Sofia Vassilieva
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Vassilieva in June 2009
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| Born |
Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva October 22, 1992 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Other names | Sonya, Sonechka |
| Citizenship | United States Russia |
| Education |
Barbizon Modeling and Acting School Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Shakespeare course; London, UK Columbia College, Columbia University (B.A.Sc.; magna cum laude) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | www |
Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva (born October 22, 1992) (Russian: София Владимировна Васильева) is an American actress. Her most notable roles include the children's book heroine Eloise in Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime, Ariel DuBois in the Emmy-winning TV series Medium, and teenage cancer patient Kate Fitzgerald in the 2009 film adaptation of My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult.
Vassilieva was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in Hennepin County Medical Center at 2:22 pm, the daughter of Russian immigrants Dr. Larissa Vassilieva, a biologist, and Dr. Vladimir Vassiliev, a physicist, both from Novosibirsk. She attended and graduated from Barbizon Modeling and Acting School in Arizona.
At the age of seven, Vassilieva was discovered at the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) in New York, where she won the title of Child Actress and first runner-up Child Model Of The Year 2000.
Less than a year later, Vassilieva received her first role, playing the granddaughter of a retired Russian General in an episode of the CBS television series The Agency.
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