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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).

Sophia Myles
Myles at the 2007 Berlinale Film Festival
Born	Sophia Jane Myles (1980-03-18) 18 March 1980 (age 42) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present
Partner	James Bell
Children	1

Initially hoping to study philosophy at University of Cambridge, for which she secured a place, Myles instead turned to acting after television writer Julian Fellowes saw her perform in a school play, casting her in his series The Prince and the Pauper (1996). After this, Myles continued to receive work in films such as Mansfield Park (1999), From Hell (2001) and The Abduction Club (2002), but her breakthrough role came in the form of Erika in Underworld (2003) before she won the iconic role of Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in Thunderbirds (2004) propelling her to international stardom.

Following on from this success, Myles moved to Hollywood where she played the main role of Isolde in the epic romantic film Tristan & Isolde (2006) before starring in films including Underworld: Evolution (2006), Art School Confidential (2006), Dracula (2006), Hallam Foe (2007), Outlander (2008), The Damned (2013), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) and Blackwood (2015).

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 (2018–2021).

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 including Best Actress for Two Words (2018) and November 1st (2019).

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 secured a place at the University of Cambridge to study philosophy, but chose to pursue an acting career after being spotted by Julian Fellowes in a school play and shortly after had a small role in his television production of The Prince and the Pauper in 1996.[3]

Career

Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a number of films and television productions. Following her success in The Prince and the Pauper, Myles made her film debut in Mansfield Park (1999) and had a small role in Guest House Paradiso (1999). After roles in the television series Heartbeat and Foyle's War, Myles starred as Victoria Abberline in the thriller film From Hell (2001) alongside Johnny Depp with Myles playing his wife. Myles played a main role in the comedy-romance film The Abduction Club (2002) before then playing the role of Erika in the 2003 vampire film Underworld with Kate Beckinsale, and reprised the character in its sequel, Underworld: Evolution (2006).

In 2003, she also starred in the thriller Out of Bounds and played Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds (2004), the film version of the classic television show of the same name. Myles initially had the choice to star in either Thunderbirds or Troy but she chose the former as she said "Lady Penelope is such an iconic character".[4] In 2005, Myles starred in the two-part war drama miniseries Colditz with Damian Lewis and Tom Hardy. In 2006, she co-starred as Isolde in the epic romantic drama Tristan & Isolde opposite James Franco and produced by Ridley Scott.

Myles appeared as Madame de Pompadour in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Girl in the Fireplace", which is often referred to as one of the best episodes of the series. The episode was nominated for a Nebula Award and won the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.[5] Myles also had roles as Gwenda Halliday in the British detective drama Agatha Christie's Marple: Sleeping Murder and Sophie Amsden in American thriller Covert One: The Hades Factor on television before starring in the 2006 comedy film Art School Confidential. Also in 2006, she appeared as Lucy Westenra in a BBC adaptation of Dracula.

In 2007, Myles was cast as Beth Turner in the popular CBS supernatural television drama Moonlight, a role she would play until the show's end in 2008. Moonlight won Best New Drama in the 2007 People's Choice Awards. Myles was nominated for the Best Actress Award in 2007 for her role as Kate in Hallam Foe from the British Independent Film Award committee,[6] for which she also received a BAFTA Scotland Award. In 2008, she played Freya, the daughter of John Hurt's character, in the sci-fi action epic Outlander with Jim Caviezel and Ron Perlman.[7]

After having a cameo role in the American comedy film Etienne! in 2009, in 2010 Myles joined the cast of Spooks, a BBC television series about a counter-terrorism unit in MI5, for its ninth series, playing Beth Bailey.[8] Myles then had a starring role as Lauren in the 2013 American horror film The Damned with Peter Facinelli and Nathalia Ramos. In 2014, Myles starred as geologist Darcy Tirrel opposite Mark Wahlberg and Stanley Tucci in the sci-fi action blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction which was directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg.[9]

Later in 2014, Myles starred as Rachel in the psychological horror film Blackwood before going on to have roles as Dr. Anna Clarke in the international action-thriller Crossing Lines and the aristocratic Lady Katherine Longmore in the miniseries Our Zoo. In 2018, Myles provided her voice for an episode of the sci-fi series Firestorm.

Myles currently plays Rebecca Bishop in the fantasy-romance television series A Discovery of Witches; the first season was released in 2018 and the second in 2021 with a third series already filmed and awaiting release. After roles in the films Two Words (2018) and November 1st (2019), for which she won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively, Myles played Ann Payne, a secret agent, in the 2020 Portuguese film Listen which was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards.[10] However, in December 2020 the film was disqualified, as more than half of its dialogue was in English.[11] Also in 2020, Myles reprised her role as Madame de Pompadour for a minisode sequel specially written for her by Steven Moffat that aired on YouTube on 6 May 2020.[12]

In 2021, Myles starred as Beth Barnes in the comedy-heist film Decrypted about the kidnap the creator of Bitcoin, alongside Amanda Abbington and Kevin McNally.[13][14] In November 2021, she starred in the film All That Glitters playing a wealthy woman hiding the fact that she is domestically abused; a role that won her Best Actress at the New Renaissance Film Festival and the Gold Movie Awards respectively. In December 2021, Myles played Louise Campbell, Duchess of Argyll in the acclaimed BBC television mini-series A Very British Scandal with Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.

