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Sophie Nyweide, who, as a child appeared in films alongside Michelle Williams and Russell Crowe, died, according to an online NECT shared by her family.
She was 24 years old.
The native of Burlington Vermont, who “has spent most of his brief life in Vermont and New York”, died on April 14, according to his Bill. No cause of death has been shared.
“Sophie was a girl, a granddaughter, a sister, a friend and a new beloved aunt,” wrote the family. “Creative, athletic and wise beyond her years, Sophie has accomplished so much when she danced on earth (literally – she danced by moving!”
The family noted that Nyweide “seemed to be the happiest in a film set, becoming someone else.”
“It was a safe place for her and she savor the casts and the crews that fueled her talent and her well-being,” wrote the family. “She was an impatient adventurer and picked up the customs and even the languages of any place she visited.”
Born in July 2000 of former actor Shelly Gibso, Nyweide was only six years old when she played in the title role of her first major film, “Bella”.
“She dreamed (more as requested!) To be an actor, without ever knowing that her mother was an actor, so she did that too with ease, we all amazed,” reads her obit.
The television roles in shows like “Law & Order” and films such as “then Combot Love” and “Margot at the wedding” followed.
Nyweide played the role of the daughter of the characters played by Michelle Williams and Gael García Bernal in the 2009 “Mammoth” film and opposite Russell Crowe in “Noah” of 2014.
Her obit states that she “was a kind and confident girl”.
“She wrote and drawn in a voraciously and a large part of this art represents the depth it had and that also represents the pain it has suffered. Many of her writings and works of art are roadmaps of her struggles and trauma,” according to the obit. “Even with these roadmaps, diagnoses and its own revelations, those that are closest to it, as well as therapists, agents responsible for the application of laws and others who tried to help her at the heart of their efforts could not save her from her fate.”
Instead of flowers or gifts, the family asked that donations be made in Rainn, which presents itself as “the largest organization of anti-sexual violence in the country, on behalf of Nyweide. A commemorative service is provided for a date to be determined.
