Sofia Black D'Elia
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Sofia Black D'Elia is an American
actress
. She is best known for her roles as Bailey Wells in All My Children
and as Tea Marvelli in Skins
. She is of Jewish and Italian
descent.
, Sofia Black-D'Elia started acting at the age of 5 and signed up for dancing classes at Broadway
Bound. When she was 17, she was cast in her first major gig on the soap opera All My Children
as the recurring character Bailey. In 2010, she booked the role of Tea on the MTV
adaptation of the hit British teen drama Skins
. where she plays an openly lesbian
teenager. She is featured in Hoodie Allen's music video for "The Chase is On" and plays Allen's love interest in the video.
As of Fall 2011, Black-D'elia had begun classes at The William Esper Studio as well as landing the role of Mina in Vicky Jewson's
Born of War. This is her first film role.
United States
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actress
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. She is best known for her roles as Bailey Wells in All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
and as Tea Marvelli in Skins
Skins (North American TV series)
Skins is an American teen drama. It is an adaptation of the original British teen drama of the same name. The show premiered on January 17, 2011 on MTV in the U.S. and on Movie Central and The Movie Network in Canada...
. She is of Jewish and Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
descent.
Life and career
Growing up in North JerseyNorth Jersey
North Jersey is a colloquial term, with no precise consensus definition, for the northern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey. A straightforward, noncolloquial term for the region is northern New Jersey.- Two-portion approaches :...
, Sofia Black-D'Elia started acting at the age of 5 and signed up for dancing classes at Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
Bound. When she was 17, she was cast in her first major gig on the soap opera All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
as the recurring character Bailey. In 2010, she booked the role of Tea on the MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
adaptation of the hit British teen drama Skins
Skins (North American TV series)
Skins is an American teen drama. It is an adaptation of the original British teen drama of the same name. The show premiered on January 17, 2011 on MTV in the U.S. and on Movie Central and The Movie Network in Canada...
. where she plays an openly lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
teenager. She is featured in Hoodie Allen's music video for "The Chase is On" and plays Allen's love interest in the video.
As of Fall 2011, Black-D'elia had begun classes at The William Esper Studio as well as landing the role of Mina in Vicky Jewson's
Vicky Jewson
Vicky Jewson is an English screenwriter and film director.She was born in Oxford, where she still lives and where she has long term plans to establish a film studio....
Born of War. This is her first film role.
Filmography
| Television | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009–2011 | All My Children All My Children All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most... |
Bailey Wells | |
| 2011 | Skins Skins (North American TV series) Skins is an American teen drama. It is an adaptation of the original British teen drama of the same name. The show premiered on January 17, 2011 on MTV in the U.S. and on Movie Central and The Movie Network in Canada... |
Tea Marvelli | Main role |
| 2011 | Born of War | Mina | Filming |
External links
- Sofia Black-D'Elia Fan website
- Sofia Black-D'Elia at TV.comTV.comTV.com is a website owned by CBS Interactive. The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Japan...