Sophie Vavasseur

Sophie Vavasseur, an Irish actress and television presenter, was born in Dublin. She became known for her award-nominated performance in the Irish film Evelyn (2002), where she played Evelyn Doyle. In that movie she played the title character, the daughter of the character played by Pierce Brosnan. Her next film was Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), in which she was Angela Ashford, whose father created the T-virus. She also appeared in an IMAX production, Country Music: The Spirit of America. On stage she performed in Conor McPherson's Come On Over at the Gate Theatre. In 2007 she appeared in Becoming Jane, and that same year she had a leading role in a British television version of Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop. In 2010 she starred as a demon-possessed teenager in Exorcismus, a Spanish horror film, with Richard Felix, Doug Bradley and Stephen Billington. In 2023 she presented the fashion program Love, Style, Repeat for Virgin Media Ireland.