Sophie Cookson
Biography
Sophie Cookson is an English actress who grew up in Sussex and then Suffolk and trained at the Oxford School of Drama, where she graduated in 2013. While still a student she won the part of Grace Mohune in Moonfleet, a Sky 1 miniseries adapted from the J. Meade Falkner novel, and in 2014 she played Millie Lancaster in Unknown Heart. That year she also took over from Emma Watson as the secret agent Roxanne Morton, known as Roxy or Lancelot, in Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014), a role she reprised in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017). She had a minor part as Pippa in The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016), appeared as a journalist in The Crucifixion (2017), played the singer Sidney Pierce in the Netflix series Gypsy, and starred as Christine Keeler in the BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler. In 2018 she played Dottie in Killer Joe at Trafalgar Studios.
36years old
Turns 37 on May 15in 195 days
- Born Sussex
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Sophie Louise L Cookson and Sophie Louise Cookson
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 10 years2014 to 2024
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Big break
Sophie Cookson landed her first big screen role by replacing Emma Watson as secret agent Roxanne "Roxy" Morton, also known as Lancelot, in the 2014 spy film Kingsman: The Secret Service.
First role
During her senior year at the Oxford School of Drama, Cookson landed the role of Grace Mohune in the Sky 1 miniseries Moonfleet, an adaptation of the J. Meade Falkner novel.
Early training
Cookson left acting to study Arabic and art history at the University of Edinburgh, but she dropped out soon after to pursue acting. She then spent three years at the Oxford School of Drama, graduating in 2013.
Sophie Cookson movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Matthew Vaughn directed two of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Mark Strong's page
Colin Firth's page
Sam Hazeldine's page
Taron Egerton's page
Edward Holcroft's page
All films by Matthew Vaughn
Also two films together2 more actors
- Hanna AlströmKingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
- Tobi BakareKingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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Official profiles and reference pages.