Sophia Myles Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress for "Mister Foe" in 2007
• Had planned to study Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, but instead decided to pursue a full-time acting career
• First appeared in a school performance of "Teachers," where screenwriter Julian Fellowes saw her and offered her a part in his adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper․"
• Took her first drama class at the age of 16 because she had a crush on the teacher
• Quote: "(On deciding not to go to Cambridge): "I can either go and sit in a classroom and study Jane Austen or Harold Pinter plays, or I can make 'Mansfield Park' and work with Harold Pinter, and be paid to do it, and be in the cinema․""
• Quote: "(On her year spent backpacking across Southeast Asia): "It was really interesting to get a perspective on my life without it being about career or relationships or any of the external material things․ Taking it back to basics grounds you․""
• Best known for her role as Erika in the "Underworld" series and as Freya in "Outlander․"
• Portrayed Madame de Pompadour in the "Doctor Who" episode "The Girl in the Fireplace" in 2006