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FOLLOWING HER PASSION FROM SWEDEN TO L.A.LANDED SOFIA MATTSSON IN PORT CHARLES.

- MARA LEVINSKY

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Back in her home country, acting wasn’t the only hobby Matttson pursued. “I was very into modeling and singing and I played a little bit of piano,’ she recalls. When was 16, “T was in a band and recorded an album. It was me and two guys. We had some shows at local pubs. We went to Poland and shot a music video, which was really cool. It was an amazing experience and I loved it, but I realized that my biggest talent and passion and future was in acting.”

So, when she was 19, Mattsson followed in her sister’s footsteps, quite literally, and relocated to Los Angeles. “T left a lot behind there,’ she says of her homeland. “I had a lot of things going on in Sweden, but I was like, ‘No, I need to pursue acting!’ And I’m so happy I did.”