Sophie Ward

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Sophie Ward
Born 30 December 1964 (1964-12-30) (age 47)
London, England, United Kingdom
Spouse Paul Hobson (div.)
Partner Rena Brannan

Sophie Ward (born 30 December 1964), is an English actress and the daughter of actor, Simon Ward.

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[edit] Career

One of Ward's early film roles was in the film Young Sherlock Holmes. Other early films included Return to Oz, Little Dorrit and A Summer Story, and she also portrayed the unattainable love object in the video of Roxy Music's song "Avalon". Often cast as an icy, distant Victorian or an unattainable object of desire, Ward's choice of roles in the 1980s and early 1990s did not offer much variation. During the 1990s she turned her acting energies to stagework, with considerable acclaim and success. She has appeared in several Glasgow Citizens' Theatre productions including Private Lives (as Amanda), Don Carlos (as Queen Elizabeth) and most strikingly in Hamlet as Ophelia. Her most recent films are Out of Bounds (2003), in which she co-stars with Sophia Myles and Celia Imrie, and Book of Blood (2008), co-starring Jonas Armstrong and Reg Fuller.

Her television work includes the acclaimed mini-series A Dark Adapted Eye with Helena Bonham Carter as the perfectly poised yet ultimately doomed Eden and the sweeping fantasy, Dinotopia. More recently, Sophie had the recurring role of Dr Helen Trent in long-running ITV drama Heartbeat. In 2008, Sophie joined the cast of Holby City in a recurring role as Sophia Byrne, sister of surgeon Joseph Byrne.

[edit] Personal life

Ward's sister Kitty is married to stand-up comedian Michael McIntyre.[citation needed]

Ward has a degree in Literature and Philosophy from the Open University. She has two sons by her former husband, Paul Hobson, a veterinary surgeon: their marriage broke down in 1996 and she became involved with Rena Brannan, a female Korean-American writer.[citation needed] Ward had long been considered a 'Face of the 1980s' as a Vogue model.[citation needed]

The previous year, Ward had appeared in the television film A Village Affair, in which she played a bored housewife who leaves her husband for another woman. Ward was quoted as saying that her experience making A Village Affair helped clarify her own feelings regarding her sexuality, but also delayed her decision to come out, as she did not want it to appear as if she were jumping on the bandwagon of the film's theme.[1]

In August 2000, Ward and Brannan were "married" in a well-publicised ceremony held in London, before same-sex civil partnerships were legalised in Britain.[2] The couple and Ward's children live near Stroud, Gloucestershire.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

[edit] Television

* Winner Best Actor (Female)

[edit] Guest appearances

[edit] Short films

* Oscar Best Short Film

[edit] Child performances

[edit] References

  1. ^ Article by Locksley Hall, afterellen.com, at Logo Online dated 22 August 2006
  2. ^ BBC News online article - "In The Pink", dated 18 September 2000

[edit] External links

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