Sophie Vavasseur (born 10 May 1992) is an Irish

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

best known for her award-nominated role as Evelyn Doyle in the Irish film ''

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''.

Career

Born in

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, the fourth child of plumber Christopher Vavasseur, who died when she was 16, and Adrienne, Vavasseur has appeared in films and on stage, and has done a number of advertisements and voice-overs. She has acted in several films to date. The first was ''

'', in which she played the title role, (the daughter of

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's character). The second was '' Resident Evil: Apocalypse'' where she played Angela "Angie" Ashford, the daughter of T-virus creator Charles Ashford. Film credits also include the

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film '' Country Music: The Spirit of America''. On stage she appeared in ''

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'' by Conor McPherson at the Gate Theatre. In 2007, Vavasseur appeared in ''

Becoming Jane ''Becoming Jane'' is a 2007 biographical film, biographical Romance film, romantic Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Julian Jarrold. It depicts the early life of the British author Jane Austen and her lasting love for Thomas L ...

'', a movie based on the private life of

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

; that same year she starred in a British television adaptation of

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's '' The Old Curiosity Shop''. In 2010, she appeared as a possessed teenager in the Spanish horror film ''

Exorcismus ''Exorcismus'' ( es, La posesión de Emma Evans) is a 2010 Spanish-British horror film directed by Manuel Carballo and written by David Muñoz, it stars Sophie Vavasseur and Stephen Billington. Plot Secluded, home-schooled teenager Emma's uncont ...

'', alongside

Richard Felix ''Most Haunted'' is a British Paranormal television, paranormal reality television series. Following complaints, the broadcast regulator, Ofcom, ruled that it was an entertainment show, not a legitimate investigation into the paranormal, and "s ...

, Doug Bradley and Stephen Billington.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vavasseur, Sophie Irish television actresses Irish child actresses Irish film actresses Actresses from Dublin (city) 1992 births Living people