Mattea Conforti

Conforti was born in 2006 in New Jersey to Nicole and Damian Conforti.[1] [2][3] Conforti first appeared onscreen at age seven in a Charmin commercial.[4] At a young age, Conforti bought tickets to see Matilda the Musical with her grandmother. Conforti felt a "tinge of disappointment" since she could "easily see herself [starring as the lead character]" and "[she] could have done that".[1]

In September 2014, at the age of eight, Conforti attended an open casting call for Matilda the Musical.[1] Two months later, Conforti received a callback and was cast as a replacement for the titular character.[5] She learnt to speak with a British accent and performed from June 2015 to May 2016.[1][6]

In 2017, Conforti played the role of Louise in the 2017 revival of Sunday in the Park with George.[5] Conforti voiced the titular character of Moon in The Ollie & Moon Show.[7] Conforti originated the role of young Anna in Frozen, the stage adaptation of the 2013 film of the same name, first in a pre-Broadway tryout in Denver, then on Broadway in March 2018.[5] Reception for the show was generally positive, and Conforti's performance was praised. For example, The Washington Post wrote that she and Ayla Schwartz, who portrayed young Elsa, were "exceptionally cast",[8] while BBC News wrote that she was "super-perky"[9] She left the cast during November 2018.[6]

Conforti played the titular character in The Muny's Matilda the Musical. She received mostly favourable reviews. Tanya Seale of BroadwayWorld called her "the delightful earworm"[10] and Mark Bretz of Ladue News called her "dazzling".[11] Conforti voiced young Elsa in Frozen II.[12] She played Millie Manx in NOS4A2. The series was cancelled after its second season.[13]

In 2021, Conforti portrayed the younger version of the character Janice Soprano in the film The Many Saints of Newark.[14]