Sophie Turner

Sophie Turner

Born Sophie Turner
(1996-02-21) 21 February 1996
Northampton, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 2011–present
Home town Chesterton, England

Sophie Turner[1] (born 21 February 1996)[2] is an English actress. Turner made her professional acting debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011–present), which brought her international recognition and critical praise. For her performance, she has received four nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, as well as a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Supporting Young Actress in a TV Series.[3]

Turner has also starred in the television film The Thirteenth Tale (2013) and she made her feature film debut in Another Me (2013). She has also starred in the action comedy Barely Lethal (2015) and portrays a young Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men prequels.

Early life

Turner was born in Northampton, the daughter of Sally, a nursery school teacher, and Andrew, who works for a pallet distribution company.[4] She moved to Chesterton, Warwickshire when she was two years old. She attended Warwick Prep School until she was eleven, and later attended The King's High School for Girls.[2] Turner has been a member of the theatre company Playbox Theatre Company since she was three years old.[5] She has two older brothers.[6] Her twin died before birth.[7] In an interview with The Telegraph she stated that "My childhood was pretty fun. We had pigsties, barns and a paddock, and used to muck around in the mud." Turner had a tutor on the set of Game of Thrones until the age of 16, sending homework back to her teachers at school. She achieved five A and four B grades at GCSE, including a B grade in drama.[6]

Career

Turner in 2014

Since 2011, Turner has portrayed Sansa Stark, a young noblewoman, in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones. Sansa is her first television role.[2] Turner's drama teacher encouraged her to audition for the part,[8] and she dyed her blonde hair auburn for the role.[9] In an interview with Porter, Turner said that she believed her social media following was responsible for her successful casting. She said in the interview "[sic] it was between me and another girl who is a far better actress than I am, far better, but I had the followers, so I got the job,"[10]

In 2012, she was nominated for the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress for her performance as Sansa. To date, Turner has appeared in all seven broadcast seasons. In 2013, she had her first big screen role as the lead character in the independent thriller film Another Me, based on the novel of the same name by Catherine MacPhail. She also starred as Adeline March in the 2013 television film The Thirteenth Tale.

In 2013, she was cast in the comedy film Barely Lethal, alongside American actress Hailee Steinfeld, which was released on 29 May 2015 in a limited release and through video on demand.[11][12] Turner also narrated the audiobook version of the Lev Grossman short story The Girl in the Mirror, which was included in the short fiction anthology Dangerous Women, and was edited by George R. R. Martin.

Turner in 2015

Turner played mutant Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse, which was released in May 2016 to mixed critical success.[13] That same month, it was reported that she would appear in a segment of the anthology film Berlin, I Love You, itself the fourth installment of the Cities of Love franchise.[14]

In February 2017, she announced that she would reprise her role as Jean Grey in the new film X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which will take place in the early '90s and follow the events of X-Men: Apocalypse, as a part of the X-Men franchise. In the same interview she stated that production on the film will begin soon.[15] In March 2017, she announced that she had become patron of Women for Women, an organisation which supports female war survivors.[16]

Filmography

Film

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Another Me 2013 Fay / Lila Delussey Spanish title: Mi otro yo [17]
Barely Lethal 2015 Heather / Agent 84 [18]
X-Men: Apocalypse 2016 Jean Grey / Phoenix [19]
Alone Films that have not yet been released 2017 Penelope
Huntsville Films that have not yet been released 2017 Josie Post-production
Time Freak Films that have not yet been released 2017 Debbie Post-production
X-Men: Dark Phoenix Films that have not yet been released 2018 Jean Grey / Dark Phoenix Filming [20]
Films that have not yet been released Denotes films that have not yet been released

Television

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Game of Thrones 2011–present Sansa Stark Main role [21]
The Thirteenth Tale 2013 Young Adeline March Television film [22]

Music videos

Song Year Artist Notes Ref(s)
"Oblivion" 2014 Bastille [23]

Awards and nominations

Year Work Award Category Result Ref(s)
2011 Game of Thrones Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [24]
Scream Awards Scream Award for Best Ensemble Nominated [25]
2012 Game of Thrones Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a TV Series – Supporting Young Actress Nominated [3]
2013 Game of Thrones Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [26]
2014 Game of Thrones Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [27]
2015 Game of Thrones Empire Hero Award Empire Hero Award Won [28]
EWwy Award Best Supporting Actress, Drama Nominated [29]
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [30]
2016 Herself Huading Awards Best Global Actress Won [31]
Game of Thrones Glamour Awards Best UK TV Actress Won [32]
Herself Venice International Film Festival International Movie Award Won [33]
Game of Thrones EWwy Award Best Supporting Actress, Drama Won [34]
Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [35]
2017 X-Men: Apocalypse Kids Choice Awards Favorite Squad Nominated [36]

