SOPHIE WILDE

The Talk To Me star who speaks Demon.

BY DAVID CROW AND PHOTO BY NICK MORGULIS

1 Australian actress Sophie Wilde was born in 1998 and is the daughter of an Ivorian mother and Australian father. She grew up around Sydney and began attending the National Institute of Dramatic Art at age five.

2 Wilde was first introduced to acting by attending plays and operas with her grandparents, but got the bug while watching Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday. “I just thought, ‘Shit. I want to do that’,” she told Marie Claire.

3 Known now for BBC’s You Don’t Know Me and PBS’ Tom Jones, her breakthrough came via chiller Talk to Me where she plays a teen who gets high through demonic possession. As soon as directors Danny and Michael Philippou met Wilde, they knew they “were pretty set.”

4 Wilde tells us she appreciates the level of authenticity the Philippous bring to the modern youth experience. “The characters talk like young Australians which in Australia I don’t think has often happened before.”

5 The Philippous planned to dub Wilde’s demonic voice but were stunned by the actor’s ability to learn French on the spot. Says Michael, “There’s a scene where she’s possessed and started singing in French so perfectly.” No dub necessary.