Sophia Lillis

Sophia Lillis (born February 13, 2002) is an American actress. She starred as Beverly Marsh in the horror films It (2017) and It: Chapter Two (2019), as well as a teenager with telekinesis in the Netflix drama series I Am Not Okay With This (2020). Lillis has also appeared in the HBO psychological thriller miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) and the film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).
== Career ==
Lillis made her film debut starring in the 2016 film 37. Previously, she had a minor role in Julie Taymor's stage production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was also filmed for live showings.
In 2017, she rose to prominence after co-starring as one of the lead characters, Beverly Marsh, in the horror film It, an adaptation of Stephen King's novel of the same name. Directed by Andy Muschietti, It also starred Jaeden Martell, Finn Wolfhard, Wyatt Oleff, Bill Skarsgård, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Chosen Jacobs. Later that year, she played one of Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard's children in Sia's music video "Santa's Coming for Us".
In 2018, Lillis appeared in the HBO television miniseries Sharp Objects, in which she played the younger version of Camille Preaker, played by Amy Adams as an adult. In 2019, Lillis starred as teenage sleuth Nancy Drew in the Warner Bros. film adaptation of Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase. While the film received mixed to positive reviews, Lillis's performance was singled out for praise. Later in 2019, she reprised her role as Beverly Marsh in It: Chapter Two.
In 2020, Lillis portrayed Gretel in Gretel & Hansel, a re-imagining of the German fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". The film grossed $22 million worldwide against a budget of $5 million and received generally positive reviews from critics, who mostly praised the film for its acting and cinematography. The following month, Lillis played the lead role in the Netflix original series I Am Not Okay with This. Later that same year, she appeared with Paul Bettany in Uncle Frank, an independent film by True Blood and Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball, which premiered on Amazon Prime in November 2020.
Lillis is set to star alongside Naomi Watts in Claire McCarthy's The Burning Season. She will also appear in Before I Sleep. She appeared in the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Lillis is part of an ensemble cast, including Scarlett Johansson, Jeff Goldblum, and Tom Hanks, who appear in the Wes Anderson film Asteroid City.
In October 2022, Lillis performed in Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC. In July 2024, she was cast in the Peacock television series All Her Fault.
== Filmography ==
* The Burning Season
* Knight’s Camp
* Trap House
* Asteroid City
* Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
* The Adults
* Gretel & Hansel
* Uncle Frank
* It Chapter Two
* Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
* Tiny Mammals
* It
* The Garden
* 37
* Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream
* The Lipstick Stain
== Television ==
* All Her Fault
* Acting for a Cause
* I Am Not Okay with This
* Sharp Objects
== Music Video ==
* Sia: Santa’s Coming for Us
== Video Game ==
* OD
== Awards and nominations ==
Year	Award 	Category 	Work 	Result	Ref
 	New Mexico Film Critics 	Best Young Actor/Actress 	It 	 	
 	San Diego Film Critics Society 	Breakthrough Artist 	It 	 	
 	Seattle Film Critics Society 	Best Youth Performance 	It 	 	
 	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Youth Performance 	It 	 	
 	Online Film & Television Association 	Best Youth Performance 	It 	 	
 	Saturn Awards 	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	It 	 	
 	Music City Film Critics Association 	Best Young Actress 	It Chapter Two	 	
== Gallery ==
== Videos ==
== Trivia ==
* Parents are Juliana and David Lillis. Has a fraternal twin brother Jake Lillis. Her stepfather is photographer and filmmaker Christopher Mellevold.
* She is a fan of Cartoon Network's Steven Universe.
* Born in the Crown Heights area of Brooklyn, New York.
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== References ==
Category:Living people
Category:2002 births
Category:Actresses
Category:American actresses
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:American people of Irish descent
Category:American people of Polish descent
Category:American people of Swiss-German descent
Category:Child actresses
Category:American child actresses
Category:People from Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses of German descent