Sophie von Haselberg

Sophie von Haselberg Guinness (born November 14, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for co-starring in Woody Allen's 2015 film Irrational Man, alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. she is the daughter of actress and singer Bette Midler and artist Martin von Haselberg. Her father is of German noble descent and her mother is of Jewish-American descent. She attended the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City. She then studied at Yale University, and graduated with a B.A. in Sociology and East Asian studies in May 2008. She then returned to Yale in 2011 after time abroad to study acting at the drama school. She graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in 2014.

Career

After graduating college in 2008, von Haselberg worked at an ad agency in China.

In 2015, von Haselberg received a favorable review for her role in the Woody Allen film Irrational Man, which starred Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. Allen stated,She's wonderful. She came in with a lot of other women that read and she's the spitting image of her [mother] and she was just good… I thought she was so good that I combined her part. There was another part to and when I gave her the role, then I dropped the other character out of the movie and worked it so that she could have a double role, so [she] could appear more frequently [']cause she was impressive… She projects intelligence because she's intelligent. Also in 2015, von Haselberg was cast in a pilot for MTV starring Nicole Byer, and in October of the same year, she started shooting The Wizard of Lies for HBO. She appeared in season 2, episode 1 and the Season Finale of FX's Pose as ACT UP activist Syd.

Personal life On June 6, 2020, von Haselberg married Harry J.N. Guinness, the youngest son of Timothy Whitmore Newton Guinness, in Millbrook, New York, at the home of her parents.

Filmography

Film