Sophie Lowe

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Sophie Lowe
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Lowe in 2018
Born (1990-06-05) 5 June 1990 (age 33)
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Australia
Alma mater The McDonald College (2008)
Occupation(s)Actress, singer-songwriter
Years active2000–present
PartnerWill Berger

Sophie Lowe (born 5 June 1990) is a British-born Australian actress and singer-songwriter. She is known for appearing in films such as Beautiful Kate , Autumn Blood , After the Dark , Adore , Road Kill , Above Suspicion, Medieval and Blow the Man Down , and starring in the television series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland , The Slap , The Returned , and The Beautiful Lie .

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Early life

Lowe was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, and moved to Australia with her family in 2000. In her early teens, she signed to Chadwick Models but quit modelling in favour of acting. [1]

Career

Acting

Lowe's first roles were the short films Kindle, in which she played the lead role Hayley; Mirage, which was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival, [2] and He. She. It., as well as a number of television advertisements before she graduated from The McDonald College in 2008. [3]

Lowe's first substantial role was as the lead, Kate, in Beautiful Kate , [4] which was released in 2009. For her role in Beautiful Kate, she was nominated for an AFI Award for Best Lead Actress. Her other credits include Natalie in the thriller film Blame , [5] [6] [7] which was released in 2010. Blame was screened and received accolades at Cannes Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival, the 35th Toronto International Film Festival, [8] the 47th Chicago International Film Festival [9] and Buenos Aires International Film Festival of Independent Cinema.

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Lowe in 2013

In 2013, Lowe and her fellow McDonald College alumnus Rhys Wakefield co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the short film A Man Walks Into a Bar... The film was a finalist at Sydney's Tropfest short film festival. [10] Lowe and Wakefield previously worked together in the 2013 film After the Dark .

From 2013 to 2014, Lowe starred as Alice in Once Upon a Time in Wonderland , a spin-off of the TV series Once Upon a Time . [11] The series ended after one season. [12]

On 2 June 2014, Lowe was cast in the role of Lena in The Returned . [13]

In 2015, Lowe starred in The Beautiful Lie , an Australian television series broadly based on Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina , playing Kitty Ballantyne, and filmed Waiting for the Miracle to Come , the feature film debut of Australian documentary filmmaker Lian Lunson. [14] In 2016, she joined the independent Australian film Bloom, [15] and Philip Noyce's thriller Above Suspicion . [16]

In 2022, she starred in the Czech period drama film, Medieval, alongside Ben Foster, The film was directed by Petr Jákl and became the most expensive Czech film ever made. [17] She is set to star alongside actress Louisa Krause in the to be announced film "The Dive". [18]

Music

2013-2015: EP1 and EP2

Lowe is also a singer-songwriter, originally performing under the alias SOLO. [19] In December 2013, she released a five-song EP via the online music retailer Bandcamp. [20] The music video for the song "Dreaming", one of the songs from the SOLO EP, was directed by actress and After the Dark co-star Bonnie Wright. [21] [22] She later dropped the SOLO name and performed under her real name. In October 2015, she re-released independently her first record as Sophie Lowe, titled EP1. [23] On the next month, in November 2015, she released her second EP titled EP2, with seven songs. [24] Her second extendend play saw a departing of her Alt-folk sound, with EP2 embracing a more Electropop production while remaining as an Alternative record. To promote the project, Lowe released three singles; "Understand", "Pink Flowers" and "Breathe", the first two end up getting a respective music video. As 2020, the music video for "Understand" directed by Dean Francis, is no longer available to stream on her YouTube page. The music video for "Pink Flowers" was co-directed by Lowe herself and Lily Rolfe. [25]

2016-present: Trust and new singles

Since 2016, Lowe has released a bunch of stand-alone singles, starting in August when she released a collaboration with TWINKIDS titled, "Mean" with the music video being directed by Patrick Fileti and herself. [26] In the same year, she starred in the music video from Australian electronic producer Flume and Canadian singer Kai, titled "Never Be Like You" alongside actor Sam Reid, [27] which has over 40 million views on YouTube. [28]

In October 2017, she released the single, "Trust". The song went to be featured on tv series such as The Bold Type and Charmed. As November 2022, the single is her most popular song on Spotify with over 1 million streams. [29]

In September 2018. she released the single, "Taught You How To Feel", music video was directed by Bonnie Wright, making this her second collaboration between them, since the single "Dreaming" in 2013. [30]

On 11 May 2021, Lowe released the single, "I Don't Want You Around", the music video was directed and edited by herself. [31] After three years since the release of her last single, Lowe returned with the Indie pop song "From the Inside" which was released on January 24, 2023 alongside the official music video, [32] which co-stars fellow Australian actor and model James Frecheville. [33]

Personal life

Speaking to the media in October 2015, Lowe said she had a two-fold focus. When she had free time between acting, she tried to do as much music as she could. She stated that she would not give up acting for the sake of her burgeoning musical career. "There's no way I'm not acting," she said, "because that's my life." [34]

In 2018, it was confirmed that Lowe was dating Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy, after he thanked and called her, "My girlfriend Sophie" in his acceptance speech at the ARIA Music Awards. [35] They eventually broke up, without revealing any information on the subject. [36]

Discography

Extended plays

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Beautiful Kate Kate Kendall
2009 Blessed Katrina
2010 Road Train Ninaaka Road Kill
2010 The Clinic Allison
2010 Blame Natalie
2013 Adore Hannahaka Adoration, Two Mothers, and Perfect Mothers
2013 After the Dark PetraOriginally titled The Philosophers
2013 Autumn Blood The Girl
2015 What Lola Wants Lola
2017 The Butterfly Tree Shelley
2018 Waiting for the Miracle to Come Adeline Winter
2019 Blow the Man Down Priscilla Connolly
2019 Above Suspicion Kathy Putham
2022 Medieval Catherine
2023 The Dive Drew [37]

Short films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007KindleHayley
2008He. She. It.Cassie
2008The MirageDeb
2011KissKristy
2011MothHeather
2013A Man Walks Into a Bar...WomanCo-director and writer
2015The Nightingale and the RoseProfessor's Daughter
2016Love YourselfSophie Lowe
2016TricksGirl
2019DelugeFloral

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Backyard Science Young ScientistEpisode: "Moldy Meal"
2009 All Saints ChloeEpisode: "Test of Faith"
2010 Satisfaction KateEpisodes: "Big Crush" & "Lifesavers"
2011 The Slap ConnieMain role
2013–14 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland Alice Lead role
2015 The Returned LenaMain role
2015 The Beautiful Lie Kitty BallantyneMain role
2018 Romper Stomper Zoe FarronMain role

Music Videos

YearTitleArtist(s)RoleDirector
2016 Never Be Like You Flume

Kai

Lead FemaleClemens Habich

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2009 AFI Award Best Lead Actress Beautiful Kate Nominated [38]
2010 FCCA Award Best Supporting Actor - FemaleNominated [39]
Screen Music Award Best Original Song Composed for the Screen (shared with: Rafael May)A Runner (from Road Kill)Nominated
2011 Equity Ensemble Awards Most Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Movie or Miniseries

(shared with Ensemble)

 The Slap Won [40]

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