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Sophia Myles Profile |
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Birth Date: March 18, 1980
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Birth Place: London, England, UK
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Birth Name: Sophia Myles
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Height: 5'6"
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Biography |
Sophia Myles was born on March 18, 1980, in London, England.
Her father, Peter, is a vicar, while her mother, Jane, works
in the publishing industry. Sophia grew up in the Notting
Hill area of London and attended Fox Primary School. When
she was 11 years old, Sophia's father was relocated to a new
vicarage in Isleworth, a suburb in West London.
Although Sophia hadn't yet considered acting as a career,
she signed up for drama class in school when she was 16,
partly because she had a crush on the teacher. Soon
afterward, Sophia appeared in a school production of
Teachers by John Godber. When her performance was seen by
Oscar-winning screenwriter Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park),
he was so impressed he gave Sophia a part in his 1996 BBC
adaptation of Mark Twain's The Prince and The Pauper. When
Sophia first walked on the set, she was hooked and decided
to become an actress.
Sophia continued to be a straight-A student, even as she
kept acting. She appeared in the TV miniseries Big Women in
1998, and in the big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen's
Mansfield Park the following year. Although Sophia had
planned to study philosophy at the University of Cambridge,
she took a year off before college, and eventually devoted
herself to acting full-time instead. She took a small role
in the miniseries Oliver Twist (1999), where she met and
befriended Keira Knightley, who was also an unknown at the
time.
Over the next few years, Sophia worked steadily, but went
largely unnoticed by filmgoers. She appeared in Guest House
Paradiso (1999), From Hell (2001), TV's The Life and
Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001) and The Abduction
Club (2002), and guest starred on TV shows like Heartbeat
(2001) and Foyle's War (2002). In 2003, she had a supporting
role in the vampire-werewolf action film Underworld.
Sophia's first taste of widespread fame came when she was
cast as Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds (2004); although the
movie version of the 1960s kids show was heavily hyped, it
flopped, leaving Sophia's career unaffected one way or the
other. She appeared in Out of Bounds (2004), then returned
to British TV movies with Colditz and Marple: Sleeping
Murder in 2005.
In 2006, Sophia reprised her Underworld role in the sequel
Underworld: Evolution, and finally had her breakthrough role
as Isolde in the medieval love story Tristan + Isolde. As
well, she had a notable guest appearance as Madame du
Pompadour on the TV series Doctor Who that same year.
Her follow-up film to Tristan + Isolde, Art School
Confidential, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in
2006. She was also cast in the TV miniseries Covert One: The
Hades Factor (2006) and the film Hallam Foe (2006). |
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Other
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Father is a vicar
Quit University to pursue acting
Has an exceptionally good ear for accents.
Her skills include Horse Riding, Skiing, Skating, Swimming.
Grandmother was Russian
Was accepted at Cambridge University to study Philosophy
after getting straight As at A-level. However she chose to
pursue her acting career. |
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