Sophia Myles Profile

Name: Sophia Myles
Birth Name: Sophia Myles
Birth Date: 18 March 1980
Birth Place: London, England, UK
Sex: Female
Nationality: British
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Measurements: 30-23-34

>> Click to View the Full Profile of Sophia Myles

Sophia Myles Quotes

A lot of soul searching. It’s really hard and that’s the down side. It does happen to a lot--even the greats have a lot of time off work. It’s very rare to job hop. I do think it’s important to take time off between to recharge your batteries and to go back to the real world but there’s nothing worse than being forced. The thing is, if you’re a musician, at least you can pick up your violin for example and play music but with this craft you have to wait to be asked to act and that can be frustrating at times and also dealing with rejection. I didn’t go to university but I do feel like I have an M.A. in coping with rejection, I really do. You get so strong about it.
Sophia Myles

Basically there was a really gorgeous, or so I thought, drama teacher called Kevin Broadway who’d I’d seen walking around the corridors - I kid you not. Truth be told I only did drama because I quite wanted to be taught by Mr. Broadway. We put on a play as part of our GCSE exam called Teachers, by John Godber. It was only on for two nights and after the first showing a gentleman came up to me, Julian Fellowes. He wrote the screenplay for Gosford Park and since won an Oscar. He was writing and producing a costume drama for the BBC, The Prince And The Pauper and invited me to come and audition. I did, and I got the job. The minute that I walked onto the set I just knew - I thought, “Oh I like this,” and I just completely fell in love with it really and knew there was no turning back after that. School became so boring as soon as I started working really.
Sophia Myles

For me it's my favourite part of what I do for a living, the challenge of taking on a new accent. Since I was a very young kid my brother and I used to mimic people, I love it. I worked with a brilliant dialect coach on Tristan + Isolde and he taught James Franco to do English and me to do Irish. Also being submerged in Ireland when we were shooting makes it so much easier when you're hearing it constantly.
Sophia Myles

>> View all the Quotes by Sophia Myles

Sophia Myles Biography

Sophia Myles was born on March 18, 1980 in London. By age 16, Sophia starred in a school production of “Teachers,” which was written by Kevin Godber. Among the audience is Julian Fellowes – an Oscar-winning screenwriter and English actor, who saw Sophia’s performance and recruited her to be part of the 1996 BBC production of “The Prince & The Pauper.” Two years later, Sophia Myles was cast in the TV mini-series “Big Women” and a small role in the 1998 film “Mansfield Park.” She also appeared as “the dream girl” in the 1999 slapstick comedy movie “Guest House Paradiso” and played Agnes Fleming in the TV series “Oliver Twist.”

Although an A student with a potential to graduate philosophy at Cambridge, Sophia took a different path after working on “Oliver Twist” and pursued a professional acting career. Myles then appeared in various TV shows, including the made-for-TV movie “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” and “Heartbeat: No Hiding Place,” which she was both featured in 2001. One of her most notable roles in film is Victoria Abberline, the wife of Johnny Depp’s character in the 2001 movie “From Hell.” In 2002, Sophia Myles appeared in two TV shows – “The Abduction Club,” and “Foyle’s War: A Lesson in Murder” as well as in a music video for the Bush song, “Inflatable.”

>> Read Complete Biography of Sophia Myles

About Sophia Myles

At age 16, Sophia Myles starred in a school production, wherein Oscar-winning writer Gosford Park saw her talent and cast her in the 1997 BBC production “The Prince & The Pauper”. In 1999, she was cast in the TV mini-series, Big Women, appeared in a small role for Mansfield Park and starred in the TV series, Oliver Twist. By 2001, Myles had her big break when she was cast alongside Johnny Depp in ‘From Hell’, which led her to various films, including “The Abduction Club” and “The Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby” and TV series “Heartbeat” and “Foyle’s War”.

In 2003, Sophia Myles appeared in a supporting role for the blockbuster, “Underworld”. Myles then starred in the thriller film, “Out of Bounds” and appeared in the English cult hit, “The Thunderbirds” both in 2004. The next year, she worked on the movie “Tristan & Isolde” and a TV role in “Colditz”.

2006 was a year Myles did several TV gigs, including roles in “Doctor Who”, “Extras”, “Covert One: The Hades Factor”, “Dracula” and “Marple: Sleeping Murder”. She also starred in Terry Zwigoff’s comedy flick “Art School Confidential”. She then starred in the award-winning “Hallam Foe”, which led to a Best Actress Award from the BAFTA Scotland Award and British Independent Film Award. By 2008, Sophia Myles was cast in the supernatural TV series, “Moonlight” and played Freya in the movie, “Outlander”.

Sophia Myles Height, Weight & Measurements

>> View Complete Details