Sofia Vassilieva

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Sofia Vassilieva
Born Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva
October 22, 1992 (1992-10-22) (age 15)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Other name(s) Sonya, Sonechka
Years active 2001 ─ present
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Sofia Vassilieva (born October 22, 1992 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Russian: София Владимировна Васильева, Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva) is an American child actress of Russian descent. She is also a vegetarian

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At the age of 7, she was discovered at the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) in New York where she won the title of Child Actress and first runner-up Child Model Of The Year 2000.[1]

In less than one year she had the part of Elena - the granddaughter of a retired Russian General in the episode "Deadline" of the CBS TV series The Agency (2001-2003).

At the age of 9 she played Cindy Brady in The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002) opposite Shelley Long and Gary Cole, and a little girl named Gina in Inhabited (2003) opposite Malcolm McDowell and The Bad Seed's former child actress Patty McCormack.

At the age of 9 and 10 she played the children's book heroine Eloise, in two made-for-television movies Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime, with Julie Andrews as Nanny.[2][3]

At 11, Sofia began playing the role of Ariel DuBois in Medium.[1][4]

She was a presenter of Family Feature Film on the Humane Society's 19th Genesis Awards in 2005. Vassilieva was nominated in 2005 for a SyFy Portal Genre Award as best young actor/actress for her role in Medium (but lost the award to Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe). She won a Young Artist Award in 2006 for best supporting actress in a TV Drama for her role in Medium.

Sofia is currently filming the screen adaption of the novel My Sister's Keeper, written by Jodi Picoult alongside Abigail Breslin. Sofia had to shave her head to play the role of Kate.[5]

[edit] Filmography

Year Film/Show Role Notes
2001 The Agency Elena "Deadline"
2002 The Brady Bunch in the White House Cindy Brady TV movie
2003 Eloise at the Plaza Eloise TV movie
Inhabited Gina Russell Direct-to-video
Eloise at Christmastime Eloise TV movie
2007 Day Zero Mara Limited release
2005-
present
Medium Ariel Dubois Main character
2008 Hurt Sarah Parsons completed[6]
My Sister's Keeper[7] Katherine "Kate" Fitzgerald filming

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