Sofia Vladimirovna Vassilieva (born October 22, 1992) is an American actress. Notable roles include portraying the children’s book character Eloise in Eloise at the Plaza and Eloise at Christmastime, Ariel DuBois in the Emmy-winning TV series Medium, and teenage cancer patient Kate Fitzgerald in the 2009 film adaptation of My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult.
Who played the oldest daughter on the show Medium? Meet Sofia Vassilieva
They found their fit in Sofia Vassilieva, a child actress who got her start playing one of the world’s most iconic TV kids. Vassilieva started acting in 2001, landing her first bit part on TV just a month before she turned 10 years old.
Over the next few years, the Medium actress would be nominated for three Young Artists Awards, winning two before she turned 18. The awards nods started when Vassilieva took on yet another iconic role, playing Eloise from the hit children’s book franchise in a pair of TV movies across from the legendary Julie Andrews.
So that makes two nostalgic characters with big shoes the young actress was able to fill, but Cindy Brady came first. Next time you’re watching Medium, a show focused on reviving spirits, try not to notice how eerily similar it is that Allison DuBois is yet another lovely, blonde TV mom with three girls of her own.