Sofia Banzhaf

Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. Banzhaf was born in Germany and spent part of her early life in the United States. She is most noted for her 2019 short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.

As an actress, her roles have included the films Closet Monster (2015), We Forgot to Break Up (2017), Splinters (2018), Black Conflux (2019) and Stage Mother (2020), and the television series Bitten (2014–2016).

Her first feature film as a director, titled Apparatus, was announced in 2026.

Filmography 2013 - Silent Retreat: Alexis 2015 - Closet Monster: Gemma 2016 - Delta Venus: Annabel 2017 - Kingdom City Drowning, Ep1. The Champion (Short): Maika 2017 - We Forgot to Break Up: Allison 2018 - Splinters: Belle 2018 - Honey Bee: Cherry 2019 - Bing! Bang! Bi! (Short): Sofia 2019 - Murdoch Mysteries (TV series): Bella Cooper (episode "The Killing Dose") 2020 - Stage Mother: Young Maybelline 2021 - The Communist's Daughter (web series): Dunyasha 2022 - Retrograde: Gabrielle 2023 - Wong & Winchester: Sarah Winchester 2023 - Dream Scenario: Leah