Sophia Myles

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Sophia Myles

Born	March 18, 1980 (age 27) London, England

Sophia Myles (IPA: [sə.ˈfaɪ.ə]) (born March 18, 1980) is an English actress.

1 Biography
2 Selected filmography
3 Footnotes
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Myles was born in London. Her father, Peter Myles, is a vicar in Isleworth, West London and her mother, Jane, works in educational publishing; her paternal grandmother was Russian. Myles began her acting career after being spotted in a school play. Beforehand, she had been planning to accept a conditional place to study philosophy at Cambridge.

[edit] Career

Since 1996, Myles has appeared in a number of both American and English films and television productions. She had a supporting role in the 2003 film, Underworld, and (in a brief flashback scene) its sequel, Underworld: Evolution, and in 2004, played the schoolgirl lead in the thriller Out of Bounds. In 2006, Myles co-starred with actor James Franco in the romantic drama Tristan and Isolde, playing the role of Isolde.

Myles appeared as Madame de Pompadour in a 2006 episode of Doctor Who, The Girl in the Fireplace. She also co-starred opposite English actor Max Minghella, playing his love interest in 2006's quirky comedy Art School Confidential. Also in 2006, Myles appeared in a BBC TV adaptation of Dracula; she played Lucy alongside Marc Warren, David Suchet and Dan Stevens.

Currently, she is filming Outlander with James Caviezel and Jack Huston.^[1]

[edit] Personal life

Myles lives in Green Park and enjoys horse riding, skiing, skating and swimming. She was previously in a relationship with actor Charles Dance, whom she met while working on Nicholas Nickleby.^[2]

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Outlander	Freya	in production
2006	Hallam Foe	Kate Breck	post-production
	Dracula	Lady Holmwood/Lucy Westenra	Television Role
	Art School Confidential	Audrey
	Doctor Who: The Girl in the Fireplace	Madame de Pompadour	television role
	Underworld: Evolution	Erika
	Tristan & Isolde	Isolde
	Extras	Female Lawyer	Television Role
2004	Thunderbirds	Lady Penelope
2004	Out of Bounds	Louise Thompson
2003	Underworld	Erika
2002	The Abduction Club	Anne Kennedy
2002	Foyle's War: "A Lesson in Murder"	Susan Gascoigne	Television role
2002	Music video for Bush "Inflatable"
2001	From Hell	Victoria Abberline
1999	Mansfield Park	Susan Price