Sophia Anne Caruso

About

Sophia Anne Caruso (born July 11, 2001) is an American actress, singer, and dancer best known for originating the role of Lydia Deetz in the Broadway musical Beetlejuice, a role for which she won a Theatre World Award. She also portrays Sophie in the film The School for Good and Evil, in 2022. Other theatre credits include Girl in Lazarus (2015–2017), Iris in The Nether (2015), and Miss Goldenweek in the Netflix adaptation of One Piece (2026).

Caruso was born on July 11, 2001 in Spokane, Washington, to Steve Caruso, a former “club pro” golf professional, and Deena Caruso, who owned several clothing and jewelry stores. She is the youngest of three children. Caruso was involved in the local Spokane Children’s Theatre, starting at age 7, before transitioning to theatre at Spokane Civic Theatre and Interplayers Professional Theatre. Caruso made her professional debut in 2011 at age nine when she played Helen Keller in the Interplayers Professional Theatre production of The Miracle Worker in Spokane.
Caruso’s final role in Spokane was as Tina Denmark in Ruthless! The Musical at Interplayers in June 2012. However, it never opened because actor David Gigler collapsed on…