Bette Midler’s lookalike daughter is following in acting footsteps

Long known for her fierce privacy, Midler has seen her now 39-year-old daughter emerge as both a striking lookalike and a determined actor in her own right, navigating the industry with a distinctly different profile.

Sophie Frederica Alohilani von Haselberg was born in Los Angeles and grew up between California and New York City.

She attended the Nightingale-Bamford School before studying sociology and East Asian studies at Yale University. After graduating in 2008, she briefly moved to China, hoping to avoid the lure of entertainment altogether.

“I did my utmost to avoid show business. I even moved to China and worked at an advertising agency,” she has said.

The distance did not last long. Drawn back to acting, she returned to Yale to train at the drama school, where she earned a Master of Fine Arts in 2014.

Reflecting on the inevitable comparisons to her mother, she said, “I wanted to forge my own path! I never wanted to be compared to (my mother), but since then I have accepted it as something completely inevitable.”

Her first foray into the showbiz industry took place behind the scenes.

Sophie worked as a production assistant on Sex and the city 2 in 2010, where she met Nicole Delaney and collaborated on a short film, YOYOwhich later premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.

That same year she made her theatrical debut in a New York production of Billy and Raywritten by Garry Marshall, who previously directed Midler in Beaches.

Off camera, Sophie married Harry JN Guinness in June 2020 during the Covid lockdowns, hosting a small ceremony at her mother’s home in Millbrook, New York.

“What made it all so special was that we did everything ourselves,” she said.

“We cooked ourselves. My mother did all the flowers. My father and I did the menu planning. My husband came up with all the wines.”

Sophie also works closely with Midler through the New York Restoration Project. She sits on the board and helps organize the annual Hulaween charity event.

A family source said the partnership reflects a shared ethos.

“There is a strong sense of mutual pride between them,” the insider said.

“Bette recognizes that Sophie is building a career on her own terms, regardless of her mother’s fame, while Sophie deeply respects the path her mother blazed without feeling the need to imitate it. It’s less about following in footsteps and more about moving forward alongside a powerful legacy.”