Sophie Zucker
Sophie Zucker is an Emmy-nominated comedian, living in Brooklyn. She's currently a writer on The Daily Show. Other credits include AppleTV's Dickinson; and the upcoming HBO projects Sweethearts, Tim Robinson's The Chair Company and an animated pilot for Paramount. Her one woman show "Sophie Sucks Face" was shortlisted for the Comedian's Choice Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, and recommended by British Comedy Guide. She performs with her all-female comedy collective Ladies Who Ranch all over New York. Sophie grew up in New York and attended Hunter College High School. She went on to graduate from Oberlin College with a BA in Religion and Creative Writing. She is down to hang out!
"While Steinfeld is an accomplished sarcastic firebrand, I kept imagining comedian Sophie Zucker in the role [of Emily Dickinson] instead. Zucker plays Abby, a local popular girls' sycophant with dorky-cool glasses, and even in the few minutes of her screen time, her comic dry wit and timing invokes the otherworldly tone [Alena] Smith is going for..." - The Hollywood Reporter on Dickinson