{{short description|Australian actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Sophie Bloom | caption = | birth_name = Sophie Hensser | birth_date = | birth_place = Australia | education = Kambala Girls School (2001–2006)<br> Australian Theatre for Young People<br>National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)<br>University of Technology Sydney (2008–2012) | occupation = Actress | known_for = ''The Saddle Club'',<br>''Home and Away'',<br>''Love Child'' | years_active = 2001–present | website = | family = Wendy Strehlow (mother) | spouse = {{marriage|Danny Bloom|2016}} | children = 2 }} '''Sophie Bloom''' (née '''Hensser''') is an Australian actress, known for her roles as Megan in ''The Saddle Club'', Freya Duric in ''Home and Away'', and Vivian Maguire in ''Love Child''.
==Early life and education == Sophie Hensser is the daughter of Wendy Strehlow, a Jewish actress.<ref>(14 December 2018) [https://www.australianjewishnews.com/summer-showtime-2/ Summer showtime] ''Australian Jewish News''. Retrieved on 14 December 2018</ref> <ref name=trick/> 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.<ref name=trick/>
Hensser attended high school at Kambala Girls' School from 2001 to 2006. She went on to train at the Australian Theatre for Young People, and also participated in an open course from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).<ref name=bio>{{cite web|title=Sophie Hensser as Lily Christie|url=http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/trickybusiness/lily/|work=ninemsn|publisher=(Microsoft and Nine Entertainment Co.)|access-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618002947/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/trickybusiness/lily/|archive-date=18 June 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She then studied a BA in media communications, media, arts and production from University of Technology Sydney, from 2008 to 2012.<ref name="LI"/>
==Career== From 2001 to 2002, Hensser played Megan in Australian-Canadian children's series ''The Saddle Club'', based on the book series of the same name.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
In 2009, she began appearing in a recurring 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). The following year, Hensser appeared in a recurring role as Monica in ''Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', the third season of ''Underbelly''.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
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".<ref>{{cite web|last=Blake|first=Elissa|title=Teens play it by earphone|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=sophie+hensser&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SMH110421M44HU4PIHR3|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=(Fairfax Media)|accessdate=7 July 2012|date=21 April 2011|archive-date=21 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140321132751/http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=sophie%20hensser&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=SMH110421M44HU4PIHR3|url-status=live}}</ref> The play received critical acclaim, but was a failure at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bailey|first=John|title=Stage|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=nstore&kw=sophie+hensser&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=nrm&clsPage=1&docID=AGE110809JA5H134CPF7|work=The Age|publisher=(Fairfax Media)|accessdate=7 July 2012|date=9 August 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref name=trick>{{cite web|last=Schipp|first=Debbie|title=Sophie Hensser finds acting is real family affair|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/sophie-hensser-finds-acting-is-real-family-affair/story-e6freuy9-1226347559569|work=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=(News Limited)|accessdate=7 July 2012|date=6 May 2012}}</ref> Hensser took part in the 2012 Dungog Film Festival and read for ''Diving for Poland'' at the Cockatoo Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|title=In The Raw: Diving For Poland|url=http://tix.dff.org.au/session2.asp?sn=In+The+Raw%3A+Diving+For+Poland&s=29|work=tix.dff.org.au|publisher=(Dungog Film Festival)|accessdate=7 July 2012}}</ref>
In 2013, Hensser joined the main cast of Nine Network drama series ''Love Child'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://if.com.au/love-child/|title=Love Child|date=27 June 2013|work=IF Magazine|access-date=3 February 2022|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203024521/https://if.com.au/love-child/|url-status=live}}</ref> as Vivian Maguire. She appeared in every season until its cancellation in December 2017, after four seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/12/axed-love-child.html|title=Axed: Love Child|date=12 December 2017|last=Knox|first=David|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=3 February 2022|archive-date=3 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203031524/https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/12/axed-love-child.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2022, Hensser again appeared in a recurring role in ''Home and Away'', this time as Neve Spicer in Season 35.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}} The same year, she appeared in another season of ''Underbelly'' – ''Underbelly: Vanishing Act'', based on the story of financial advisor Melissa Caddick's disappearance.{{citation needed|date=January 2026}}
==Personal life== 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.<ref>[https://www.vanmiddleton.com/weddings/6je94hkjk8438c8xbbpzs54ste3yfg Sophie & Danny] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250220140803/https://www.vanmiddleton.com/weddings/6je94hkjk8438c8xbbpzs54ste3yfg |date=20 February 2025 }} Van Middleton photography. Retrieved on 30 September 2024</ref> She gave birth to their first child, a son, in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/parenting/celebrity-families/love-child-sophie-hensser-bloom-baby-51771|title=Love Child actress Sophie Hensser Bloom welcomes baby boy|last=Wylie|first=Rebel|date=11 October 2018|publisher=Now to Love|access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> She later had a second child.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/mothers-and/sophie-hensser-wendy-hQ4PaFY07En/?srsltid=AfmBOopf02gOVAav4M7R2ex-7T84LnJXaWtxHiqpoTPphY7vzTUWLPT6 |title= Sophie Hensser & Wendy Strehlow: Finding Passion in the Same Industry |publisher= Listen Notes |date= 6 May 2021}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | 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 |- | | ''Bonnie Sweet Robin'' | | Short film<ref name="LI"/> |- | | ''The Playground'' | |Short film<ref name="LI"/> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 2001–2002 | ''The Saddle Club'' | Megan | Season 1, main role |- | rowspan="2"|2009 | ''Home and Away'' | Freya Duric | Season 22, recurring role |- | ''All Saints'' | Isabelle | Episode: "In Trust" |- | rowspan="2"|2010 |''Underbelly: The Golden Mile'' | Monica | Recurring role |- |''Cops L.A.C.'' | Karen | Episode: "Illegal Dumping" |- | 2011 | ''Crownies'' | Nadia Tesla | Episodes: "1.13", "1.14" |- | 2012 | ''Tricky Business'' | Lily Christie | Main role |- | 2013 | ''Serangoon Road'' | Gina Kershaw | Episode: "1.8" |- | 2014–2017 | ''Love Child'' | Vivian Maguire | Main role |- | 2015 | ''Australia: The Story of Us'' | Elizabeth Perry | Episode: "Worlds Collide"
|- | 2016 | ''The Bench'' | | Anthology series<ref name="LI"/> |- | 2019 | ''Reef Break'' | Sheila Clerk | Season 1, episode 12: "Prison Break" |- | 2021 | ''Amazing Grace'' | Emily | Season 1, episode 5 |- | rowspan="2"|2022 | ''Home and Away'' | Neve Spicer | Season 35, recurring role |- | ''Underbelly: Vanishing Act'' | Wendy | Miniseries, 2 episodes |- | 2022–2024 | ''Colin From Accounts'' | Phoebe | 2 episodes, guest role |- | {{TBA}} | ''The Good Hustle'' | Riley | |}
==Theatre== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | || ''The Sound of Music'' || Elsa || Kambala Girls School<ref name="SN">{{cite web|url= https://www.starnow.com/u/sophiehensser/ |title= Sophie Bloom |publisher= Star Now}}</ref> |- | || ''Problem Child'' || Writer || Young Dramatists Page to Stage with Ensemble Theatre, Sydney<ref name="LI"/><ref name="SN"/> |- | || ''Cleansed'' || Young Girl || NIDA, Sydney<ref name="SN"/> |- | || ''It's a Small World'' || Angelica || Young Dramatists Page to Stage with Ensemble Theatre, Sydney<ref name="LI"/><ref name="SN"/> |- | || ''Summerfolk'' || Sonja || Bob Presents<ref name="LI">{{cite web|url= https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-hensser-730b1067?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_app |title= UQ remembers Bille Brown |publisher= LinkedIn |date= 15 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="SN"/> |- | 2009 || ''The Distance from Here'' || Girl || Stables Theatre, Sydney with Griffin Theatre Company |- | 2011 || ''Silent Disco'' || Tamara || Stables Theatre, Sydney, Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga with HotHouse Theatre, Griffin Theatre Company & ATYP |- | 2012 || ''Diving for Poland'' (reading) || Rosy || Cockatoo Theatre, Sydney |- | 2013–2014 || ''The Removalists'' || Fiona Carter || Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, Brisbane Powerhouse with Tamarama Rock Surfers |- | 2014 || ''Ugly Mugs'' || Footy girl || Stables Theatre, Sydney with Malthouse Theatre & Griffin Theatre Company |- | 2016 || ''A History of Falling Things'' || || Ensemble Theatre, Sydney |} <ref>{{cite web|url= https://ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/121851 |title= Sophie Hensser theatre credits |publisher= AusStage}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Work ! Award ! Category ! Result |- | 2004–2006 || Sophie Hessner || Kambala Girls School || Drama Scholarship || {{won}}<ref name="SN"/> |- | || Sophie Hessner || Tim Winton Award for Young Writers || || {{won}}<ref name="SN"/> |- | 2005 || Page to Stage || Young Dramatists Playwriting Award || || {{won}}<ref name="SN"/> |- | 2011 || ''Silent Disco'' || Sydney Theatre Awards || Best Newcomer || {{nom}}<ref name="LI"/> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|1197685}}
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