Sofia Black-D'Elia (born December 24, 1991) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as Tea Marvelli in '' Skins'', Sage Spence in ''

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'', Andrea Cornish in ''

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'', and Frannie Latimer in '' Your Honor''. From 2017 to 2018 Black-D'Elia starred as Sabrina on the

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comedy '' The Mick''. She also starred in the 2015 film ''

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'' and the 2016 film '' Viral''. Currently, Black-D'Elia plays the lead role in the Freeform comedy series ''

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'', which premiered on January 20, 2022.

Early life

Black-D'Elia was born and raised in

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, where she graduated from Clifton High School. Her mother, Elinor, works in printing. Her father, Anthony V. D'Elia, is a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is Jewish. Black-D'Elia had a bat mitzvah ceremony. 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 significant role on the soap opera '' All My Children'' as the recurring character Bailey. In 2010, she was cast the role of Tea on the MTV teen drama '' Skins'', where she played an openly lesbian teenager. Starting in the fall of 2012, Black-D'Elia played Sage Spence in the sixth and final season of ''

''. She also portrayed Jessie in the Michael Bay-produced time travel thriller ''

'', which was released in January 2015. In 2016, she appeared in the HBO miniseries ''

''. The same year she starred as Emma in the horror film '' Viral''. Black-D'Elia played the role of Sabrina Pemberton on

comedy television comedy series '' The Mick'' from 2017 to 2018. In 2019 she was in the role of Frannie on the

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legal drama television series '' Your Honor'', which premiered in late 2020. She currently stars as the lead in the Freeform comedy series ''

'' which premiered in January 2022. In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.

Personal life

Black-D'Elia lives in New York City. Black-D'Elia met filmmaker

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while working on the 2016 film '' Viral'', which he co-directed. They got married in October 2021.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Black-DElia, Sofia Living people American people of Italian descent American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Jewish American actresses Clifton High School (New Jersey) alumni People from Clifton, New Jersey Actresses from New Jersey 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women 1991 births