Sophie Vavasseur

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Sophie Vavasseur
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Sophie Vavasseur

(1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 31)
Occupation Actress
Years active2002–present

Sophie Vavasseur (born 10 May 1992) is an Irish actress and television presenter, [1] best known for her award-nominated role as Evelyn Doyle in the Irish film Evelyn .

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Career

Born in Dublin, Ireland, the fourth child of plumber Christopher Vavasseur, who died when she was 16, and Adrienne, [2] [3] [4] Vavasseur has appeared in films and on stage, and has done a number of advertisements and voice-overs. She has acted in several films to date. The first was Evelyn , in which she played the title role (the daughter of Pierce Brosnan's character). The second was Resident Evil: Apocalypse in which she played Angela "Angie" Ashford, the daughter of T-virus creator Charles Ashford. Film credits also include the IMAX film Country Music: The Spirit of America . On stage she appeared in Come On Over by Conor McPherson at the Gate Theatre. [5]

In 2007, Vavasseur appeared in Becoming Jane , a movie based on the private life of Jane Austen; that same year she starred in a British television adaptation of Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop . In 2010, she appeared as a possessed teenager in the Spanish horror film Exorcismus , [5] [6] alongside Richard Felix, Doug Bradley and Stephen Billington. [7]

In 2023, she presented 'Love, Style, repeat', a fashion programme for Virgin Media Ireland. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Evelyn Evelyn Doyle
2003 Country Music: The Spirit of America CreditedIMAX documentary
2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Red Queen/Angela "Angie" Ashford
2007 Becoming Jane Jane Lefroy
2010 Exorcismus Emma Evans
2014 Poison Pen Jessica
2017 Bring It On: Worldwide Cheersmack HannahDirect-to-video film
2020Picture Perfect Royal ChristmasDuchess Catherine
2021 The Seed Heather
2023 Flora and Son Juanita
TBC Alice, Through the Looking Emma

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Northanger Abbey Annie ThorpeTelevision film
2007 The Old Curiosity Shop Nell Trent Television film
2009 Masterpiece Nell Trent Episode: The Old Curiosity Shop
2017 Vikings Princess Ellisif2 episodes
2023Love, Style, RepeatPresenter [1] one-off episode

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