Sophie von Haselberg


Sophie Frederica Alohilani von Haselberg is an American actress, best known for co-starring in the Woody Allen film Irrational Man. By birth, she is member of :de:Haselberg |Haselberg German noble family and by marriage member of aristocratic Guinness family.

Early life and education

Von Haselberg was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actress and singer Bette Midler and artist Martin von Haselberg. Her father is German and her mother is Jewish-American. She attended the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City as a child. She then studied sociology and East Asian studies at Yale University, worked at an ad agency in China and returned to Yale to study at the drama school in 2011.

Career

Von Haselberg started becoming interested in acting because of her mother. Her NYC theatre debut was in October 2014 in a play entitled Billy and Ray.
In 2015, von Haselberg had a role in the Woody Allen film Irrational Man. Allen stated, "She's wonderful. She came in with a lot of other women that read and she's the spitting image of her and she was just good... I thought she was so good that I combined her part. There was another part too 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 could appear more frequently 'cause she was impressive… She projects intelligence because she's intelligent."
Von Haselberg was cast in a pilot for MTV starring Nicole Byer. In October 2015, she started shooting The Wizard of Lies for HBO. Equity, featuring Von Haselberg and Anna Gunn, was released in 2015. Also, von Haselberg will be appearing in an indie named A Woman, a Part. In 2017, she filmed the role of Joyce in the historical drama film Ask for Jane, released the following year.
In 2018, she played Linda Elwell in FX's . In 2019, she appeared in season 2, episode 1 of FX's Pose as ACT UP activist Syd.