Sophie Nyweide, the previous little one actor who made appearances within the movies Mammoth, Noah Baumbach’s Margot on the Marriage ceremony and Darren Aronofsky’s Noah, died April 14. She was 24.
In a paid obituary, her household wrote that the previous actor “self-medicated to take care of all of the trauma and disgrace she held inside, and it resulted in her dying.”
“Sophie was a form and trusting woman,” her household writes. “Typically this left her open to being taken benefit of by others. She wrote and drew voraciously, and far of this artwork depicts the depth she had, and it additionally represents the ache she suffered. A lot of her writings and paintings are roadmaps of her struggles and traumas. Even with these roadmaps, diagnoses and her personal revelations, these closest to her, plus therapists, regulation enforcement officers and others who tried to assist her, are heartbroken their efforts couldn’t save her from her destiny. She self-medicated to take care of all of the trauma and disgrace she held inside, and it resulted in her dying. She repeatedly stated she would ‘deal with it’ on her personal and was compelled to reject the remedy that may probably have saved her life.”
Born July 8, 2000, in Burlington, Vermont – she would spend most of her life in Vermont and New York Metropolis – Nyweide was simply 6 when she was solid within the title function of her first film, Bella starring Tammy Blanchard.
By 15 she acted in 12 movies and TV collection, most notably 2009’s Mammoth, Lukas Moodysson’s household drama starring Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams. Nyweide performed their daughter Jackie
Nyweide additionally performed a younger daughter in Baumbach’s star-studded Margot on the Marriage ceremony (2007) and Aronofsky’s Noah (2014) starring Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Hopkins.
Different movie and TV credit embrace Shadows & Lies (2010) starring James Franco; An Invisible Signal (2010) starring Jessica Alba; Regulation & Order, And Then Got here Love and New York Serenade (all in 2007); a pair quick movies and, in 2015, her remaining credit score with an look on What Would You Do?, the ABC hidden digicam present.
Nyweide was the daughter of former actor Shelly Gibson. The household writes in her obituary, “She dreamed (extra like demanded!) to be an actor, with out ever figuring out her mom was an actor, so she did that too with an ease all of us marveled about. She appeared happiest on a film set, changing into another person. It was a protected place for her and she or he relish from the casts and crews who nourished her expertise and her properly being.”
Along with her mom, Nyweide is survived by brother Huck.
The household asks that In lieu of items or flowers, donations will be made in Nyweide’s identify to RAINN, the anti-sexual violence group.
