Sofia Black D’Elia

Sofia Black D'Elia (born December 24, 1991) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Bailey Wells in All My Children, Tea Marvelli in Skins and Sage Spence in Gossip Girl. Early life Sofia Black-D'Elia was born in Clifton, New Jersey. Her mother, Eleanor, works in printing. Her father, The Honorable Anthony V. D'Elia, is a Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey. Her father is of Italian descent and her mother is Jewish. She started acting at the age of five and signed up for dancing classes at Broadway Bound. Career When she was seventeen, Black-D'Elia was cast in her first major gig on the soap opera All My Children as the recurring character Bailey. In 2010, she booked the role of Tea on the MTV adaptation of the hit British teen drama Skins, where she plays an openly lesbian teenager. She is featured in Hoodie Allen's music video for "The Chase is On" and plays Allen's love interest in the video. As of fall 2011, D'Elia had begun classes at The William Esper Studio as well as landing the role of Mina in Vicky Jewson's Born of War which was her first film role. Starting in the fall of 2012, D'Elia played Sage Spence in the sixth and final season of Gossip Girl. She also portrayed Jessie in the Michael Bay-produced time travel thriller Project Almanac, which was released in January 2015.