Sophie N�lisse Gets Emotional with Kathy Bates for 'Gilly Hopkins'

Sophie N�lisse films an emotional scene with Kathy Bates on the set of The Great Gilly Hopkins in New York City on Thursday afternoon (June 12).

The 14-year-old actress plays the title character in the upcoming film, who herself shuffled from foster home to foster home until she meets Maime Trotter (Bates). The film is expected to release later this year.

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Sophie is also pictured below at the Sundance Institute Vanguard Leadership Award honoring Glenn Close at Stage 37 in the city earlier in the month.