Actor

Sofia Banzhaf

Born June 13, 1991 in Germany15 films

Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. As a director, she is most noted for her 2019 short film I Am in the World as Free and Slender as a Deer on a Plain, which premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.

As an actress, she is known for Closet Monster (2015), Splinters (2018) and Bitten (2014).

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First watchCloset Monster20167.0as GemmaA creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach

6.7Dream Scenario2023

6.2Stage Mother2020

Filmography

15 films as actor

TBAZygosityInterviewer
2026Pocket MirrorMaisie
2026Winter After Winter
2023Dream ScenarioLeah
2023RetrogradeGabrielle
2020Stage MotherYoung Maybelline
2019Black ConfluxTracey Mulligan
2019I've Never Done Anything Without You
2018Honey BeeCherry
2018SplintersBelle
2017We Forgot to Break UpAllison
2016Closet MonsterGemma
2015Diamond DayGracie
20154 QuartersJane
2013Silent RetreatAlexis