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Sophia Myles
Myles at the 2007 Berlinale Film Festival
Born
Sophia Jane Myles

(1980-03-18) 18 March 1980 (age 44)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
PartnerDavid Tennant (2005–2007)
Children1

Sophia Jane Myles (/səˈfaɪ.ə/;[1] born 18 March 1980) is an English actress. She is best known in film for portraying Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in Thunderbirds (2004), Isolde in Tristan & Isolde (2006), Darcy in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Erika in Underworld (2003) and Underworld: Evolution (2006) and Freya in Outlander (2008).

Myles has also received critical acclaim for her television work, particularly as Madame de Pompadour in the Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006), Beth Turner in Moonlight (2007–2008), Beth Bailey in Spooks (2010) and Rebecca Bishop in A Discovery of Witches (2018–present).

Myles won a BAFTA for Best Actress for her role as Kate in Hallam Foe (2007) and was also nominated for a BIFA at the British Independent Film Awards for the same film. She has also won several other awards at various other film festivals across the world.

Early life

Myles was born in London. Her mother, Jane (née Allan), works in educational publishing, and her father, Peter R. Myles, was a retired Church of England vicar in Isleworth, West London.[2] Her paternal grandmother was Russian,[3] and Myles refers to herself as "half-Welsh, half-Russian".[4] She grew up in Notting Hill and attended Fox Primary School. At the age of 11, she moved with her family to Isleworth and attended The Green School. Following success at her A Levels, she had been planning to study philosophy at Cambridge, but chose to pursue an acting career after being spotted by Julian Fellowes in a school play.[3]

Career

Myles at Berlinale, 2007

Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a number of films and television productions. In 2001, she got a small role as Victoria Abberline in the thriller film From Hell alongside Johnny Depp. She then had a role in the 2003 film Underworld, and reprised the character in its sequel, Underworld: Evolution (2006). In 2003, also she starred in the thriller Out of Bounds and played Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds. In 2006, she co-starred as Isolde in the romantic drama Tristan & Isolde.

Myles appeared as Madame de Pompadour in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace". The episode was nominated for a Nebula Award and won the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[5] She co-starred in 2006's comedy film Art School Confidential. Also in 2006, she appeared as Lucy Westenra in a BBC adaptation of Dracula. In 2007, she played Freya in Outlander.[6]

Myles was cast in the CBS supernatural television drama Moonlight. She was nominated for the Best Actress Award in 2007 for her role in Hallam Foe from the British Independent Film Award committee,[7] for which she also received a BAFTA Scotland Award. Moonlight won for Best New Drama in the 2007 People's Choice Awards. In 2010, she joined Spooks, a BBC series about a counter-terrorism unit in MI5, for its ninth series, playing Beth Bailey.[8] She appeared in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).[9]

Personal life

From 2004 to 2005, Myles was in a relationship with actor Charles Dance[10] and has also dated Damian Lewis.[11]

Myles began dating David Tennant after filming an episode of Doctor Who.[12] In October 2007, it was reported they were no longer together.[13]

In September 2014, Myles gave birth to a son.[14][15]

Her father, Peter Myles, died on 21 March 2020 after contracting COVID-19.[16]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Mansfield Park Susan Price
Guest House Paradiso Saucy Wood Nymph
2001 From Hell Victoria Abberline
2002 The Abduction Club Anne Kennedy
2003 Underworld Erika
Out of Bounds Louise Thompson
2004 Thunderbirds Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward
2006 Tristan & Isolde Isolde
Underworld: Evolution Erika Flashback scene
Art School Confidential Audrey
Dracula Lucy Westenra
2007 Hallam Foe Kate Breck
2008 Outlander Freya
2009 Etienne! Sophia Myles
2012 A Sunny Morning Grace
2013 The Damned Lauren
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Darcy Tyril[17]
Blackwood Rachel Marshall
2018 Two Words Victoria
2019 November 1st Caroline
2020 Listen Ann Payne
2021 All That Glitters Margaret Post-production
Decrypted Beth Barnes
TBA Disarm Megan Granger

