Marie-Sophie Nélisse (born March 27, 2000) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her Genie Award–winning performance in Monsieur Lazhar and for her portrayal of Liesel Meminger in the film adaptation of the novel The Book Thief. Nélisse was born in Windsor, Ontario, but moved to Montréal, Québec, with her family when she was four. She is of French Canadian descent. Besides her Genie Award for Monsieur Lazhar, she won a Jutra Award for her performance and a Young Artist Award nomination as Best Leading Young Actress in an International Feature Film. She also had roles in the film Ésimésac and in a Québec sitcom called Les Parent. Her sister is actress Isabelle Nélisse.

Filmography

• 2026Lydia and the Mist Rider — Lydia (voice)
• 2026Whistle — Ellie Gains
• Heated Rivalry — Rose Landry
• L’indétectable — Stéphanie Parent Sirois
• 2025Two Women — Jessica
• 2024Irena's Vow — Irena Gut Opdyke
• No Return — Fanny Lori
• Yellowjackets — Teen Shauna Shipman
• Dogs Day — Young Florence
• 2020Flashwood — Rose
• 2020The Kid Detective — Caroline
• 2020The Rest of Us — Aster
• Transplant — Hannah Miller
• 201947 Meters Down: Uncaged — Mia
• 2019Close — Zoe Tanner
• Demain des hommes — Roxanne Rousseau
• 2017Exodus
• 2017Worst Case, We Get Married — Aïcha
• 20161:54 — Jennifer
• 2016Mean Dreams — Casey Caraway
• 2016The History of Love — Alma Singer
• 2016Wait Till Helen Comes — Molly
• 2015Dany Rabbit — Élisabeth
• 2015Endorphine — Simone (13)
• 2015Pawn Sacrifice — Young Joan
• 2015The Great Gilly Hopkins — Gilly Hopkins
• 2013The Book Thief — Liesel Meminger
• 2012Ésimésac — Marie Gélinas
• 2011Monsieur Lazhar — Alice L'Écuyer
• Mirador — Jeune fille de Ralf
• Toute la vérité — Marie-Anne, Marie-Anne (uncredited)
• The Parents — Zoé
• Alice
• Girl in Pieces — Producer
• Stranger in Town — Ruth
• The Pact — Chloe
• This Summer Will Be Different

Appearances as themselves (16)

• Au-delà du sexe — Self - Guest
• Je viens vers toi — Self
• 2022Accro: troubles de dépendances — Self
• La semaine des 4 Julie — Self, Self - Guest
• La tour — Self - Guest
• Bonsoir bonsoir! — Self
• Dans ton cell — Herself
• Rousseau's Show — Self
• OD+ en direct — Self
• Les échangistes — Self
• Silence, on joue! — Self
• En mode Salvail — Self
• Les Enfants de la télé — Self
• KARV, l'anti.gala — Self
• Tout le monde en parle — Self
• Sucré salé — Self