Personal life

From 2004 to 2005, Myles was in a relationship with actor Charles Dance, who is 34 years her senior[15] and has also dated Damian Lewis[16] and musician Paul Wilson from the band Snow Patrol.^{[citation needed]} Myles began dating David Tennant after filming an episode of Doctor Who.[17] By October 2007, they had separated.[18]

In September 2014, Myles gave birth to a son fathered by her partner James Bell, who works for the Bank of England.[19][20][21] Her son's godmother is Myles' friend and fellow actress Celia Imrie.[22]

Her father, Peter Myles, died on 21 March 2020 after contracting COVID-19.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Mansfield Park	Susan Price
	Guest House Paradiso	Saucy Wood Nymph
2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Kate Nickleby
	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
	Art School Confidential	Audrey
	Covert One: The Hades Factor	Sophie Amsden
	Dracula	Lucy Westenra
2007	Hallam Foe	Kate Breck
2008	Outlander	Freya
2009	Etienne!	Sophia Myles	Cameo
2012	A Sunny Morning	Grace
2013	The Damned	Lauren
2014	Transformers: Age of Extinction	Darcy Tirrel	[24]
	Blackwood	Rachel Marshall
2018	Two Words	Victoria
	Firestorm	Laura	Voice
2019	November 1st	Caroline
2020	Listen	Ann Payne
2021	Decrypted	Beth Barnes
	All That Glitters	Margaret
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	2 episodes
2000	Close and True	Marie James	Episode: "Town and Gown"
2001	Heartbeat	Heather Conway	Episode: "No Hiding Place"
2002	Foyle's War	Susan Gascoigne	Episode: "A Lesson in Murder"
2003	Coming Up	Nina	Episode: "Money Can Buy You Love"
2005	Colditz	Lizzie Carter	Both 2 episodes
2006	Agatha Christie's Marple	Gwenda Halliday	Episode: "Sleeping Murder"
2006	Doctor Who	Madame de Pompadour	Episode: "The Girl in the Fireplace"
2006	Extras	Defence Lawyer	Episode: "Orlando Bloom"
2007–2008	Moonlight	Beth Turner	16 episodes
2010	Spooks	Beth Bailey	8 episodes
2014	Crossing Lines	Dr. Anna Clarke	2 episodes
2014	Our Zoo	Lady Katherine Longmore	All 6 episodes
2018–2021	A Discovery of Witches	Rebecca Bishop	8 episodes
2021	A Very British Scandal	Louise Campbell	2 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"

Voice

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Rainbow Magic	Narrator	5 audiobooks
2012	Afternoon Drama	Fiona	Episode: "Kicking the Air"
2014, 2018	Panorama	Narrator	2 episodes
2018	Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Adventures	Rania Chuma	2 episodes
2018	Firestorm (TV series)	Laura/Operative 19	Episodes

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Project	Result
2007	British Academy Scotland Awards	Best Actress	Hallam Foe	Won
2007	British Independent Film Awards	Best Actress		Nominated
2019	International Online Web Fest	Best Actress	Two Words	Won
2020	The Scene Festival	Best Actress in Film		Won
2020	Overcome Film Festival	Best Supporting Actress	November 1st	Won
2021	CinEuphoria Awards	Best Ensemble	Listen	Nominated
2021	New Renaissance Film Festival	Best Actress	All That Glitters	Won
2021	Gold Movie Awards	Best Actress		Won

References

External links

• Sophia Myles at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Sophia Myles

Sophia Jane Myles (* 18. März 1980 in London) ist eine britische Schauspielerin. Bekannt wurde sie durch die Filme Tristan & Isolde (2006) und Hallam Foe – This Is My Story (2007) sowie als Beth Turner in der Serie Moonlight (2007–2008).

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- [en] Sophia Myles

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[es] Sophia Myles

Sophia Jane Myles (Londres, Inglaterra; 18 de marzo de 1980) es una actriz británica ganadora de un premio BAFTA, más conocida por interpretar a Beth Turner en la serie Moonlight y por interpretar a Kate Brecek en la película Hallam Foe.

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[ru] Майлс, София

София Джейн Майлс (англ. Sophia Jane Myles; род. 18 марта 1980[1], Лондон) — британская актриса.

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