Sophie Kauer’s first ever acting role was as a nobleman, complete with eyeshadow beard, at the back of a school production of The Tempest. Her only lines were to say, “Aye” three times. Her second acting role is opposite Cate Blanchett, in one of most anticipated films of the year.
Tár is set in the rarefied world of the Berlin Philharmonic and tracks the fortunes of the orchestra’s (fictional) first female chief conductor Lydia Tár, played by Blanchett. The 21-year-old Kauer plays Russian cello prodigy Olga Metkina, who entrances Tár just as the conductor-composer becomes enveloped in personal and professional crisis.
