India Ennenga

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India Ennenga
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Ennenga in 2018
Born
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Brown University
Occupation
  • Actress
Years active2002present

India Ennenga is an American actress, writer, and publisher. She is known for her roles as Sofia Bernette in the HBO series Treme , Camille Winship in the A&E drama The Returned [1] and her cameo role in The Irishman . Ennenga is also a co-founder of publishing company isolarii . [2]

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Early life and education

Ennenga was born in New York City. [3] [4] Her mother is filmmaker Laurie Weltz. [3] She attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, New York City.[ citation needed ] She attended Brown University, where she graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in Comparative Literature. [3]

Later, Ennenga received professional training at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [3]

Career

Writing

Her essay "Towards a More Radical Selfie," on social media, feminism and Mary Knowles was published in The Paris Review in November 2018. [5]

Television

In 2006, Ennenga began her voice role as the title character in the animated series Pinky Dinky Doo . 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 starred in the Netflix series Inventing Anna as Julia Reed in 2022.

Film

Ennenga's first film role was as Sophie in The Last International Playboy . She then starred in the 2008 feature film The Women . She played Molly Haines, the daughter of Mary Haines (played by Meg Ryan). [6] Other film credits include Multiple Sarcasms (2010), Nobody Walks (2012), Sun Belt Express (2014), About Scout (2015) and Charlie Says (2018).

She also appeared as Dolores Sheeran in Martin Scorsese's 2019 film The Irishman . [7]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotesRef(s)
2008 The Last International Playboy Sophie [8]
2008 The Women Molly Haines [9]
2010 Multiple Sarcasms Elizabeth [10] [11] [12]
2012 Nobody Walks Kolt [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
2014 Sun Belt Express Emily King [19] [20]
2015 About Scout Scout Havers [21] [22]
2018 Charlie Says Linda Kasabian [23]
2019 The Irishman Dolores Sheeran [7] [3]
2020Hunter's MoonLisa Delany [24]

Television

YearShowRoleNotesRef(s)
2006–2009 Pinky Dinky Doo PinkyMain role [25] [ better source needed ]
2010–2013 Treme Sofia BernetteSeries regular [26] [27] [28] [29]
2015 The Returned Camille Winship/Young LenaMain role [28] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
2022 Inventing Anna Julia ReedEpisode 4: "A Wolf in Chic Clothing" [35] [ better source needed ]

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