An Inspired Chat with Sophia Louisa Lee of Studio City

We recently had the chance to connect with Sophia Louisa Lee and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Sophia Louisa, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to share your story, experiences and insights with our readers. Let’s jump right in with an interesting one: Are you walking a path—or wandering?
What a fun question. I like to think I’m on a path, but then sometimes it feels like I’m carving one – which can feel like wandering. Life truly has no “one size fits all.” I’m at a point where I’m just grateful for all of it.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I like to consider myself a creative. I’m a SAG-AFTRA actress (be on the look out for Cate Caplin’s and Serene’s Zloof’s upcoming rom com Unicorn Diaries where I play the awesome mom); a screenwriter (the action thriller The Wrecker is due for a theatrical release this year, and the horror thriller Paralysis will hopefully be out before the end of the year); an author (Susie Bell’s memoir A Piece of Me: Finding My Voice after Mormonism, Marriage, Medicine & Men is also due to hit shelves this year); and an indie producer (a few projects are in the works).

I have been the host of Sophia Louisa’s So Zoom In, which I started a few years ago. That’s been put on hold for a while as I am cranking out a couple of projects that I want done before the end of summer. But I do love interviewing people. The talent pool out there is inspiring.

Okay, so here’s a deep one: What was your earliest memory of feeling powerful?
The most memorable moment for me, of feeling powerful I’d have to say was having a baby. A lot of folks may not agree with that, and that’s okay. I have one child. A daughter who is absolutely amazing. There was this inner strength I had that I didn’t know was there, and circumstances came up that really put it to the test.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
There is a saying that time heals all wounds. I think I would add “love heals all wounds.” You can’t really live life without experiencing some kind of trauma and there are all kinds of variants of it. We all have something, and that’s what makes our journeys unique, yet the same.

When I wrote Susie Bell’s memoir with her, so many of my own past experiences were brought to light — for me. Things I had forgotten about, that I was able to recognize and in a way, heal. Writing the book was a two and a half year process, and I think we both came out stronger for it. I think the hardest part is recognizing that what happened, happened. You can see it without being emotionally overwhelmed, and come to a place where it has added colors to your pallet. Life is full of possibilities and opportunities. The greatest challenge is not letting the past hold you back, and be open to being in, what I like to call, the creative flow.

Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? What do you believe is true but cannot prove?
I’ve always believed that if you can think it, imagine it, what “it” may be, it can happen. I can only prove it for myself. All too often I have heard (and still do hear), no that’s not possible. But yet, anything is possible. Anything. People dream, but can they be proven? I hear there are machines that can interpret brain waves to show what you are dreaming, but yet that becomes someone else’s interpretation of another person’s dream. What if dreams were portals to other realms? Most people would laugh at that, yet if you think about it, but being asleep, that’s a different realm in and of itself. You can only know if it’s true for you.

Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
I hope people will say they were inspired. So many have inspired me, I hope I have done the same, and hope I always will.

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Image Credits
David Chai, photographer (the primary headshot)
Eoeonora Barna, photographer (the goddess photo)

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