Sophie Wilde on her breakout role in Talk to Me: ‘I don’t mind the idea of being a scream queen’
Sophie Wilde’s just had the best year ever. The actor from Sydney is practically swimming in award nominations thanks to her indelible performance in the horror movie of last year: Talk to Me. She’s had not one but two Netflix hits in the past 12 months: the tender coming-of-age tale Everything Now, and the Brisbane-set adaptation of Trent Dalton’s 2018 novel Boy Swallows Universe. Lately, she’s been living in New York shooting another A24 film, Babygirl, this time opposite Australian icon Nicole Kidman. “My queen,” Wilde says. “I’m so obsessed with her. I’ve seen Moulin Rouge a billion times but I’m too scared to tell her that.”
The cherry on top of it all? Her Rising Star nomination. “It’s the most surreal thing ever,” Wilde says over Zoom, sincerely. The 26-year-old finds herself in , up against ’s Jacob Elordi, ’s Ayo Edebiri, ’s Phoebe Dynevor, and star Mia McKenna-Bruce. “It feels ah-mazing,” grins Wilde. “These are people whose careers
