India Ennenga (born November 16, 1994) is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Sofia Bernette in the HBO series '' Treme'', Camille Winship in the A&E drama '' The Returned'' and the voice of the titlular character in the

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animated series ''

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''. Ennenga currently is based in New York City. She is co-founder of publishing company '' isolarii''.

Early life and education

Ennenga was born in

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. Her mother is filmmaker Laurie Weltz. She attended Saint Ann's School in

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, New York City. She attended

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, where she graduated ''cum laude'' with a bachelor of arts degree in Comparative Literature. Later, Ennenga received professional training at

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Career

Writing

Her essay "Towards a More Radical Selfie," on social media, feminism and

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was published in ''

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'' in November 2018.

Television

In 2006, Ennenga began her voice role as the title character in the animated series ''

''. She later starred in the HBO series '' Treme'' as Sofia Bernette in 2010 and the A&E drama '' The Returned'' as Camille Winship in 2015. She recently starred in the

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series ''

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'' as Julia Reed in 2022.

Film

Ennenga's first film role was as Sophie in ''

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''. She then starred in the 2008 feature film '' The Women''. She played Molly Haines, the daughter of Mary Haines (played by

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). Other film credits include ''

Multiple Sarcasms ''Multiple Sarcasms'' is a 2010 American drama film starring Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino, Stockard Channing, Dana Delany, Chris Sarandon and Mario Van Peebles. It was sold at the European Film Market on February 6, 2009 and was released in the Un ...

'' (2010), ''

Nobody Walks ''Nobody Walks'' is a 2012 American independent drama film directed by Ry Russo-Young. The film premiered in Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won a special Jury Prize. The film stars John Krasinski, Olivia Thirlby, Rosemarie De ...

'' (2012), '' Sun Belt Express'' (2014), ''

About Scout ''About Scout'' (originally titled ''Scout'') is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Laurie Weltz. The film stars India Ennenga, James Frecheville, Nikki Reed, Danny Glover and Ellen Burstyn. The film had its world premiere ...

'' (2015) and '' Charlie Says'' (2018). She also appeared as Dolores Sheeran in

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's 2019 film ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ennenga, India 1994 births Living people 21st-century American actresses Actresses from New York City American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Brown University alumni Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn) alumni American expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom