Sofia Wylie is an American actress and dancer. She gained prominence through her main role as Buffy Driscoll on the Disney Channel series Andi Mack. Her other roles include Cory Bailey in the 2019 film Back of the Net, Riri Williams in the Marvel Rising animated franchise, Mia Brooks in the Disney web series Shook and Gina Porter in the Disney+ series .
Personal life
Wylie was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and grew up in Tramonto to parents Chris and Amy. She has an older sister, Isabella "Bella", who appeared in an episode of Chopped Junior and won. Wylie has been dancing since she was 5 years old and trained in acting at Second City Training Center in Hollywood, California. She is a quarter Korean on her father’s side.
Career
Wylie started her career in dance, making appearances on So You ThinkYou Can Dance in 2011 and 2016 and America's Got Talent in 2015. She performed on Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour. In 2017, she started the Internet-based 4K Dance Series with Utah dancers while filming Andi Mack. In 2019, she started Dancing with Sofia Wylie, an IGTV educational dance series. In 2016, it was announced that Wylie would star in her first major acting role as Buffy Driscoll, a main character and one of Andi's best friends on the Disney Channel series Andi Mack. Wylie made her film debut as Cory Bailey in the 2019 Australian film, Back of the Net, which had a theatrical release in Australia and aired on Disney Channel in the United States. Wylie debuted her first single, "Side by Side", for Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts in January 2019. She voiced the role of Riri Williams in animated TV movie, Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron, which aired on Disney XD. She reprised the role for Marvel Rising: Battle of the Bands and in season 3 of '. On February 15, 2019, Wylie was cast as Gina Porter in the Disney+ series, ', which was available from launch that November. It was announced in August that Wylie would star as Mia in Shook, a short-form web series premiering on Disney Channel's YouTube channel in September. In March 2019, Wylie launched a production company, AIFOS and is set to adapt Jenny Torres Sanchez's novel, The Fall of Innocence, as its first project. In June 2019, Wylie signed with United Talent Agency.
