Sophie Winkleman : CV and biography
Sophie Winkleman biography
Sophie Winkleman, the British actress, was born in England on 5 August 1980.
Sophie attended the City of London School for Girls before studying for her degree at Cambridge University, where she read English Literature at Trinity Hall.
As a member of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club (a renowned comedy company, whose past members include some of Britain's best-known actors and comedians), Sophie Winkleman co-wrote and appeared in the Club's critically acclaimed 2001 National Tour. Sophie went on to become a member of the National Youth Theatre.
Sophie speaks English and French. Her range of English accents include New York, Southern, West Coast, Irish, Scottish, Cockney and regional. She sings lead soprano and is skilled(-ish) in horse riding (see interviews).
Sophie Winkleman is the daughter of Barry Winkleman and Cindy Black and the half-sister of TV presenter Claudia Winkleman. Sophie married Lord Frederick (Freddie) Windsor, son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent in September 2009.
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Sophie Winkleman's stage, screen and radio performances to date include:
| Production | Character | Production company | Extra info |
| Television: | |||
| 100 Questions - 2009/10 | Charlotte Payne | Universal / Tagline / NBC | Began 27 May 2010 NBC (US). Dir: Alex Hardcastle. |
| Kingdom - 2009 Buy: UK | US |
Kate Mitchells | Parallel UK and Sprout Pictures for ITV1 |
First aired 7 June 2009, ITV1. Dir: Metin Huseyin. |
| Red Dwarf: Back to Earth - 2009 Buy: UK | US |
Katerina Bartikovsky | for Dave | First aired April 2009. |
| Robin Hood - 2009 Buy: UK | US |
Ghislaine Series 3, ep 10 |
for BBC TV | Began March 2009 BBC1 / HD. |
| Harry And Paul - 2008 Buy: UK | US |
Various | Tiger Aspect for BBC TV | Began Sept 2008, BBC1. |
| The Palace - 2008 Buy: UK | US |
Princess Eleanor | for ITV | Began Jan 2008, ITV1. |
| Peep Show - 2007-2008 Buy: UK | US |
Big Suze Series 4 & 5 |
Channel 4 | Began April 2007, C4. |
| Ruddy Hell! It's Harry And Paul - 2007 Buy: UK | US |
Various | Tiger Aspect for BBC TV | Began April 2007, BBC1. |
| The Trial of Tony Blair - 2007 | Fiona | Channel 4 | Aired 18 Jan 2007, Channel 4 |
| Dalziel and Pascoe - 2006 Buy: UK | US |
Alice Shadwell | for BBC TV | Aired April 2006, BBC1. |
| Lewis - 2006 (pilot episode) Buy: UK | US |
Regan Peverill (In pilot episode) |
Granada | Aired 29 Jan 2006. |
| Peep Show - 2005 Buy: UK | US |
Big Suze Series 3, eps 1,3,4 & 6 |
Channel 4 | Directed by Tristram Shapeero. |
| AD/BC: A Rock Opera - 2004 Buy: UK | US |
Wise man | BBC TV | Aired Dec 2004 on BBC3. |
| Poirot, Five Little Pigs - 2003 Buy: UK | US |
Angela Warren | ITV | Directed by Paul Unwin. |
| Chasing Alice - 2003 | Elle Kensington | Warner Bros (Dir: Ralph Hemecker) | Aired in US in Autumn 2003 |
| Keen Eddie - 2003 Buy: UK | US |
Prudence Episode 2: Horse Heir |
Paramount | Aired in US 10 June 2003. |
| Waking The Dead - Thin Air - 2002 Buy: UK | US |
Clara Gold Series 2 |
BBC TV | Two part episode |
| White Teeth - 2002 | Joely | Company Productions | For Channel 4 |
| Ultimate Force | Bentley Productions | Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence | |
| Film: | |||
| Love Live Long - 2008 | Rachel (female lead) | Gumball 3000 Films (Director: Mike Figgis, Producer: Patrick Fischer) | Co-star Daniel Lapaine |
| Shattered - 2007 | Natalie Encore (lead) | i-Wire Films | Shot in Dublin, Dirrcted by Rick Larkin |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - 2005 Buy : UK | US |
Susan Pevensie (adult) | Lamp Post Productions | |
| Suzie Gold - 2004 Buy: UK | US |
Debbie Levine | Suzie Gold Ltd | |
| "post..." - 2003 | Rachel | Catseye Productions | Writer & Director: Debs Paterson |
| Job Done | Jackie | Zela Films | |
| The Lost Domain | Talamasca Productions | ||
| Writer: | |||
| Hopeless Romantic - tbc | Film co-written by Sophie Winkleman and Ben Miller | Production Co: Parachute Exec Producer: Marc Samuelson | |
| Theatre: | |||
| Man and Superman | Violet | Peter Hall Company | |
| Chalileo's Daughter | Arcangela | Peter Hall Company | |
| Don Juan | Charlotte | Peter Hall Company | |
| Beauty and the Beast - 2003/4 | Veronique | RSC | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| Far Too Happy - 2001 | National Tour | Cambridge Footlights | |
| Les Liaisons Dangereueses | Madame De Merteuil | ADC Cambridge | |
| Blood Wedding | The Bride | ADC Cambridge | |
| Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui | Casey/Dockdaisy | Fizpatrick Hall Cambridge | |
| Six Degrees of Separation | Tess/Elizabeth | Edinburgh Festival | |
| The White Headed Boy | Aunt Ellen/Kate/Delia | ADC Cambridge | |
| Confusions | Beryl | ADC Cambridge | |
| The Crucible | Abigail | City of London Theatre | |
| Daisy Pulls It Off | Sybill | City of London Theatre | |
| Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | City of London Theatre | |
| Radio / audiobooks: | |||
| ElvenQuest - 2009 Buy: UK | US |
Penthiselea | BBC Radio 4 | Aired April - June 2009 |
| The Eight Truths - 2009 Buy: UK |
Kelly Westwood | Big Finish Productions. Pt of Doctor Who: The New Eighth Doctor Adventures | Sept 2009 release. |
| Doctor Freud Will See You Now, Mr Hitler | Anna Freud | BBC Radio 4 | Aired Sat 31 March 2007 at 2.30pm |
| Hope and Desires: The Dangers of Self Hypnosis | Rachel | BBC Radio 4 | |
| Tea for Two | BBC Radio 4 | ||
| Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Buy: UK | US |
Sophie de Montford | Pozzitive TV for Radio 4 | Series 3, show 3 |
| Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Buy: UK | US |
Saskia | Pozzitive TV for Radio 4 | Series 2, show 6 |
| Table for Two (1999) | BBC Radio | ||
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