Sofia Black-D'Elia

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Sofia Black-D'Elia
Born (1991-12-24) December 24, 1991 (age 32)
Clifton, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​
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Sofia Black-D'Elia (born December 24, 1991 [2] ) is an American actress. She is known for her television roles, such as Tea Marvelli in Skins , Sage Spence in Gossip Girl , Andrea Cornish in The Night Of , and Frannie Latimer in Your Honor . From 2017 to 2018 Black-D'Elia starred as Sabrina on the Fox comedy The Mick . She also starred in the 2015 film Project Almanac and the 2016 film Viral . Currently, Black-D'Elia plays the lead role in the Freeform comedy series Single Drunk Female , which premiered on January 20, 2022.

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Early life

Black-D'Elia was born and raised in Clifton, New Jersey, where she graduated from Clifton High School. [3] Her mother, Elinor, works in printing. [4] Her father, Anthony V. D'Elia, is a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey. [5] [6] [7] Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is Jewish. [8] [9] Black-D'Elia had a bat mitzvah ceremony. [1] She started acting at the age of five and signed up for dancing classes at Broadway Bound. [10]

Career

Black-D'Elia's first significant role was the recurring character Bailey on the soap opera All My Children at age seventeen. In 2010, she joined the cast of the MTV teen drama Skins [11] as Tea, an openly lesbian teenager. In the fall of 2012, Black-D'Elia played the role of Sage Spence in the sixth and final season of Gossip Girl . Black-Delia starred in the Michael Bay–produced time travel thriller Project Almanac , which was released in January 2015. [12] In 2016, she appeared in the HBO miniseries The Night Of . [13] The same year she starred as Emma in the horror film Viral . [14] [15]

Black-D'Elia played Sabrina Pemberton on Fox comedy television comedy series The Mick from 2017 to 2018. [16] [17] [18] In 2019 she was in the role of Frannie on the Showtime legal drama television series Your Honor , [19] which premiered in late 2020. She currently stars as the lead in the Freeform comedy series Single Drunk Female which premiered in January 2022. [20] In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season. [21]

Personal life

Black-D'Elia lives in New York City. [22] Black-D'Elia met filmmaker Henry Joost while working on the 2016 film Viral , which he co-directed. They married in October 2021. [1]

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 The Immigrant Not Magda
2014Born of WarMina
2015 Project Almanac Jessie
2016 Viral Emma
2016 Ben-Hur Tirzah
2021 To All the Boys: Always and Forever Heather
2023 Good Burger 2 Maria
2024 I Love You Forever Mackenzie
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009–2010 All My Children Bailey WellsRecurring role, 28 episodes
2011 Skins Tea MarvelliMain role
2012 Gossip Girl Natasha "Sage" SpenceRecurring role, 9 episodes
2013 Betrayal Jules WhitmanRecurring role, 4 episodes
2015 The Messengers Erin CalderMain role
2016 The Night Of Andrea CornishEpisode: "The Beach"
2017–2018 The Mick Sabrina PembertonMain role
2020–2021 Your Honor Frannie LatimerMain role (season 1)
2022–2023 Single Drunk Female Samantha FinkLead role [23]
Web roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 Skins Webisodes Tea Marvelli Episodes: "Dress Up", "Poker", "The Big Bust Hunt"
2012Somewhere RoadErikaShort film
201610 CrosbySofia / Ronnie's MomShort film series; segments: "Hi Fi", "Drunk on Youth"
2016InvisibleTatiana AshlandMain role
Music videos
YearTitleArtistNotes
2011"The Chase Is On" Hoodie Allen [24]
2013"If So" Atlas Genius

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