemistry". Collider.
  21. ^ Grater, Tom (9 September 2022). "Solly McLeod & Sophie Wilde Starring In 'Tom Jones' Reimagining For Masterpiece, Mammoth Screen & ITV". Deadline. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Queensland creatives team with The Jim Henson Company on Fantasy Adaptation The Portable Door". Screen Queensland.
  23. ^ "Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill to Star in Film Adaptation of Patrick Holt's 'The Portable Door'". Collider.
  24. ^ a b "Bafta nominations 2024: The full list of film contenders". 18 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  25. ^ Sangster, Ella (27 November 2023). "Watch the official trailer for the 'Boy Swallows Universe' series". Harper's Bazaar Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  26. ^ Whittock, Jesse (31 August 2022). "Netflix's 'Boy Swallows Universe': Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker & Phoebe Tonkin To Front Aussie Drama From Brouhaha Entertainment, Anonymous Content & Chapter One". Deadline. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  27. ^ Wiseman, Matt Grobar,Andreas; Grobar, Matt; Wiseman, Andreas (21 November 2023). "A24 Confirms Cast For Halina Reijn's Erotic Thriller 'Babygirl': Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde And Jean Reno Aboard". Deadline. Retrieved 23 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Kit, Borys (21 November 2023). "Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas, Harris Dickinson to Star in A24 Erotic Thriller 'Babygirl'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  29. ^ Complex, Valerie (15 December 2023). "Black Reel Awards Nominations: 'The Color Purple' And 'Rustin' Dominate". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  30. ^ "Nominations announced for the Critics Choice Association's 4th Annual "Critics Choice Super Awards" honoring Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action Movies and Series". Critics Choice Association. 7 March 2024. Archived from the original on 7 March 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

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