Sophie Becker

Sophie Becker (born 1993 or 1994) is an American actor and ventriloquist who is known for "reviving a vaudevillian art form".

Early life and education Becker grew up in Berkeley, California and studied performance art at Wesleyan University. was reviewed favorably by Jose Solis of the New York Times. Becker was given a Jerry Mahoney dummy by a man she met while line dancing. As the pandemic diminished her acting opportunities, she worked on her ventriloquism skills via YouTube. Becker performed at MOMA's PS 21, Jean's, Roxy Cinema, the Rockaway Film Festival, Becker noted that ventriloquism eased her fear of having her jokes bomb on stage because she could blame bad writing on the dummy.

As her career progressed, Becker commissioned a second, original dummy she named Ronnie to represent "the New York girl who is my id". Her dummies are made by Austin Phillips.