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'' (2017–2019). Wylie has continued to work with Disney; her roles include Cory Bailey in the film '' Back of the Net'' (2019),

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'' animated franchise and ''

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'', Mia Brooks in the web series '' Shook'' (2019), and most prominently, Gina Porter in the

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mockumentary '' High School Musical: The Musical: The Series'' (2019–2023). She also stars in the

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'' (2022).

Early life

Wylie was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, and grew up in Tramonto, to parents Chris and Amy. Her father is African-American and Korean, and her mother is white and of German and English descent. She has an older sister, Isabella "Bella", who appeared in an episode of ''

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'' and won. Wylie has been dancing since she was 5 years old, and trained in acting at Second City Training Center in Hollywood, California.

Career

Wylie started her career in dance, making appearances on ''

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'' in 2011 and 2016 and ''

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'' in 2015. She performed on

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''. In 2017, she started the Internet-based 4K Dance Series with Utah dancers while filming ''

''. In 2019, she started ''Dancing with Sofia Wylie'', an

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educational dance series. In 2016, it was announced that Wylie would star in her first major acting role as Buffy Driscoll, a main character and one of Andi's best friends on the Disney Channel series ''

''. Wylie made her film debut as Cory Bailey in the 2019 Australian film, '' Back of the Net'', which had a theatrical release in Australia and aired on

in the United States. Wylie debuted her first single, "Side by Side", for ''

: Chasing Ghosts'' in January 2019. She voiced the role of Riri Williams / Ironheart in the animated TV movie ''

: Heart of Iron'', which aired on

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. She reprised the role for ''

: Battle of the Bands'' and in season 3 of ''

''. On February 15, 2019, Wylie was cast as Gina Porter in the

series '' High School Musical: The Musical: The Series'', which was available from launch that November. It was announced in August that Wylie would star as Mia in ''Shook'', a short-form web series premiering on

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channel in September. In March 2019, Wylie launched a production company, AIFOS and optioned the rights to adapt Jenny Torres Sanchez's novel, ''The Fall of Innocence,'' as its first project. In June 2019, Wylie signed with

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Videography

Music video appearances

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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