Sophie Turner

Sophie Belinda Jonas (née Turner; born February 21, 1996) is an English actress. Turner made her professional acting debut as Sansa Stark on the HBO fantasy television series _Game of Thrones (2011)_ (qv) (2011-2019), 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.Turner has also starred in the television film _The Thirteenth Tale (2013)_ (qv) and she made her feature film debut in _Another Me (2013)_ (qv). She has also starred in the action comedy _Barely Lethal (2015)_ (qv) and played Jean Grey in _X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)_ (qv).Turner was born in Northampton, the daughter of Sally, a nursery school teacher, and a father who works for a pallet distribution company. 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. Turner has been a member of the theatre company Playbox Theatre Company since she was three years old. Turner has two older brothers, and stated in an interview with The Telegraph 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 (2011)_ (qv) 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.Since 2011, Turner has portrayed Sansa Stark, a young noblewoman, in the HBO fantasy drama series _Game of Thrones (2011)_ (qv). Sansa is her first television role. Turner's drama teacher encouraged her to audition for the part, and she dyed her blonde hair auburn for the role. 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 six broadcast seasons. In 2013, she had her first big screen role as the lead character in the independent thriller film _Another Me (2013)_ (qv), 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 (2013)_ (qv).In 2013, she was cast in the comedy film _Barely Lethal (2015)_ (qv), alongside American actress 'Hailee Steinfeld' (qv), which was released on 29 May 2015 in a limited release and through video on demand. Turner also narrated the audio-book 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' (qv). Turner played mutant Jean Grey in _X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)_ (qv), which was released on 27 May 2016. On 9 May 2016, 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. She will also reprise the role of Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix in the film, _X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019)_ (qv).::Akram Braham