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Prince and the Pauper Lady Jane Grey 4 episodes
1998 Big Women Saffron Episode:"Saffron's Search"
1999 Oliver Twist Agnes Fleming Miniseries
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Kate Nickleby Television film
2001 Heartbeat Heather Conway Episode: "No Hiding Place"
2002 Foyle's War Susan Gascoigne Episode: "A Lesson in Murder"
2003 Coming Up Nina 1 episode
2005 Colditz Lizzie Carter Television film
2006 Agatha Christie's Marple Gwenda Halliday Episode: "Sleeping Murder"
2006 Covert One: The Hades Factor Sophie Amsden Television film
2006;2020 Doctor Who Madame de Pompadour Episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace";

Webcast Episode: "Pompadour"[18]

2006 Extras Defence Lawyer Episode: "Orlando Bloom"
2007 Moonlight Beth Turner 16 episodes
2010 Spooks Beth Bailey 8 episodes
2014 Our Zoo Lady Katherine Longmore All 6 episodes
2014 Crossing Lines Dr. Anna Clarke 2 episodes
2014 Panorama Narrator Episode: "Last Chance Academy"
2018-2021 A Discovery of Witches Rebecca Bishop 6 episodes
2018–present Firestorm Laura Hope/Operative 19 Voice; various episodes

Music videos

Year Artist Song
2002 Bush "Inflatable"
2003 Ronan Keating "Love Won't Work (If We Don't Try)"
2006 Gavin DeGraw "We Belong Together"

References

  1. ^ Sophia says her own name at the start of the video commentary for "The Girl in the Fireplace" in the DVD collection Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series.
  2. ^ Sheffield, Emily (8 August 2003). "Myles ahead; Sophia Myles beat Sophie Dahl and Rosamund Pike to the coveted role of Lady Penelope in next year's 'Thunderbirds'. Now she's about to star in Hollywood's vampire tale 'Underworld'. Not bad for a vicar's daughter from Isleworth, says Emily Sheffield". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 May 2012 – via Questia Online Library.
  3. ^ a b Husband, Stuart (5 August 2007). "Curtain call for Miss Myles". Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 5 August 2007.
  4. ^ Hoggard, Liz (20 September 2010). "From wronged maiden to kickass spy: Spooks star Sophia Myles". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  5. ^ "2006 Final Nebula Award Ballot". sfwa.org. Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Archived from the original on 22 March 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2007.; "2007 Hugo Awards". thehugoawards.org. World Science Fiction Society. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  6. ^ "Moviefone | Movies | Movie Times | Movie Trailers | Movie News". Movies.aol.com. 13 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Nominations 2007: BIFA". Bifa.org.uk. British Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Press Office – Network TV Programme Information BBC Week 38 Spooks Feature". BBC. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  9. ^ Sneider, Jeff. "Sophia Myles to Join Mark Wahlberg in Michael Bay's 'Transformers 4' (Exclusive)". Thewrap.com. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  10. ^ https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/from-wronged-maiden-to-kickass-spy-spooks-star-sophia-myles-6514934.html
  11. ^ "Red hot: The irresistible rise of Damian Lewis". The Independent. 9 September 2006.
  12. ^ "David Tennant & Sophia Myles". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  13. ^ "David Tennant splits from girlfriend Sophia Myles". Hello!. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  14. ^ "Sophia gives birth to baby boy!". Simply Sophia Myles. 27 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Sophia Myles on Twitter: "He melts my heart and lights up my life."". Twitter. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  16. ^ https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-transformers-actress-sophia-myles-reveals-father-died-after-contracting-covid-19-11961780
  17. ^ "Transformers: Age of Extinction Interview with Stanley Tucci". Collider.com. 17 June 2014.
  18. ^ Moffatt, Steven (2020). Pompadour.
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