Sophie Nélisse

Acting

Sophie Nélisse

Born

2000-03-27 (26)

Place of birth

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

57 titles

Marie-Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar and for her portrayal of Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the novel The Book Thief. Nélisse was born in Windsor, Ontario, but moved to Montréal, Québec, with her family when she was four. She is of French Canadian descent. Besides her Genie Award for Monsieur Lazhar, she won a Jutra Award for her performance and a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Leading Young Actress in an International Feature Film. She also had roles in the film Ésimésac and in a Québec sitcom called Les Parent. Her sister is actress Isabelle Nélisse.

Known for

Bonsoir bonsoir! poster
4.0

Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.

Bonsoir bonsoir!

2019

Tout le monde en parle poster
4.7

Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. 

Tout le monde en parle

2004

Yellowjackets poster
7.4

This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

Yellowjackets

2021

En mode Salvail poster
2.0

What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and follow Éric Salvail on his beautifully crazy tangents!

En mode Salvail

2013

La semaine des 4 Julie poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

La semaine des 4 Julie

2020

The Book Thief poster
7.5

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

The Book Thief

2013

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Whistle poster
6.3

When a misfit group of unwitting high school students stumbles upon a cursed Aztec Death Whistle, they discover that blowing it unleashes a terrifying sound that summons their future deaths to hunt them down.

Whistle

2026

The Kid Detective poster
6.6

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered her boyfriend.

The Kid Detective

2020

Irena's Vow poster
7.7

19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Determined to help twelve Jewish workers, she decides to shelter them in the safest place she can think of – the basement of the German Major's house. Over the next eight months, Irena uses her wit, humour and immense courage to hide her friends as long as possible.

Irena's Vow

2024

The Rest of Us poster
5.8

Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.

The Rest of Us

2020

Two Women poster
6.3

Violette and Florence are two women with something in common, beyond being neighbours. While one finds herself on an emotional edge during her maternity leave, the other feels nothing at all, and neither can make sense of what’s happening to them. Realising that their suburban lives have left them unfulfilled, Florence begins an affair that kicks off a sexual revolution where having fun is the top priority. But between handyman hookups, chaotic misadventures, and marital strife, is reality destined to come crashing down on them?

Two Women

2025

Lydia and the Mist Rider poster
4.8

When her older brother Thaddeus is mysteriously kidnapped by the Spellbinder, 11-year-old Lydia sets off to find him in the Misty Sea. Picked up by the crew of a flying ship, the Dolphin, Lydia becomes the apprentice of Ambrosia, a Stargazer. Ambrosia is trying to find other children who have disappeared, including her own son. Determined to solve the mystery, Lydia must learn stargazing magic and ready herself to confront the Spellbinder.

Lydia and the Mist Rider

2026

Flashwood poster
5.5

Shot over a period of 7 years, a group of young suburban friends get together during summertimes. They wonder about their future, their ambitions and their love lives. We meet up with them 5 years later, then 1 year later. Flashwood, a story of a youth trying to find itself.

Flashwood

2020

Accro: troubles de dépendances poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Accro: troubles de dépendances

2022

Yellowjackets - Paramount Premiere poster
5.0

As the survivors race to bury their sins before rescue arrives and an old flame roars back into town with plans of her own, turns out not every homecoming is a joyous one, and this one's going to sting.

Yellowjackets - Paramount Premiere

2026

2010s · 15 titles

The Book Thief poster
7.5

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

The Book Thief

2013

47 Meters Down: Uncaged poster
5.7

Four teenage girls go on a diving adventure to explore a submerged Mayan city. Once inside, their rush of excitement turns into a jolt of terror as they discover the sunken ruins are a hunting ground for deadly great white sharks. With their air supply steadily dwindling, the friends must navigate the underwater labyrinth of claustrophobic caves and eerie tunnels in search of a way out of their watery hell.

47 Meters Down: Uncaged

2019

Pawn Sacrifice poster
6.7

During the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Pawn Sacrifice

2015

The Great Gilly Hopkins poster
6.6

Young and feisty Gilly Hopkins devises a scheme to escape from her new foster home and reunite with her birth mother.

The Great Gilly Hopkins

2015

Close poster
6.0

A counter-terrorism expert takes a job protecting a young heiress. After an attempted kidnapping puts both of their lives in danger, they must flee.

Close

2019

The History of Love poster
6.4

The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.

