00:00Sophie Nywida, young actor in NOAA, Mammoth and an Invisible Sign, dies at 24.
00:06Sophie Nywida, a young actor who appeared in films like Russell Crowe's NOAA, Jessica Alba's An Invisible Sign, and more, died on Monday, April 14th.
00:15Her family wrote in an online obituary.
00:18She was 24.
00:20Sophie was a kind and trusting girl.
00:23The obituary reads,
00:25Often this left her open to being taken advantage of by others.
00:28She wrote and drew voraciously, and much of,
00:31This art depicts the depth she had, and it also represents the pain she suffered.
00:35Many of her writings and artwork are roadmaps of her struggles and traumas.
00:39Even with those roadmaps, diagnoses, and her own revelations,
00:44those closest to her, plus therapists, law enforcement officers, and others who tried to help her, are heartbroken.
00:50Their efforts couldn't save her from her fate.
00:53She self-medicated to deal with all the trauma and shame she held inside,
00:57and it resulted in her death.
00:59She repeatedly said she would handle it on her own,
01:02and was compelled to reject the wheat, treatment that might possibly have saved her life.
01:06Nywida got her first acting job in the 2006 film Bella,
01:10followed by an episode of Law & Order,
01:12and roles in And Then Came Love,
01:14Margot at the Wedding,
01:15and New York City Serenade a year later.
01:18She played the daughter,
01:18of Gail Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams' characters in the 2009 film Mammoth.
01:24Her other credits included Shadows and Lies,
01:27Mistakes Were Made,
01:28Born Again,
01:29and What Would You Do in the 2000s and Mid-2010s.
01:33Sophie,
01:33A Life Ended Too Soon.
01:36May it not be in vain.
01:38May we all learn from her brief life on Earth and do better.
01:42Yes, we must all protect our children and do better,
01:44the obituary reads.
01:47In lieu of gifts,
01:48the family asks people to donate to Rain in Nywida's name.
01:51The family asks people to donate to Rain in Nywida's name.