10 Reasons Sofia Wylie Is the Role Model We Need Right Now

Like many pet parents out there, Sofia and her family set up an Instagram account for their dog, Baby Violet. There are pictures of Sofia scattered throughout, but the main focus is on the precious terrier. And yes, they do dress her up in clothes sometimes.

Of course this Disney Channel star loves all things Disney, and one of her favourite flicks is Peter Pan, as she can relate to the feeling of not wanting to grow up. "I want to stay a kid forever and I feel like I am a kid at heart," she told Kidz World. "I love watching animated movies and that type of thing. It was kind of hard for me to leave the 12-year-old age and the pre-teens and go into the actual teens but I don't feel much different."

As well as voicing Riri Williams (also known as Ironheart) in Marvel Rising: Heart of Iron, Sofia sang and wrote the single "Side by Side" for Marvel Rising: Chasing Ghosts, which allowed her to debut her first-ever music video. "I've been working on my music career, spending endless hours in the studio creating original music," she has said. "Creating a song for Marvel Rising seemed like the perfect opportunity to start letting fans know about my soon to release music." If you haven't heard it yet, it's a total bop.

Before she got her big break as Buffy Driscoll, Sofia performed in everything from America's Got Talent to Justin Bieber's world tour in her hometown in Arizona, and even now, she could never choose between her passions for acting and dancing. "I started dancing before acting and I love it so much," she has said. As far as Buffy busting any moves in the show, Sofia said, "Who knows? Maybe in the future we will have an episode where Buffy breaks out some dance moves. That would be really cool. I'd love for her to have a dance battle."

The actress uses her YouTube channel to show off her dancing and singing chops, with videos that include her recording in the studio and performing dance tributes to everything from The Greatest Showman to Mamma Mia! She even has a new series called "Dancing With Sofia" where she trains with new experts in each episode.

Sofia herself has become a role model to plenty of fans, but for her, she looks to former Disney Channel darling Zendaya for inspiration. "I've grown up watching Disney Channel like everybody else, and I always really looked up to Zendaya," she told InStyle. "I mean, what can't she do? She's just kind of everything. It's because of her that I wanted to be an actress and a dancer. She's really shaped me into the person I am today, and now I want to be able to do that for others."

When Sofia was 10, she started straightening her hair after deciding she'd rather blend in with everyone else than sport her natural curls, and she considers the decision one of her greatest regrets. "I suppressed my true self, and even though it was about something as little as hair, it was a big part of me," she explained. "It changed me and my personality, and when I was 12, I realised that and decided that I wanted my curly hair back."

Before she was enrolled in a dance studio, Sofia used to shy away from the spotlight. "I didn't want to talk to anybody that I didn't know well," she revealed to YSBNow. "I would always hide behind my mom." That's pretty hard to imagine nowadays!

In her first feature film, Back of the Net, she played Cory Bailey, an American exchange student and not-very-athletic science whiz who accidentally winds up enrolled in a Sydney soccer program, and despite playing a basketball player in Andi Mack, learning soccer for the movie definitely didn't come easily. "I had actually done one little season of soccer, probably when I was five years old, with the kindergarten team," she said. "It was definitely something I had to relearn."

While Bella's greatest passion is for swimming (she's currently training to become a college athlete), Sofia's big sister is also a great chef. Her dad signed her up for season two of Chopped Junior without telling her, but it worked, because she got cast and eventually won the whole thing. "I know some siblings that if one succeeds, then they get a little jealous, and Bella is not like that at all," Sofia said of her sister. "She always supports me, always helps me through things."