Sophie Hensser

Sophie Bloom
Born
Sophie Hensser

OccupationActress
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Danny Bloom
(m. 2016)
Children1
FamilyWendy Strehlow (mother)

Sophie Bloom (née Hensser) is an Australian actress. From 2001 to 2002, she played Megan in The Saddle Club. In 2009, she joined Australian soap opera Home and Away in the recurring role of Freya Duric. Following guest appearances in various television dramas, Hensser joined the main cast of Love Child as Vivian Maguire in 2014. She appeared in every season until its cancellation in 2017.

Career

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Hensser is the daughter of actress Wendy Strehlow.[1] While growing up Hensser was on sets and tours with her parents. Strehlow agreed to Hensser having an agent on the condition that she did not take rejection after auditions personally. Hensser had credited her mother as helping her to stay "grounded" as an actress.[1] Hensser trained at the Australian Theatre for Young People and also participated in an open course from the National Institute of Dramatic Art.[2]

In 2009, she began appearing in a guest role on Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, during the 22nd season, as Freya Duric, the girlfriend of Xavier Austin (David Jones-Roberts). She is perhaps best remembered on the show for a scene which involved her kissing Nicole Franklin (Tessa James).

In 2011, Hensser began playing Tamara in the stage production of Lachlan Philpott's Silent Disco. Hensser told Elissa Blake from The Sydney Morning Herald that her character was the "epitome of teenage angst".[3] The play received critical acclaim, but was a failure at the box office.[4] In December that year, it was announced that Hensser had begun filming a regular role in the Nine Network drama series Tricky Business, playing Lily Christie.[1] Hensser took part in the 2012 Dungog Film Festival and read for Diving For Poland at the Cockatoo theatre.[5]

In 2013, Hensser joined the cast of Nine Network drama series Love Child.[6] In December 2017, Love Child was cancelled after four seasons.[7]

Personal life

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Hensser married her partner of eight years, Danny Bloom in a Reform Jewish ceremony in Byron Bay in 2016, that was officiated by Jeffrey Kamins, Senior Rabbi at Emanuel Synagogue in Sydney.[8] She gave birth to their first child, a son, in October 2018.[9]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Driver Lara Short film
2014 The Little Death (Voice) Feature film
2015 Second Hand Tessa Short film
2019 The Snip Cameron Farrugia Short film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2001–2002 The Saddle Club Megan Main role
2009 Home and Away Freya Duric Season 22 (recurring role)
2009 All Saints Isabelle "In Trust"
2010 Underbelly Monica Recurring role
2010 Cops LAC Karen "Illegal Dumping"
2011 Crownies Nadia Tesla "1.13", "1.14"
2012 Tricky Business Lily Christie Main role
2013 Serangoon Road Gina Kershaw "1.8"
2014–2017 Love Child Vivian Maguire Main role
2015 Australia: The Story of Us Elizabeth Perry "Worlds Collide"
2019 Reef Break Store Clerk "Prison Break" (S1E12)
2021 Amazing Grace Emily (S1E5)
2022 Home and Away Neve Spicer Season 35 (recurring role)
2022 Underbelly: Vanishing Act Wendy Miniseries (2 episodes)
2022-2024 Colin From Accounts Phoebe Guest. 2 episodes
TBA The Good Hustle Riley

References

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  1. ^ a b c Schipp, Debbie (6 May 2012). "Sophie Hensser finds acting is real family affair". The Daily Telegraph. (News Limited). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Sophie Hensser as Lily Christie". ninemsn. (Microsoft and Nine Entertainment Co.). Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ^ Blake, Elissa (21 April 2011). "Teens play it by earphone". The Sydney Morning Herald. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ^ Bailey, John (9 August 2011). "Stage". The Age. (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  5. ^ "In The Raw: Diving For Poland". tix.dff.org.au. (Dungog Film Festival). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Love Child". IF Magazine. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. ^ Knox, David (12 December 2017). "Axed: Love Child". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. ^ Sophie & Danny Van Middleton photography. Retrieved on 30 September 2024
  9. ^ Wylie, Rebel (11 October 2018). "Love Child actress Sophie Hensser Bloom welcomes baby boy". Now to Love. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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