The History of Love

2016

Monsieur Lazhar poster
7.2

During a harsh Montréal winter, an elementary-school class is left reeling after its teacher commits suicide. Bachir Lazhar, a charismatic Algerian immigrant, steps in as the substitute teacher for the classroom of traumatized children. All the while, he must keep his personal life tucked away: the fact that he is seeking political refuge in Québec – and that he, like the children, has suffered an appalling loss.

Monsieur Lazhar

2011

Mean Dreams poster
6.4

When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.

Mean Dreams

2016

1:54 poster
6.6

Tim, a shy 16-year-old athlete with a natural gift for running, is dealing with the loss of his mother, as well as his sexuality. After a personal video is posted to social media, Tim's private life is about to explode into the public eye.

1:54

2016

Wait Till Helen Comes poster
5.4

After a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly, must save her new troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the desperate ghost of a young girl. Based on the best selling novel by Mary Downing Hahn.

Wait Till Helen Comes

2016

Endorphine poster
5.5

Twelve-year-old Simone feels painfully disconnected from the world after witnessing the brutal death of her mother. Simone, a solitary multimedia artist in her twenties, is struggling to control her crushing panic attacks and keep her day job in an underground parking lot. And Simone, a sixty-year-old physicist, is giving a conference on the nature of time. The three Simones' lives are intertwined in a labyrinthine meta-world where timeframes overlap, characters multiply, and storylines repeat and expand. But, for all its shuttling forward and back through time, ENDORPHINE remains grounded in the Simones' inner lives — it's an artistic examination of scientific phenomena that also poignantly explores how people deal with trauma.

Endorphine

2015

No artwork available
NR

Dany Rabbit is the improbable encounter between an old lady and a teenager standing at a crossroad in their lives.

Dany Rabbit

2015

Exodus poster
NR

After a one-night fling, a young woman is unsure about her feelings and tries to resolve the many questions she has been facing since the start of her adolescence. However, she will realize that the answer she finds in the happiness that is seemingly taking root in her life will not please everyone in her entourage.

Exodus

2017

Worst Case, We Get Married poster
6.3

Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she adored. Aïcha longs for him to come back and take her away. When she meets Baz, a man twice her age, it’s love at first sight for her; the real kind, the one that hurts. Baz wants to help this lost little girl, but she wants much more from him, and is ready to do anything to get it.

Worst Case, We Get Married

2017

Ésimésac poster
5.6

With the villagers of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton barely having enough food to survive, Ésimésac convinces them to collaborate on a community garden. Each person will multiply his or her yield by cultivating the land together. At the same time, talk of a new railway line promises to connect Saint-Élie-de-Caxton to the rest of the world and brings the hope of abundance. Riopel, the hulking blacksmith, starts working on the railway track and convinces the locals to invest in his project rather than waste their time playing in the garden. Ésimésac’s big project flounders under the weight of metal. But can he really stop progress?

Ésimésac

2012

Undated · 3 titles

Series credits

Bonsoir bonsoir! poster
4.0

Each day, Jean-Philippe Wauthier welcomes guests on the show in warm, friendly setting. His interviews focus on their newsworthy achievements but also, and most importantly, on their passions, interests and opinions.

Bonsoir bonsoir!

2019

Tout le monde en parle poster
4.7

Host Guy A. Lepage brings together six to eight personalities from different milieus—sports, politics, stage productions and more—that are the subject of everyone’s conversations and/or are important figures in recent events. Participants are invited to speak freely, voicing their opinions on headline news or on a subject that is near and dear to them. 

Tout le monde en parle

2004

Yellowjackets poster
7.4

This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

Yellowjackets

2021

En mode Salvail poster
2.0

What to expect: interviews, musical performances, a fierce band, surprising stories and most of all, guests who are more than happy to play along and follow Éric Salvail on his beautifully crazy tangents!

En mode Salvail

2013

La semaine des 4 Julie poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

La semaine des 4 Julie

2020

La semaine des 4 Julie poster
2.0

No synopsis available yet.

La semaine des 4 Julie

2020

Heated Rivalry poster
8.7

Two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey are bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, as they chase glory on the ice, they struggle to navigate their feelings for each other. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can’t ignore, they must decide if there’s room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile – and powerful – as real love.

