Meet Sophie Nélisse, who plays Rose Landry on Heated Rivalry – and is also on Yellowjackets
The Montreal-raised actress made her film debut in 2011’s Monsieur Lazhar when she was only a child, and won a Genie and Jutra award for the role
The latest episode of Crave and HBO Max’s hit queer ice hockey romance series Heated Rivalry just threw another plot twist at fans with Sophie Nélisse’s character Rose Landry.
But who is the actress behind Rose Landry? Read on to learn more about Sophie Nélisse.
She made her acting debut as a child
Sophie Nélisse is a 25-year-old French-Canadian actress. She was born in Windsor, Canada, and raised in Montreal. Per the local daily newspaper Windsor Star, it was Nélisse’s brother who wanted to be an actor while she focused on gymnastics. She had dreams of competing in the Olympics and began acting from the age of seven to pay for her gymnastic-related expenses.
“Throughout the years I continued and I eventually stopped gymnastics because it was too demanding and I wanted to pursue acting. And so here I am. I’m trying to make it more of a career now,” Nélisse told Windsor Star in 2016.
Nélisse was only 10 or 11 when she debuted in the 2011 film Monsieur Lazhar, for which she earned a Genie and a Jutra award for best supporting actress. Nélisse later starred in films such as The Book Thief (2013) and 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019).