Sophie Westenra
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Sophie Westenra (born 29 June 1991) is a New Zealand singer and actress. She is also an academic at the University of Oxford.[1]
Early life[edit]
Sophie Westenra was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, of Dutch and Irish heritage. Her parents, Jill and Gerald Westenra, have two other children, Hayley and Isaac.
Career[edit]
Sophie made her stage debut at the age of four playing an orphan in 'Annie'. By the age of thirteen, she had appeared in over 38 theatre productions and concerts, including 'Rush', 'Candlelight Opera' and the 'Mothers Day Concert with the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra'.[2] She toured with Hayley Westenra in both her 2001 Tour and 2004 Pure Tour, performing as a soloist in Australia (including the Sydney Opera House), the UK (including the London Palladium), the USA, and Japan. Sophie has headlined several concerts around New Zealand, including the ILT Christmas Variety Show at Stadium Southland in 2003, 2004 and 2008.[3]
Sophie is represented as an actor by Karen Kay Management.[4] Her first TV appearance was in What Now in 2005, and her latest role is as Betsy in Manny and Quinn (2022), a short film directed by Siobhan Marshall.
Education[edit]
Sophie studied music, specifically singing, at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. She was featured in the University of Canterbury School of Music's Renaissance music concert, 'The Silver Swan and Other Animals', in the Great Hall,[5][6] and was the recipient of the Most Outstanding Student in Music award.[7][8]
Thereafter Sophie studied under actress and acting coach Miranda Harcourt.[9]
Sophie later read for a law degree at King's College London, graduating top of the class, and a masters at St John's College, Oxford. Sophie now teaches law at the University of Oxford[10] and has published articles on racism and policing, and the criminalisation of immigration law.[11][12][13][14]
Charity work[edit]
Sophie has been involved with different charities. She travelled with her mother Jill and sister Hayley to Ghana in 2005 as part of Hayley's UNICEF mission to provide bicycles to Ghanaian children.[15] Since the trip, Sophie has done several of her own fundraising and presentation events for UNICEF.[16]
On 8 February 2009, she held a fundraising concert for The Salvation Army Foodbank with the Christchurch tenor trio of Paul Madsen, Brent Liebezeit and Nick Rentoul at the Ashburton Domain Oval.[17]
Personal life[edit]
On 13 February 2011, Sophie Westenra was one of Sunday Star Times' 40 Most Eligible New Zealanders.[18]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Sophie Westenra". Keble College. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ↑ "Hayley Westenra International Gallery for New Zealand's singer on an Odyssey". archive.hayley-westenra-international.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Sophie stepping out of famous sister's shadow". Stuff. 2009-06-17. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Sophie Westenra | Karen Kay Management". Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Sophie Westenra | Hayley Westenra International - HWI Forum". hwi.proboards.com. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ Sell, David (2 June 2008). "Life and death from an earlier time: the Silver Swan and Other Animals". Christchurch: The Press. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
- ↑ "Sophie Westenra | Karen Kay Management". Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Showcast". app.showcast.com.au. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Sophie's choice". Stuff. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Sophie Westenra". Keble College. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ Bowling, Ben; Westenra, Sophie (2018), "Racism, Immigration, and Policing", Race, Criminal Justice, and Migration Control, Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/oso/9780198814887.001.0001/oso-9780198814887-chapter-5, ISBN 978-0-19-881488-7, retrieved 2022-02-11
- ↑ "Sophie Westenra". Research Gate. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ↑ Bowling, Ben; Westenra, Sophie (2017), "Crimmigration", The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781315744902-57/crimmigration-ben-bowling-sophie-westenra, ISBN 978-1-315-74490-2, retrieved 2022-02-11
- ↑ Bowling, Ben; Westenra, Sophie (2018-06-01). "'A really hostile environment': Adiaphorization, global policing and the crimmigration control system". Theoretical Criminology. 24 (2): 163–183. doi:10.1177/1362480618774034. ISSN 1362-4806.
- ↑ "Unicef New Zealand: A life-changing experience for Sophie Westenra". archive.hayley-westenra-international.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2005. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ "Giving her all for poor of world". The Press, Christchurch. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
- ↑ Bishop, Erin (4 February 2009). "Westenra family talent on show". Ashburton Guardian.
- ↑ "Fantasy League: 40 Most Eligible. Sunday Star Times". 13 February 2011. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
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