Sofía Sisniega
| Sofía Sisniega | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Sofía Sisniega June 7, 1989 Cuernavaca, Morelos |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Sofía Sisniega (born 7 June 1989 in Cuernavaca, Morelos) is a Mexican actress best known for her role as Sofia López-Haro in the 2013 Mexican adaptation, Gossip Girl: Acapulco.
Sisniega was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Sisniega began acting in local community theatre productions in Cuernavaca when she was 4 years old. She performed four times a week at bookstores as part of a children's theatre group in Mexico. Her late father was Marcel Sisniega Campbell, a Mexican Grandmaster chess player and a respected independent film director. She has dual-citizenship in the United States and Mexico and was raised in both countries.
At 17, she was accepted in the Conservatory at the at Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City. She studied for three years before graduating. She also took acting lessons at Casa Azul and Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT) in Mexico City.
She began acting professionally at 15 and appeared in two films, Mujeres en el Acto and Arresto Domiciliario in 2006 and 2008 both by the acclaimed director, Gabriel Retes. "Arresto Domiciliario" was shot in Costa Rica. In 2007, she worked with her father in La Cadenita, an independent film directed by him. In 2010, while studying in NYC, she participated in A través del silencio, also directed by her father. Since then she has appeared in film and television roles in both the U.S. and Mexico.
In 2011, she was cast as "Mariana" in the Mexican teen-oriented drama series, Bienvenida Realidad. For the role, she learned to play the guitar. The show was based on the original Chilean version of the same name. The show explored topics including sexuality, drug abuse, and eating disorders. Sofia's character was bisexual. The series had one season with 120 episodes. It aired weeknights in Mexico and in the United States on MTV Tr3s.
In January 2013, Sisniega was officially confirmed as "Sofía López-Haro" in the Mexican teen drama series, Gossip Girl: Acapulco. Previously, she appeared in a short demo pilot in 2012 for the show. The series was a Spanish-language adaption of Gossip Girl where Sisniega played the equivalent to "Serena van der Woodsen" in the series. The show was produced as an international collaboration between the Mexican production company El Mall and Warner Brothers International Television. Mexican producer Pedro Torres served as co-producer for the series. Filming for the show began in January 2013 and ended on May 5, 2013 in Acapulco, Mexico. The show first aired in Mexico as an exclusive to subscribers for Golden Premiere on August 5, 2013. It later aired in Mexico for Telehit in September 2013 and in the United States it was shown on Thursday nights on UniMás. In spite of the show's huge success in Mexico and the U.S., it was officially cancelled on January 14, 2014 due to producer's disagreements. The show lasted for one season with 25 episodes.
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