Sophia Forrest

Sophia Forrest (born 1994 or 1995) is an Australian actor.

Early life Sof Forrest 1994 or 1995. They are the child of Andrew and Nicola Forrest. They attended St Hilda's School in Perth and graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).

Career Forrest played the role of Debbie Hampshire in Love Child, joining the cast for season four. In 2022 they played the role of Dani in Barons and, on stage in 2024, that of Tessa Ensler in the one-hander Prima Facie with Perth's Black Swan State Theatre Company.

Forrest was nominated for Most Popular New Talent at the 2018 Logie Awards for their role in the Network 10 TV series Love Child.

Forrest cited Emma D'arcy, Liv Hewson, and Bella Ramsey as inspirations when they came out as nonbinary. They particularly said Ramsey had "that kind of self-awareness and acceptance and intelligence at that age. It took me 24 years to realise I was gay, and 28 to figure out what my gender was and how to feel comfortable with my body."

Personal life In April 2022, it was announced by Forrest that they were engaged to Zara Zoe. They had met during production of Ride Like a Girl in 2018. Their wedding took place at Minderoo Station in 2024.

Filmography

Television

Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2014 The Water Diviner Edith Feature film 2016 Riptide Rae Short film2018 Aquaman Fisherman Princess Feature film Reaching Distance Tiff 2019 Ride Like a Girl Cathy Payne Feature film 2022 Seriously Red Betty Feature film

Theatre YearTitleRoleNotes 2014 Away Meg WAAPA 2014 The Mill on the Floss Maggie Tulliver WAAPA 2015 13 Holly WAAPA 2015 Marat/Sade Ensemble WAAPA 2015 The Good Doctor The Doctor WAAPA 2015 Much Ado About Nothing Ursula WAAPA 2016 A Tale of Two Cities Marquise De Sant Evremonde WAAPA 2016 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Cecile de Volanges WAAPA 2016 Coriolanus First Citizen WAAPA 2017 Let the Right One In Eli Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan State Theatre Company 2019 The Torrents Gwynne Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth, Sydney Opera House with Black Swan State Theatre Company & STC 2024 Prima Facie Tessa Ensler Black Swan State Theatre Company