References

  1. ↑ http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Sophie+Belinda&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Turner&gsln_x=0&msypn__ftp=Northampton%2c+Northamptonshire%2c+England&msypn=86372&msypn_PInfo=8-%7c0%7c0%7c3257%7c3251%7c0%7c0%7c0%7c5277%7c86372%7c0%7c0%7c&msbdy_x=1&msbdy=1996&cpxt=1&cp=11&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&MSV=0&uidh=uye&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=2111988&recoff=3+4+5&dbid=8782&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
  2. 1 2 3 "Interview with Sophie Turner". Winter-is-coming.net. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  3. 1 2 "34th Annual Young Artist Awards". YoungArtistAwards.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  4. ↑ Alex Preston (25 April 2016). "The Beguiling Sophie Turner". Town & Country. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Catherine Vonledebur (16 August 2013). "Leamington Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner enjoying her rise to fame". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  6. 1 2 Catherine Vonledebur (13 April 2015). "Game of Thrones's Sophie Turner: 'I’ve grown up with Sansa Stark - I really feel what she feels'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Thirteenth Tale: A haunting psychological mystery on BBC Two - Interview with Sophie Turner". BBC. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Hibberd, James (19 March 2013). "'Game of Thrones': Sophie Turner on fans bashing Sansa". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Nguyen, Hanh (9 June 2011). "Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner: Sansa Has Been Manipulated by Joffrey". TV Guide. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  10. ↑ DESTA, YOHANA (2017-08-03). "The Very Millennial Way Sophie Turner Beat a “Better” Actress for a Job". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  11. ↑ "'Game Of Thrones' Star Sophie Turner Joins 'Barely Lethal'". Deadline. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Barely Lethal: Score By Acclaimed Composer Mateo Messina Coming Soon, Action-Comedy Film Opens In Theaters May 29". Film Music Daily.
  13. ↑ Singer, Bryan (22 January 2015). "Bryan Singer on Twitter: Meet our new and brilliant young mutants: @Alexshipppp as #Storm @SophieT as #JeanGrey and @TyeSheridan as #Cyclops. #XmenApocalypse". Twitter. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cannes: Sophie Turner, Jack Huston Join Anthology Film 'Berlin I Love You'". The Hollywood Reporter. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Sophie Turner to start filming the new X-Men film soon and reveals a Game of Thrones update". HeyUGuys.com. February 13, 2017. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2017. “We’re about to start shooting the next X-Men, we’ve just finished shooting Season 7 of [Game of] Thrones, and I’ve got a couple of movies to do before X-Men starts.
  16. ↑ "Cannes: Why my controversial Game of Thrones rape scene made me join the Sisterhood". 8 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  17. ↑ Douglas, Edward. "Interview: Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner Doubles Down for Another Me". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Production Begins on Kyle Newman's Barely Lethal, Publisher: ComingSoon.net, Published date: November 12, 2013, Access date: November 14, 2013
  19. ↑ Kroll, Justin (January 22, 2015). "Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp join ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’". Variety. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  20. ↑ Fleming, Jr., Mike (June 14, 2017). "Fox Formalizes Simon Kinberg To Helm ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’; Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy Back, Jessica Chastain In Talks". Deadline.com. Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  21. ↑ "Game of Thrones: Cast". HBO. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  22. ↑ "The Thirteenth Tale : Cast". BBC News. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner appears in Bastille's Oblivion music video". Mail Online. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  24. ↑ "The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 June 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  25. ↑ Murray, Rebecca. "2011 Scream Awards Nominees and Winners". About.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "SAG Awards Nominations: '12 Years A Slave' And 'Breaking Bad' Lead Way". Deadline.com. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  27. ↑ "21st SAG Awards:Full List of Nominees". Screen Actors Guild Awards. 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2016.-
  28. ↑ "Empire Hero Award". Empireonline.com. Bauer Consumer Media. 2015. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  29. ↑ "EWwy Awards 2015: Meet Your Winners". ew.com. 11 August 2015.
  30. ↑ "The 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". www.sagawards.org.
  31. ↑ "Sophie Turner is really wearing that red dress". Joblo.com. Joblo.com. 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  32. ↑ "Here's who won what at the GLAMOUR Awards". glamourmagazine. glamourmagazine. 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
  33. ↑ "Sophie Turner shows some major sideboob in a plunging monochrome dress for Venice Film Festival awards event". Daily Mail. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  34. ↑ "Poppy Awards 2016: Meet Your Winners". Entertainment Weekly. 13 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  35. ↑ Nolfi, Joey (December 14, 2016). "SAG Awards nominations 2017: See the full list". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  36. ↑ Levy, Dani (February 2, 2017). "Justin Timberlake and Kevin Hart Lead Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
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