Sophia Lillis

February 13, 2002 • 22 y.o.

Place of Birth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Citizenship United States
Career 2018 — ...
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Height 1.52 m

Facts

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.

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Filmography chart

Title Ratings: 6.5
My Ratings:
  • Drama 31%
  • Comedy 14%
  • Fantasy 10%
  • Mystery 10%
  • Horror 7%
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                                Actress — 13 of 17

                                2023
                                1
                                2023 — Maggie

                                Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 31 min
                                United States • Dustin Guy Defa

                                  2
                                  2023 — Shelly

                                  Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama, 1 hr 45 min
                                  United States, Germany • Wes Anderson

                                    2022
                                    3
                                    2022 — Celia

                                    Drama, 1 hr 55 min
                                    United States • Claire McCarthy

                                      2020
                                      4
                                      2020 — Beth

                                      Drama, 1 hr 35 min
                                      United States • Alan Ball

                                        5
                                        2020 — ... — Helen

                                        Short, Drama, 2 min
                                        United States • Brando Crawford...

                                          6
                                          2020 — Sydney Novak

                                          Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, 20 min
                                          United States • Jonathan Entwistle

                                            2019
                                            7
                                            2019 — Young Beverly Marsh

                                            Horror, Fantasy, Drama, 2 hr 49 min
                                            United States, Canada • Andy Muschietti

                                              8
                                              2019 — Nancy

                                              Comedy, Crime, Drama, 1 hr 29 min
                                              United States • Katt Shea

                                                2018
                                                9
                                                2018 — Young Camille

                                                Crime, Drama, Mystery, 55 min
                                                United States • Jean-Marc Vallée

                                                  2017
                                                  10
                                                  2017 — Sophia

                                                  Short, Sci-Fi, Drama, 8 min
                                                  United States • Dagny Looper

                                                    11
                                                    11
                                                    It
                                                    2017 — Beverly Marsh

                                                    Horror, Fantasy, Drama, 2 hr 15 min
                                                    United States, Canada • Andy Muschietti

                                                      2016
                                                      12
                                                      12
                                                      37
                                                      2016 — Debbie Bernstein

                                                      Drama, 1 hr 25 min
                                                      Denmark, United States • Puk Grasten

                                                        2013
                                                        13
                                                        2013 — Addie

                                                        Short, Drama, 10 min
                                                        United States • Dagny Looper

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