Heated Rivalry

2025

Les Enfants de la télé poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfants de la télé

2010

Transplant poster
7.5

Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.

Transplant

2020

La tour poster
5.0

An original talk show is set in Patrick’s warm and cozy apartment, where he welcomes friends and guests every day to discuss the latest hot topics that affect our lives. The show also features Patrick’s fictional neighbours.

La tour

2020

Les échangistes poster
NR

Host Penelope McQuade welcomes three celebrities each evening, along with two different swapping contributors who will intervene, make critical comments and spice up the conversations!

Les échangistes

2016

Silence, on joue! poster
3.6

In a friendly atmosphere, two teams consisting of two celebrities and a contestant face off in a variety of clever, fun games where they win points for their quick wit, powers of logic, and general knowledge.

Silence, on joue!

2015

Sucré salé poster
9.3

Patrice Bélanger and his team are here to give Quebecers a little boost to their lives with this show where fun and pleasure prevail. With a front row seat to events happening across the province, the show is the reference for summer culture. Above and beyond the artists featured, the show puts our entire province in the spotlight.

Sucré salé

2002

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rousseau's Show

2018

Je viens vers toi poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Je viens vers toi

2023

The Parents poster
7.8

The trials and tribulations of a family of five: Louis-Paul Parent, Natalie Rivard and their three sons: Thomas, the eldest, a slacker who does well in school, rebellious Olivier (Oli), a manipulative, athletic, mischievous skateboarder, and the youngest, Zacharie (Zak), a bundle of energy who gets picked on by Oli.

The Parents

2008

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

OD+ en direct

2017

Toute la vérité poster
NR

Crown prosecutors live in a world where the stakes are naturally high. It is a world where home robberies, sexual abuse and murder exist. It's a dangerous world that presents enormous challenges, both brutal and complex. But far from making a damning report, this is the truth of the courageous men and women who have the resources to cope.

Toute la vérité

2010

Toute la vérité poster
NR

Crown prosecutors live in a world where the stakes are naturally high. It is a world where home robberies, sexual abuse and murder exist. It's a dangerous world that presents enormous challenges, both brutal and complex. But far from making a damning report, this is the truth of the courageous men and women who have the resources to cope.

Toute la vérité

2010

Au-delà du sexe poster
7.0

Au-delà du sexe deals with human sexuality from every angle. We tackle subjects that are still taboo, and educate people to better know and understand one of the foundations of human life: sexuality.

Au-delà du sexe

2023

No Return poster
5.4

Six strangers are invited to stay at the prestigious estate of a billionaire. The helicopter transporting them is forced to make an emergency landing. What can an ex-policeman, a religious art dealer, a retired teacher, a marketing director, a star criminal lawyer and a businesswoman have in common that they are trapped in this way?

No Return

2022

Mirador poster
4.8

Mirador is a major public relations firm, directing a small army of PR experts. Whatever situation their clients find themselves in –international scandal, murder, political hot water or fetish sex – Mirador will control the outcome for them.

Mirador

2010

Demain des hommes poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Demain des hommes

2018

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

KARV, l'anti.gala

2004

Dogs Day poster
NR

As a dizzying heat wave hits Montreal and throws the city into a state of general torpor, the residents of the Saint-Henri neighborhood fall prey to events that reason cannot explain.

Dogs Day

2020

L’indétectable poster
8.0

Stéphanie, a reserved young osteopath, infiltrates a mysterious start-up in order to prove that the video that destroyed her mother's political career is in reality an undetectable deepfake.

L’indétectable

2025

No artwork available
NR

From Paris’s Belle Époque to New-York and early Hollywood, ALICE follows the remarkable journey of a visionary artist who defied conventions and expectations as a filmmaker, entrepreneur, wife, and mother. Her loves, her battles, and her relentless pursuit of recognition unfold against the birth of modern cinema.

Alice

—

Dans ton cell poster
NR

A show that’s a bit techie, a bit geeky, but always funny! Every week, Valérie Roberts and her sidekick Julien Corriveau welcome a celebrity and look through their cellphone. Their favourite apps, the number of selfies they take, what song they listen to on repeat, the person they text most often … everything goes!

Dans ton cell

2018

No artwork available
NR

Set across multiple summers on Prince Edward Island, twentysomething Lucy navigates her first real love with her best friend’s brother, the one person she was never supposed to fall for.

This Summer Will Be Different

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Behind the camera