Sofia Black D'Elia

Sofia Black-D'Elia
Born (1991-12-24) December 24, 1991
Clifton, New Jersey, United States
Occupation Actress
Years active 2009–present

Sofia Black-D'Elia (born December 24, 1991) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Tea Marvelli in Skins, Sage Spence in Gossip Girl and Andrea Cornish in The Night Of.

Early life

Sofia Black-D'Elia was born in Clifton, New Jersey. Her mother, Eleanor, works in printing. Her father, The Honorable Anthony V. D'Elia, is a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey.[1][2][3] Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is Jewish.[4][5] She started acting at the age of five and signed up for dancing classes at Broadway Bound.

Career

When she was seventeen, Black-D'Elia 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,[6] 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, D'Elia had begun classes at The William Esper Studio. Starting in the fall of 2012, D'Elia played Sage Spence in the sixth and final season of Gossip Girl. She also portrayed Jessie in the Michael Bay-produced time travel thriller Project Almanac, which was released in January 2015.[7] In 2016, she appeared in the HBO miniseries The Night Of.[8]

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 The Immigrant Not Magda
2014 Born of War Mina
2015 Project Almanac Jessie
2016 Viral Emma
2016 Ben-Hur Tirzah
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2009–10 All My Children Bailey Wells 28 episodes
2011 Skins Webisodes Tea Marvelli Episodes: "Dress Up", "Poker", "The Big Bust Hunt"
2011 Skins Tea Marvelli Main role, 10 episodes
2012 Gossip Girl Natasha "Sage" Spence Recurring role, 9 episodes
2013 Betrayal Jules Whitman Recurring role, 4 episodes
2015 The Messengers Erin Calder Main role, 13 episodes
2016 The Night Of Andrea Cornish Episode: "The Beach"
2016 Invisible Tatiana Ashland Main role, 5 episodes
2017 The Mick Sabrina Pemberton Main role

References

  1. ↑ Rohan, Virginia. "Clifton native in big 'Skins' role". NorthJersey.com.
  2. ↑ "Secaucus Ties for 'Skins' - eSecaucus". eSecaucus.
  3. ↑ "Anthony V. D'Elia Appointed Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Hudson County". www.chasanlaw.com. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Girl on the Rise: Meet Sofia Black D'Elia". WhoWhatWear.
  5. ↑ Kaufman, Kim. "Sofia Black D'Elia, Camille Crescencia-Mills, and Ron Mustafaa on Being Besties and Filming Sex Scenes on Skins". Wetpaint.
  6. ↑ Shah, Murad (January 25, 2011). "'Skins' star Sofia Black D'Elia on the lesbian tea". All Voices. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  7. ↑ "'Project Almanac': Choose Your Own Time Travel Adventure (Video)". Bloody Disgusting. June 12, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sofia Black-D'Elia Is Watching 'The Night Of' Like Everyone Else". HBO. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
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