Sophie Skelton
Biography
Sophie Skelton is an English actress who trained in ballet and musical theater before moving into television and film. Born and raised in Woodford, Stockport, she began dancing at three and studied ballet at the Royal Academy in London. Her first professional television part came in 2012 in DCI Banks, followed by guest roles in British series including The Dumping Ground, Waterloo Road, Doctors, Foyle's War, So Awkward and Casualty. She took her first film role in 2014 in The War I Knew, and her first leading part came in the 2016 short Blackbird. Her breakout came in Ren: The Girl with the Mark, which brought her a Best Lead Actress award at the Hyperdrive festival. She is best known as Brianna Fraser in the Starz drama Outlander, and her films include Another Mother's Son (2017), Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017) and 211 (2018).
32years old
Turns 33 on March 7in 117 days
- Born Woodford
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Sophie Alexandra Skelton
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years2017 to 2026
Every film, newest first
- 2026I Can Only Imagine 2IMDb rating 7.1
- 2018211IMDb rating 4.4
- 2017Another Mother's SonIMDb rating 6.8
- 2017Day of the Dead: BloodlineIMDb rating 3.5
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A change of course
Skelton had planned to study English Literature at King's College London the next year, but she declined her offer in order to pursue acting instead.
Early training
Skelton started dancing when she was three years old. She later studied ballet at the Royal Academy in London, then went into musical theater and stage productions.
First role
Skelton's first professional television role came in 2012, when she played schoolgirl Becca Smith for two episodes in the second series of the British crime drama DCI Banks.
Big break
Skelton's breakout role was in Ren: The Girl with the Mark, a British fantasy action-adventure series. She won Best Lead Actress for that role at the Hyperdrive Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival.
A first
In 2016, Skelton took her first leading part in a film: the fantasy-horror short Blackbird, which was directed by Charlotte Stente Nielsen.
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Worked with
Sophie Skelton made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Johnathon Schaech's page
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Peter Wight's page
John Hannah's page
Hèctor Hernández VicensDirector, 1 film, 2017
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York Alec ShackletonDirector, 1 film, 2018
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Christopher MenaulDirector, 1 film, 2017
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