Apart from being a celebrity kid, Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni is also an internet personality, writer, and actress in her own right. She played Suzy in Dirty Movie (2011), a film in which her father, Christopher Meloni starred and directed.
Sophia, 23 attends Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut. She has a younger brother named Dante Amadeo Meloni.
Sophia Eva Pietra Meloni was born through a Surrogate Mother
Sophia was born on 23 March 2001 in Los Angeles, California, United States to her parents Christopher Melon and Doris Sherman Meloni. According to confirmed reports, she and her brother Dante Amadeo Meloni were born through surrogacy. Her brother was born on January 2, 2004, and he is currently 20 years old.
Meanwhile, Sophia is not the only celebrity kid known to have been born through surrogacy. Other celebrity kids born via this procedure include Royce Lilian.
Regarding her education, Sophia graduated from Marlborough School, and it is reported that she wrote for the school’s student newspaper, The Ultra Violet. More so, she is mentioned to be a writer on her Instagram bio. She now attends Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. Sophia started school there in the year 2020, although she took a year off owing to the COVID pandemic in 2021.
She Made Her Screen Debut at a Very Young age
According to Distractify.com, the oldest daughter of Christopher Meloni was drawn to acting when she was about 10, with her appearance in Dirty Movie (2011) where she starred as Suzy. Also, her father was not only featured in the movie but served as the movie’s director.
Moreover, Sophie hasn’t had a movie role since 2011. But she applied for a position as a production assistant on the set of Law & Order: Special Victims Units during the COVID pandemic. Sophia has not yet decided whether she would pursue an acting career or stay in the production industry. Meanwhile, she is known to have a very strong social media presence. She has been able to pool over twenty-one thousand followers on her Instagram alone.
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Her Parents met on a TV Set
As earlier stated, Sophia is mostly known as the celebrity kid of Christopher Melon. In 1989, Christopher had only recently begun pursuing an acting career while holding down many jobs in an effort to obtain his big break. Doris Sherman, who was at the time a production designer, was a person he encountered along the process when she showed up for work one day on a motorcycle. Christopher fell instantly in love with her.
Christopher and Sherman got married in 1995 in a medieval-themed ceremony on a Malibu beach, years after they first met.
Sophia Meloni’s Father is Best Known for His work in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sophia’s father, Christopher Meloni is an American actor best known for playing NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–2011, 2021–present) and its spin-off Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2006. He also has other multiple interesting films to his credit including 12 Monkeys (1995), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Runaway Bride (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Green Lantern: First Flight (2011), 42 (2013) and Man of Steel (2013).
Meanwhile, Sophia’s mother, Doris Sherman Meloni (née Williams), is not just a production designer but also a talented creative artist. In August 2017, she launched her own website, which features her original oil portrait paintings. Her collections include paintings of Sophia and her brother Dante Amadeo Meloni.